The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-17


sO,ooo In gold. a greater portion of which
was brought from the Cape Nome dis
trict. from which . large number OF the
passengers come. Purser Shaw had In his
safe about $25,o00 owned by six individuals
and the balance was carried by the pas
sengers. The boat brings with her stories
of rich discoveries in Cape Nome. ana
while not all are enthusiastic over the
district, a large number are willing to tell
golden stories Of the land OF which re-
ports have heretofore been 80 connicting.
Among the passengers who came down
on the Alliance who are enthusiastic over
the district IL Capt. VIM. ktdston. for-
merly In charge of the Roanoke. but more
recently engaged In mining IN ALASKA.
When seen last night at the Butter ne
said: ~.
richest district In Alaska have spent
eight weeks in the district and know what
June "a last and found site for Anvil
City laid of between Snake river and
Cape Nome. The place then had a popu-
lation Of from $50 to 800. That site IL now
City. which has grown to $500. is located
a short distance away. l just proceeded
up Anvil river and found they had already
begun to open UP rich claims
Make Rich Clean Ups.
"Claim No. /. below discovery. owned
by Lindblom. Lindeberg & Binderson: IN
corporators Of the Pioneer Mining Com
pany. then had eight men at work. They
were digging a drain ditch two feet wide.
I took three shovels OF the dirt. put II IN
a pan and washed 1t out got out Of
the pan 1856. That was on June .. On
the same claim on July 81 the first clean
up Of eight men working six hours was
5000. The second cleanup. on August =
eight men working eight hours. was So.
600.
up the creek the claims are all staked
out in twenty-acre claims and are being
worked. the results being about the same
as the one recited.
'Claim No. is owned by DR.. Kittleson.
and working fourteen men eight hours,
is taking out from s.. 500 to S, 90 per day.
Claim No. is known as Prices claim,
but Is owned by Lane. They are cleaning
$1,000. Claim No. 9. experts say. is the
richest yet discovered Every pan taken
from ground two and three feet from the
surface is running 81 to 5. This claim
named Anderson. who discovered the dis
trict- Claims II and ~ are owned by Lap
landers who accompanied the reindeer ex-
position to e. Alaska Alas "a. They are mskinE
as fast as they can take II out.
The Snow gulch district. owned by the
Pioneer Mining Company. has three very
a sa ars being nsp si%s 5sa ne
claims speak Of have seen the gold fall
on the shovel as the dirt was being thrown
out. In fact. the ground is composed OF
surface. They have not touched bedrock
yet. I know this to be true. because
On Glacier Creek.
ION Glacier creek they have Just begun
to find gold. 1t ID going to prove just
as rich as Anvil creek. and all claims now
being opened up are running just about
the same Claims are now being opened
up on Osborne. Hobson, Boulder. Rock and
~ NJ. Wilson. Of the Alaska Commercial
Company had bought up about fifty claims
prior TO August 5. and had an option on
thirty more. These Were purchased upon
expert whom Wilson sent into the district
The North American Transportation
and Trading Company has half interest
The output from Cape Nome this sea.
son will be at least $4,000, which will
represent about two months' work. There
Is , no telling what next seasons output
Now / say this because I know that in
Snow guich they took out Sl5O.0oO in TWEEN
~ working days. which il the best work
Next fall there will be bigger and
greater discoveries. and that portion which
is considered the best has not vet got
down to q working basis.
Timothy Hopkins, of San Francisco. n
buying claims on Goiovin bay where the
deeper down you go the richer the dirt d.
Ihere are large number Of men work.
ing on the beach below Anvil City, which
IS owned by the government, and they are
day." y" P
An Experts Opinion.
Ivan l.. Peterson. the mining expert sent
into Cape Nome by Wilson, returned on
the Alliance When seen last night he
said: II did most OF my examining ON
Glacier creek. and / picked out some very
rich properties. Mr.. Wilson has pur-
chased seventy-four claims. Some he got
my opinion that Glacier fs the richest
creek there and will probably turn ont
best There is large area OF rich ground
and ! believe some Of the best properties
are yet to be uncovered. The district IL
not all rich. and out OF the Thousands 81
claims staked hundreds will prove no good
but there is a vast stretch OF rich rnin,r1
country" Mr.. Peterson Is we'll known an
the Coast. and for several years has been
superintendent or the Union Consolidated
at San Francisco.
John Osborne. formerly Of Seattle who
srent month In Cape Nome. has the FOL.
lowing To say: Nome Is very rich Tho
creeks. all of which have examined that
are At present giving good results are An
VII, Snow Gulch Dexter. Glacier ard o.
borne l have seen the cleanup az one
day on Dexter creek al gold nan hes naS
TO OVERLOOKING with dust. There are many
such districts on all the creeks named.
below Anvil City They are tatinr r-n,,
*la to $40 day out ~ the sand = had
three men and two rockers at work On the
beach six days and net,ed SIS a dav rnr
each man This ground Is reserved FOR
poor miners and II proving a great boon
Purser Shaw. OF the Alliance rore,u.
tne reports. and saws that evervbosav a.