The San Francisco call., 1899-05-11

implements work out $500 a day. There
are stories of claims that run to even $1,000
a day. Bedrock is down only six feet and
the ground pays from the first scratch
made in its surface. The people of st.
Michael are in a frenzy over the new
diggings. Corporations were formed as
soon as reports of the discoveries were
received. Employees of the Alaska Com
mercial Company at once sent two men
out Of the snowbound region to order
supplies and lumber necessary for work
ing the claims they have taken.
In october of last year the miners of
snake River organized the new mining
district. The name chosen was Cape
Nome mining district. The outlines of the
new gold fields were fixed as follows Ex-
! tendlng from Cape Nome in northwest
erly direction along the coast for twenty
nve miles and extending twenty-five miles
| inland. making a district twenty-five miles
square. 1t was decided that placer
claims shall be located 1920 feet by GEO
Itet. claims may be located by power of
! attorney, but this power of attorney
must be recorded prior to the location no
tees. All claims must be recorded with
IN forty days after the notice is posted
II was decided that water used for min
ing or otherwise taken from the natural
Netercourse must be turned back into
tne natural watercourse at the lower end
| OF each claim. DR.. A. n. Kittlesen was
erected District Recorder for the term of
Two years his fees to be 81 so for record
II.
Officials of the Alaska Commercial Com
pany, although somewhat conservative In
their estimate Of the value of the new
qlgglngs, admit that another rich district
mas been opened. Their representatives
send them reports Of the strike, and they
/ believe another such rush as that which
marked the stampede to Dawson City Will
be seen next spring They do not know
the extent of the rich deposits as the
district has not been thoroughly gone over
| py any one. That their employees have
faith In the strike they believe is evil
oenced by the fact that they sent ont
two representatives with authority to
turn all the money due them from the
company into supplies and lumber The
two messengers who came to the outer
world from their comrades are John
Lackstrom and f. w. Randelin. They
came out over the Ice fields through the
huskokWim country. thence to Katmai
and across to the island of Kadiak. From
there they embarked on the regular
steamer. arriving here on Monday. They
anticipate big rush when the Ice breaks
permitting vessels to touch at Cape Nome
The new district will be comparatively
easy OF access as soon as the fee breaks
next month. Vessels of any draught can
reach a point off the coast, though the
bluffs are said to be sheer and the anchor
age ground dangerous one. Small stern
wheel steamers can navigate the Snake
! River, along which the new diggtngs are
located, thus solving the question OF
transportation, which has been SO serious
a one to the people at Dawson City
The new diggings are said to be part OF
a strongly defined belt which includes
! the klondike country, the Forty Mile
! Circle City mines, the Koyukuk strikes
and thence on through this Snake River
region into Siberia.
! According to advices received here. men
from the surrounding country have been
focking to the new district since early In
December. The big rush from the outside
world is expected as soon as the naviga-
tion will permit There is q great scar
| city of wood for fuel and other purposes
the only available wood being that which
drifts ashore. Men are already saving
| this against the time when the demand
for ii will be SO great as to make 1t com
mand a fancy price. 1t Is expected a
camp Of 5000 people viii be on the ground
before many months. All the ground in
the vicinity Of the point Of discovery has
! been staked, including the land on the
creeks emptying into the Snake River on
| the east side.
| Cape Nome is the extreme southern
point OF the peninsula which extends to
| Cape Prince Of Wales, which is the east
ern point OF Bering Strait In the north
and Norton Sound on the south The
| ships and steamers make Cape Nome and
then stand in to St. Michael to avoid the
| shoal water caused by the discharge of
debris from the Yukon River. The coun-
! try about here has not been prospected
| the efforts Of the miners being for many
years directed to inland points and along
! the Yukon River.N The present strikes will
result in a thorough prospecting OF the
coast region and inland from the shore
line on All sides of Norton Sound