The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-16

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Nome City Is the postoiicc While tn
city Possesses a number Of franz
houses. tents ARE the prevailing shelter
and prices FOR commodities are pretty
much ns they are In all mining towns
Notwithstanding this Ia one u the mos
accessible mining towns on earth, a,
ships. from any part OF the world may
come up 10 lts very doors. making due
allowances for no harbor and much de.
lay between ship and shore IN bad
weather Meals are from $3.50 To $3.50
each; q bed In tcnt,A ti.50: plain
drinks, 80 each. bcer. 30 c per glass
and other :hings in proportion. includ-
INK a mutton chop at N25-and, by the
way these are not much In excess of
priocs At frst-class places In New York
city. Copper plate for use In rockers
is worth lts weight In silver. and one
miner who had no copper substituted
silver dollars for Il, slxty-four Of them
being required TO properly plate his
rocker. which. added to its first cost of
$50, made It somewhat expensive. even
Tor this locality. Lobor In the mines
In worth from s. 10 SO n day and
board. aud even carpenters. about the
only other class of labor. are paid 81 30
au hour and board themselves As the
days In summer are from eighteen to
twcnty-four hours long. carpenter
can put In q lot OF spare time Every
body has money and Rs many who
have Il are not used 10 IT, they are
lavishing their earnings by day on
gambling. liquor and dance halls at
night. Gambling takes the bulk OF the
dust. and every species OF game is rep
resented In Anvil city.
As TO what amount OF gold is being
taken out. there Is no means of de-
termlning II Il known that not more
than 100000 in all have been shipped
by steamer and 100000 OF that has
gone out within the past week The
beach mining Is reported TO be turning
out about $4,000 day. but this In the
nature OF things cannot continue, and
when Il ls exhausted these men will go
TO work on the numerous claims lying
back from the sea and along the
creeks. Here the gold is found In very
rich deposits. the claims OF Lndeburg
a Co. on Anvil creek. turning out over
81. 900 an hour (s25,00O In a hours) one
nugget recently found being worth
Ssi2. Another claim. owned by DR..
Kettlesen. in one day cleared up $4,000,
and so the story goes One may hear
almost any kind OF a fairy tale, and
while many OF them are exaggerated,
the fact remains that just now every
man in the district has a pocket full
OF dust and a heart full OF hope, and
there are no dead brokes In Anvil City
What the condition will be a year hence
win not be known until then. and can
not be predicted.
November communication with the
outside world viii be completely shut
Off for seven months at least, and only
a few OF the people now In the Cape
Nome district are fixed with either food
or shelter for the severity OF the cli-
mate. though those who are prepared
with house to live In and sufficient
food and fuel can not only pass the
winter comfortably. but can do more
OF less work.
There are very few so well of as this,
however, fuel being scarcer than fool,
but among the beach combers" a novel
plan will be adopted. Parties OF four,
six or eight will organize for winter
operations by securing large tent,
It on the beach on the ground
they propose to work in, and there they
win set up housekeeping The canvass
viii be protected on the outside from
the weather In every way possible and
stoves will De kept going on the inside,
so that the tent Will not only be com
to live and TO work in, but II
will never freeze in there, and the min
Ing can go on quite as satisfactorily as
II the balmy spring was the only season
known in the Cape Nome district A
great rush is expected in the spring,
but, as has been stated, there are no
claims unstaked anywhere within 80 |
nr 40 miles OF Anvil City, and what lies
beyond those limits is practically un-