The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-27
BUDlONG'S GREAT SUCCESS
sEATrLE'S PIONEER BOATNAN
FINDS RICHES At CAPE NOME.
Secures Valuable Clatms-Digs Three
Months in the Famous Reaches
Went North With Col. sheafe and

Among the many Cape Nome winners
may be found the familiar name OF George
Rudiong, FOR nearly two decades proprietor
Of the Budlong hoathouse, verilabe and
mark on the water front. George Budiong
has just returned from the celebrated camp
and is congratua;ing himself on reaching
home a, such an opportune time for ne
is one OF the many proud fathers anxiousiy
awaiting the Homecoming OF brave SOL
der son. Sergt Walter f. Budiong, OF
Company b. is the son whose courage and
bravery in battle are well known TO the
newspaper reading public.
Budlong senior spen, three months on the
Cape Nome beach where ne frequently
rocked as high as $50 per day. In addition
creek. No. 2 Russell and The Seattle
bar property on Snake river. The Glacier
and Russell claims have been demonstrated
to be very rich.
Caught up in the excitement of eigh-
teen months ago, Budlong. Col. c. NJ.
Sheafe, Henry James. Walter Harmon. and
W. I. Forrest. former state land commits
sioner. took passage for ST. Michael on the
steam schooner Noyo, which also towed
north the river steamers Beach and W. II.
Evans. They had a small knock-down
schooner known as the Arctic Wanderer in
which the party crossed 10 Norton bay.
In this section they prospected. principal
~ on Tubuckluck river, tributary OF
Norton bay and on which the crowd pass
ed the winter of 1889 until they heard OF
the Nome camp.
Col Sheafe and James made trip TO the
new camp in December. stalking by means
OF powers OF attorney Claims for the en-
tire party. Later Col. Sheafe returned and
last spring the entire BudlonG party made
for the Nome district
Il have yet to find place In that sec
ton OF Alaska Budlong said giving his
impressions OF the country, where l could
not get gold colors in pan of dirt. As
for the beaches they are phenomenal. Many
theories have been advanced as 10 the
origin and present source of the beach gold.
My own belief Is that the Cape Name sec
tion and, in fact. all that portion of Alas
ka. WAS at one time part Of the Pacific
and that the land was thrown up in vel
canfc action and the gold smelted and
ground out. Many have specuiatod as to
gold will terminate with the black and
ruby sand. This / have been told extends
out 10 where the water Is five and six
fathoms deep.
The pay beach extends for miles and
miles and II would not surprise me II rich
ground Is found as far as the Arctic. The
beach about Penny river. l was told, ia
rich and, in fact, / heard one man washed
as high as so from pan.
"One can see and hear some almost in
credible things about the beach diggings.
People will not believe me. perhaps. but
have seen many colors OF gold shaken from
the crevices OF the upper and sole OF the
miners shoes. having gotten there through
their continuous tramp over the aurferous
sands
A claim just below Budlongs Glacier
property sold for so 600 this summer and
three on Hart creek and SIX on Glacier
were. he says. purchased by an Eastern
syndicate for sllleO.
Col Sheafe and the other members OF
the Rudlong party were doing wei, when
Mr.. Budlong left Cape Nome The latter
returned on the Lakme.