The San Francisco call., 1899-10-31
Cape York Is the
New FL Dorado.
THREE MILLIONS ON BERTHA
HUNDREDS OF MINERS HOME
FROM THE GOLDFIELDS.
Typhoid and Malaria Were Causing
Many Deaths at Nome When
the Steamer Saled-Sui-
eide on the Bertha.

The Alaska Commercial Company S
steamer Bertha arrived from Cape Nome,
via St Michael and Unalaska, with $50
miners yesterday. She had over SIoo,0OO
worth of gold dust in boxes and about
$3.50, 900 in bags, which were placed IN the
safe by the miners for safe Keeping,
while each miner carried from sow all
the way up to $1,000 on his person. In
round figures the Bertha brought down
about 5000 900.
The returning miners report that the
new find reported by the whalers is at
Cape York, near Cape Prince OF Wales
Charles Day brought the news Of the dis
ooyery TO Nome. He had been given up
for dead, as his boat had been picked up
at sea bottom up. His wife had not given
up hope however, and was al Anvil City
10 receive him on his return. Day says
the Cape York diggings are ricner than
Nome, and the Nome people say their dis
trict is richer than the KlOndike, so out
siders can draw their own interences.
While the Bertha was at Anvil city hun
dredS Of people were leaving Tor the new
placer mines. They are much easier to
get at than cape Nome ana WOOD ana
shelter can be procured in limited guam
titles. There will be rusn 10 Cape York
next spring.
There was a sad fatality on the Bertha
just before she sailed for San Francisco.
Z. CIafiin went TO the dlggings from
Omaha and did well. He was leaving
for home, where his wife and child await
him, with $50 900, when he was taken sick
with stomach troubles, and these so
prey6d upon him that in a moment OF de-
preston he blew his brains out His body
was brought TO San Francisco and will
be sent 10 his relatives in Omaha
J. DinSmOre was taken from the Bertha
to St Luke's Hospital. During the voy-
age he developed typhoid fever and was
d very sick man when the ship reached
port. He brought from Cape Nome with
him about $4,000 in gold dust. Another
sick, man was r. u. Parks. He landed
at Cape Nome with only % cents in his
pocket and returns to San Francisco with
S25, 900 in gold dust in the vessels strong
box
The men on the Bertha say that typhoid
fever and malaria are very prevalent at
Cape Nome, and, in consequence, there
are i've and six deaths daily. There will
be great deal of suffering this winter,
but the miners Will not leave the diggings,
although there are plenty of boats to
bring them TO civilization. The Bertha
had permit 10 carry twenty more pas
sengers had any of the miners desired TO
come
The Aloha did not lose her dechoad,
but landed every ounce of her cargo at
Nome. She will bring back a load of pas
sengers and should arrive this week.
Z. +. Caine of Seattle has chartered the
steamers Charles Nelson and Cleveland
10 run TO Cape Nome and Cape York, via
st. Michael, next year. His charter will
begin next May, so people are beginning
early to get vessels for the trade. Caine
Is also building large steam schooner,
which will run in connection with the
Cleveland and Charles Nelson.
The steamer Humboldt will come back
here on November for an overhauling,
and the chances are that she also may go
into the Nome-York trade next year.
The steamers City Of Panama and Aca-
pulco arrived from Panama and way
ports yesterday. Yellow fever is still
prevalent in the isthmus, and the crews
OF the steamers were not allowed ashore,
while the passengers We're fumigated be-
fore joining the vessel. The officers of
the Acapulco think the disease is being
stamped out and that when they reach
be over.