The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-15
GOLDEN CAPE NOME SANDS.
RICHES PICKED UP ON THE OCEAN
BEACH, MINERS SAY


The District Said to Rival the Kiondike in
tho Quantity of Gold Troublesome big
strikes Reported--Many Claims Located
Trouble Looked for over Locations.
SEATTLE, Wash. July 1.-THE steamer Al
lance, from st Michael. July ?. arrived to-
dav. bringing Cape Nome news to june 18th.
which confirms previous reports OF the rich
ness Of the new diggirgs. They embrace three
Districts forty miles square. in which there are
ten creeks OF consileratA magnitude be sides
large numbers Of tributaries Miners are per
mittcd to take up claims 200 by 300 feet.
and 10y reason of this liberality have covered
the interior country and the ocean beach for
thirty miles. Beach claims pay from 81 to SIS
n day.
On Anvil Creek the largest amount OF gold
taken out on Lane 4 Prices claim was nearly
ST. 900 In eight days. On June 30 four mon on
Snow Guch cleaned up $4,000 in one day.
This was the biggest Days work reported in
any camp DR. Kettelaon Of Chicago Is credited
with one pan worth So. while others have
been successful in washing from $40 to S25.
On Dexter Creek $50 a man day has been
taken out with inferior rockers. and II is said
that 81. 600 dav could bn mined with superior
implements.
The bed rock has not been struck in any of the
diggings. although they nrc reported shallow
from four to ten foot. The summer season be-
gins about June 30 anil lasts until the carly
| part Of October. All men who have wintered
| there and who have pruspccted the country de
| clare that. as n rich mineral belt. It has no
equal. and they expect that Nome aud Anvil
| cities will have A population Of thousands
whore there are hundreds now, once the Amer
| leap people learn Of the vast resources of the
| region. There is room for many thousands
The greatest evp existing in this district. as
! lA nftSAn ha ,nri-
some men have located as many as thirty
twenty. This state of affairs has caused much
dissa'is faction among newly arrived rrospec-
tors. and trouble is expected from claim JUMP
! tendency to hc hoggish.
some scurvy exists among the miners. and a
! party ~ Ave was stricken with II. but no deaths
fahorers could md employment at 81 a da~
ana board. or 81 without board 4 steam
schoor"r arrived with load OF lumber and
| asked SljO thousand. There arr now about
G,ooo miners in the district and hundreds more
! arriving daily.
There were .ey"ral Care Nome miners on
the Apmc. Al tna eronfht %g m3rf or les
Price brought. $1,000 worth OF Cape Nome
gold to st, Michael. II represented eight DAYS
who went to Chicago at the time Of the Worlds
has has Claim T on DEXTER " Creek that IS prodncnG
an ounce an hour. He works with home;
c c@e up $1,000 Z" iaV Without diicnty @iT
seems TO be found frop the grass roots down.
beer Creek is fahulotsly rich. rs much as
! SS5OOO is offered for unprosprctcd claims.
Owners on Ophr Creek are holding OUT for
Sl5O.OOO for each claim. David s. Lane u San
/ Francisco says that the moor minor has not
much chance. as all tho rich creeks are stakcd.
! The comman,laut Mt Fort St. Michael intends
to send Federal troops to Nome city shortly.
| There have been several shooting aha irs al
| ready. and serious riots are expected over
claims when big crowds that stampeded from
Capt. Hnrdwlck OF the HHranco SAYS that the
| CapH NOME district will certainly rival the
| Klondke in spite Of the fact that miners can
work only four months in the year. Gold has
| never been found in tho North in such puanti-
ties. All the returning steamers to Nome City
! will take large constgnm"ntS 81 coal oil. for the
| miners are convinced that they must use arti-
fetal fuel
The steamers Hanna. Susan and Healy have
! arrived at st. Michael with S2.5OO.OOO OF
| Dawson gold 1t will be brought to Seattle by
tho steamers Roanoke" and tiaronne. Both
| vessels are expected on Sunday.