The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-25
Governor Brady Gives a History
of Some Discoveries.
Interesting Account of the Rich
Cape Nome Find.
DAWSON AWAKENING.
The First Big Gold Camp Gives
Signs of Life.
Rampant City, One of the New
est Camps, Does Well.

Washington, Nov 25.-The report Of
the governor of Alaska, john G. Brady,
has been made public. The report is OF
unusual interest on account of the
great activity in gold mining in Alaska
during the past year. In dealing with
the subject of gold production in Alas
ka, Governor Brady confesses himself
embarrassed by the lack of reliable re
ports from the various gold producing
districts. He gives the very best in
formation obtainabIe. He says:
"The production from placers in 1
Southeastern Alaska is carried on upon
the Porcupine and neighborIng streams
near the boundary on which IS known
as the Dalton trail, leading up from
Pyramid HarbOr, situated upon Lynn
Canal. We have no means Of knowing
the product of this camp, but from
what is reported it must already
amount to several thousand dollars
The gold is coarse and assays We'll
Hydraulic mining has been carried on
in Silver Bow Basin, back to Juneau
This plant has been in operation for
several years, and parties this year
have taken hold of the next lower BASIN
of Gold creek and are proceeding to run
tunnels and to develop very large ny
draulic plant. They have reasonable
prospects that this enterprise Will be
profitable.
I'VE jump to the Yukon Valley and
take Earle City as the center, and we
region have been very promising this
year toward the very close OF the sea-
son, and the rich cleanup on many OF
the claims excited great interest among
many of the old timers who have been
successful upon the KlOndike, and some
of them hurried down to purchase IN
terests, for which they paid very large
sums. There are several thousand
square miles in that region which can
be put down as good placer mining ter
ritOry. The great stampede to Dawson
loft p oil do tod for w
but it is now coming to the front and
a conservative estimate of that camp
can be placed at $3.50, 600
OUTPUT OF OTHER DISTRICTS.
''As we proceed down the river we
find that Circle City is the headquar-
tiers of the next mining section, Birch
Creek and its tributaries, on the south
side of the Yukon. There is consider
able prospecting, and some of the
claims have turned out well; the pro-
duct is estimated at $3.50, 600.
Down the river we come to Ram
part City, which is the headquarters
for ManOok, HOOsier and other creeks.
This is one of the newest Of the camps
and considering the number of men
and efforts put forth, the returns are
very favorable. The estimate for the
output is $3.50, 000."
THE CAPE NOME DISCOVERY.
The governor gives an interesting ac-
count of the discovery of gold at Cape
Nome and the rush for that point which
ensued. He said:
In July last year a rumor reached
the Swedish mission on Golofnin Bay
that gold had been found at Sin Rock,
which is about twenty-five miles frOme
Cape Nome, on the coast to the north.
A party, consisting of n. o. Hultberg,
John BrintersOn and some others start
ed for the place where gold had been re-
ported to have been found. They were
storm bound and went ashore to camp
near the mouth of the Snake river. On
the following day they crossed over the
Tundra to Anvil Creek, which is trib-
utary of Snake river. Here they found
a color of coarse gold. BrintersOn and
Hultberg wanted to stay and investi-
gate, but the others would not consent,
and so they went to Sin Rock. They
We're not successful at this place, and
on their way back they did not stop
at Snake river, but pushed on to Colo
fnin Bay.
"Hultberg however was persistent,
and wanted to investigate Anvil creek,
on account of the prospect which they
got while storm bound. So a party was
made up of f. o. Linblom, John Brin-
terson and Jafet Linderberg. They left
GolOfnin Bay September II, and soon
reached Anvil. They were there six
days and made locations upon Anvil,
Glacier, Rock and Dry creeks, and
Snow Gulch, tributary to Glacier. Anvil
was named by Lindberg on account of
a peculiarly shaped bOWlder on the top
of the mountain, which slopes down to
the creek; it has the appearance of a
huge anvil. They made their last 1Oca-
ton on September q, and returned to
formed. and in about eight days, after
loading the mission schooner, started
out, it being about the middle of Oc-
tOber. John BrintersOn, j. Linderberg,
E. o. LinblOm, J. w Price, DR.. Kittle-
son and Johan Tornenson held a meet
ing on the 18th of October, organizing
the Cape Nome mining district, COM
prising an area twenty-five miles
square. The easternmost corner was
to be at Cape Nome. DR.. Kittleson
was elected recorder. They washed out
al of h ah from
Snow Gulch, the rest from Nos. Z and 8.
on Anvil; only five days were devoted
to washing, the rest of the time being
spent in marking claims
They left for Cape Nome November,
in a small boat, and only proceeded a
short distance along the shore, and
then went with dog teams to Golofnin
Bay and met Mr.. Anderson, the mis-
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