The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-01


1.-TWO men took out $500 from the beach
Aug "a, and young Hyde, son of former
Congressman Hyde. of Spokane, and his
three partners, washed S2,100 in four days
from the beach | could cite instance
after instance OF the richness of the beach
and creek claims of Cape Nome. No one
can imagine the great wealth that lies
along the Cape Nome beach. Anvil City
is the center of the richest camp on the
face of the earth. This is no idle boast,
for say without eXaggeration that there
is more wealth there per capita than in
any ether city in the country. There are
raore mer walking around Anvil City with
81 COO in gold dust in their pockets than
in any other city l know of Not man
there but who is making a great deal
mere than wages, and there are many
who are taking out fortunes daily
J. G. Fritz, a merchant and miner at
Anvil City, pronounces it the greatest
mining camp in Alaska. There are four
creeks, on each of which are claims pay
ing from $50 to 500 day per man. Two
of these creeks are Snow Gulch and An
vii. known to be as rich as Ell Dorado,
of the klondike. There are fourteen
claims on Anvil Creek, each claim being
1920 feet long, with a pay streak much
wider than that of Ell Dorado. The
fourteen claims on Anvil are equal in
length to forty-two at Dawson. Dexter
Creek is very rich, but short of water.
The claims on the latter creek are be
ing worked by rockers, by reason Of the
scarcity of water, with results running
from $50 to 500 day per man.
Cape Nome is decidedly a summer
sluicng proposition. The beach for thir-
ty miles is now being worked with
rockers. Men are making in this man.
ner at the present time from $40 to $50
day, and frequently man will strike
a streak that will pay him $500 some
days. Fritz says there is hardly an
idler at Nome now. Wages are 81 an
hour and board, and men are hard to
get at that Charles Simpson, formerly
of Spokane, made a little easy money
at Cape Nome. He purchased eighteen
reindeer on the Siberian coast, giving 81
a head for them. Loading them in a
little schooner he and his partner
brought them to Cape Nome and sold
them for $3.50 a head. The deer averaged
800 pounds when dressed. The meat was
sold to the miners.
e. A.Abbott, long a resident of Char
ter Oak, To-, is back from Cape Nome.
81 saw" he says, 'Anvil City grow from
100 huts and cabins on June % to a town
OF 60O places of residence at the time
lelt, sept. Z. Ihere were 140 modern
dwellings completed and i'll course of
erection
There were about sou people in tie
district on Sept. l.. Two-thi1ds of the, Z
are leaving for St. Michael, Dutch Har-
Dor and the states to spend the winter
on account of lack OF coal at Nome. Coal
is unobtainable. No timber grows the. e
and the small quantity of dliftwood on
the beach is being fast use,i up. The time
will come at Nome this winter when
no nj 7cc,ti
gold Fortunes will be made next spring
shipping in coal and lumber
RIVALS THE KLONDIKE.
The Nome gold output for this summer
amounts to over $1,000, 900. Some b eve
that next year it will excel the Klondike
in production.
The Skaguay route into the Klondike is
congested with freight, ana the ley grasp
of winter will likely find 5000 to 5000 tons
of goods piled up at Bennett and Viii e