Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-09-02
GLOWING TALES COME FROM THE
CAPE NOME DISTRICT.
STAMPEDE FROM ST. MICHAELS
MEN ARE WASHING OUT BIG WAGES
ALONG THE BEACH.
Two Shiplonds of Returning KIon-
dikers Reached semitic Yestcr-
day, and One ShipIOad Reach
cd Vancouver-Gold From
American Side.

WASHINGTON. Sept 1.-Consul Nc
COOK, at Dawson City. reports to the
state department, under date of July 8,
that no less than 900 persons have gone
down the Yukon from that place, within
month. bound for the most part for the
Cape Nome gold field He says that "the
poor mans chance, so far as this country
Is concerned, is gone"
ST. MfCHAELS, ALASKA. Aug. II. VIA
SEATTLE, WASH. Sept. IA vcritable
stampede has set in from this place TO
Cape Nome, not less than fifty employees
of the Alaska Commercial Company and
North American Transportation and Trad
ing Company leaving within the past few
uaEs Tor the new diggings. These men.
many of whom have been working for sal
aries ranging from $50 to so n month. have
been crazed by the reports recently
brought over from Anvil City by return
ing miners, every one of whom is loaded
down with beach gold. Added to this is the
demand upon the trading companies for
QUICKSILVER, copper plate, cyanide and 9TH
er articles used in rocking. Money is no
OBJECT IN the purchase of these materials,
and 1t is not an uncommon occurrence to
see men offer IS a pound for quicksilver
and as much for copper plate.
A nugget weighing sixteen ounces was
found last week on the beach, and when
the news was circulated there was a wilder
rush than ever to secure rockers. Miners
who staked on the creek claims threw down
their shovels and asked for their time that
they might share in the good luck of the
ovO or more men on the beach. The result
was general advance in wages.
Noble Wallingford. of Seattle and part
ner, in twenty hours work one day last
week, rocked out S125, and in one pan last
Friday Mr. Wallingford took out SIS. This
piece of ground is about ten miles from
Anvil City, showing that gold is to be
found along the entire beach as far as
Port Clarence
A twenty ounce nugget was found on
Brynetzens claim No ]. below Discovery,
on Anvil last week. This is the largest
nugget yet found in the district.
SEATTLE, WASH, Sept. 1.-Two steam
ers arrived from Alaska to-day, bringing
about 500 miners. fortunate and unfortun-
ate. The Laurada, of Cuban filibustering
fame. came from ST. Michael, and the
Humbolt from Skaguay. The total amount
of gold dust they brought down is esti-
mated at $4,000. The reports from the
Cape Nome district are still conflicting
but the fact remains that considerable gold
dust was brought from there by passen
gers OF the Laurada. The dust is very
hne and has to be amalgamated.
s. A. Warren and o. II. Roberts, of
Denver, brought out $4,000 from the Eagle
City district j. Dickinson, who has been
in that district six years, had $25 900. From
the Klondike came ]. II. Ladd, with $4,000:
+. McGrath, with $4,000, and Charles An
derson, with $4,000.
One stalwart miner struggled toward the
assay office this morning with sack OF
dust fifteen inches long and was asked
where he came from. Eagle City, sir,
and that's on the American size, and I'm
an American miner. and don't you forget
It," he replied. He seemed to take as
much pride in the latter part of his state
ment as he did in his sack of dust.
Many hard luck stories are also told.
I. c. Martin, of Chicago, lies in Prov
idence hospital, and his old partner,
Thomas Cragie, of the same place, is dead
on the barren and inhospitable shore of
Kotzebue sound. Martin went in two
years ago and is physical wreck. glad to
have escaped with his life He says the
terrors they experienced were awful and
cannot be described. He had to be helped
off the Laurada and into and out of the
conveyance by friend named Kyle, who
took him to the hospital.
p. ]. Peterson, of Chicago, who came
back on the Laurada, does not seem to be
much the worse off for a long. hard WIN
ter spent in the Kotzebue. II was the
only one, though, out of thirty-one who
pitched camp, that was able when the
ice broke up to walk out on straight legs,
he said. Peterson wintered about 265 miles
up the Kobuck river from the mission on
Hoodum inlet.
Bering sea was swept by terrific wind
storm on the 18th, Goth and 2lst of August,
hot do oil Chi
struggle hard to live. The British gunboat
Pheasant, the United States cutters Rush
and Cordan and the Laurada were all
caught out, and had hard time to live IT
out. All escaped. however, but the Pheas-
ant lost two of her lifeboats, which were
smashed by heavy seas washing her decks.
The huge waves that broke over her piled
down into the forecastle driving every
jack tar to the different parts of the ship.
The Rush and the Pheasant after the
storm, put into Dutch harbor, where the
Laurada saw them Sailors of the cutters
said it was the worst storm they ever en-
countered
VANCOUVER. B. c., Sept 1.-The Diriso
arrived from Alaska to-day with 200 pas
sengers and gold dust estimated at s25GOOo
The biggest winner is Barclay, of North
Dakota, with S1G0,CO0
Among the passengers were c. s. Coats
worth, VINO went III over tne Edmonton
route. He reports that DR.. Mason of Chi
cago. and others who were sick with
scurvy at Wind City, got through safely.
Since the opening of navigation to pas
senger steamers 9,iT people have LETT Daw-
son and 2,S99 have arrived there. This ag-
gregate does not include LOCO or 1.5O0 men
who foated down the river to Cape Nome.
1t is estimated that there are 5000 broke
men in the klondike who must get out of
the country or become objects of charity
next winter.
The telegraph line has reached a point
on the Yukon river 1F0 miles south of Daw-
son. The work is being pushed ahead at
the rate of five miles day.
The government is building a wagon trail
from Caribou crossing to n point below
White Horse rapids. through Walton val
Icy and arnund Thirty Mile river ,rhic