The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-04
Beach Dqgd,gs o4ne MarDes Of Gold Dis
ooDery and the Wonder Of the Camp.

beach sands OF this di9ty1cs- THESE ncn
in that tine have taken cut $4,000 In GOLD
In one miles length On the beach begin
ming quarter OF nils west OF the Town
limits there wess ut ono time 10 rockers
SGT up and at work, representing more
than tive men 10 the rocker.
Four men rocked out In ten days from
space twenty feet square more than a.
These same men rocked out in one day
81. go In gold dust. This az well az other
portions o. this big take was weighed n
MY tent and that OF my partner. The lat
ter and I IL three and half hours rock
ing the first day we started took out sE..1.
though we were not so fortunate as to
continue doing So well
This rocking 10 proceeding FOR many
Three hundred tents line the beach west
OF town.
The town. quiet but busy al day. - alive
and aiight and noisy enough a. night
manner OF steamers. sailing vessels. boats
and canoes and on foot from the fats:ul
kotzsoue hegtra. Many OF these mon
were weary. hopeless. d.sseArssned, Out
the golden sa=is Of the beach have proven
4 God-sesd beyond conception, q yer.ta5le
bank. free for all.
DO you wish to rock on the beach.
Buy or make your rocker: carry u TO
the beach; lne up alongside OF or back OF
or IN front OF your neighbor. as you may
determine space with him. Strip the sands
20 the Pay streak. 1t Ia there from -xo
inches down 10 Ave feet below the sur
down your sand and gold from the blan-
kets or retort your anaigam from your
copper plates, and you have your days
wages in your pocket.
Wages. heretofore from IS to 81 per day
and board. are now from - to 80 per day.
and yet It II difficult to keep mon at work.
Without timber fres cannot be kept going
70 satisfactorily dry or warm them
Men can 90 on the beach. work a. long
or a. short time a. they please, and
walk into town " desired with ease.
The easy money to b had on the beach
has been 4 bonanza as well TO all the
business interests Of Anvil. the merchants
being enabled 70 do an excellent business.
MMx
A supposed day of reckoning has come,
and the greatest wholesale arrest OF min
ers ever made In Alaska certainly oc-
CURED on August II. when 2Ss miners
were arrested by the military and placed
under guard In q large warehouse Of the
Alaska Commercial Company.
The beach for many miles east and west
Of Anvil. beyond Cape Nome. seventeen
miles to the eastward. and beyond Sinroc.
thirty-iive TO tho westward. has been
staked and restaked. and in many places
stnked again and again for placer claims.
Many Of the earliest locations did not In
clude the beach proper below the high
tide dr!ftwood. and one corporation. the
Nome Mining and Development Company.
holding by location and purchase thirty
such claims. has endeavorcd for several
weeks past 70 exact rental from or the
removal Of the miners In front Of their
claims. The companys manager has 30
agitated the matter with the commanding
officer at st. Michael that he finally. after
strenuous elforts on the part Of Lieut..
CraistA in command here. to avoid such
action. brought about an order to notify
these miners TO pay for permits to work
or TO cease rocking.
When the lieutenant with . squad OF
ten or twelve soldiers marched up the
bcaah and then returning, notified the
miners to cease work or take q permit
following the lead OF Mr.. Cashei In a
thereupon arrested them and after din
ing marched into town long double line
OF men who had been earnestly enoeavor-
Ing to secure money enough to buy grub
The miners Immediately organised a
meeting. chose Z. d. Cashel chairman
and William II. Whittiesey secretary. and
In peaceabie manner proceeded to take
sssps for liberation IN, and nd future protection
pointed committee. authorised pract-
calIy to act for the whole body. The lieu
tenant upon request 20 show his warrant
for the arrest. Informed w that We were
arrested for refusing 20 obey the military
orders-not for trespass. AZ supposed.
We had submitted willingly TO such ar
rest. feeling that the officer was but 90
Ing hts duty. However, when we passed
resolutions declining the intercession %
any outside Influences and piedging our
selves TO refuse any but unconditional re-
lease. II became apparent that the United
States government must supply nearly 800
meals two or three times n day and bed
ding for 800 men and ono Iady--a Mrs
Ebba Nordblom, who was imprisoned
with the rest This was physical i'm
possibility under the conditions existent.
Lieut.. Craigia was very patient and car
nest'y endeavored 20 prepare for the
wants OF 80 large "a crowd but realizing
that he was O. the representative of the
military authority of the government, be-
ing used 60 further the interest Of n
graspInx corporation. or al least of its
manager. ne finally notified MIR A. Spring.
Jr. the active promoter Of the trouble.
that he mus; seek hts relief In the courts.
and ordered our release. with three rous-
ing cheers for the officer the miners quiet
iv dispersed
The following dav the men went back
10 work. the executive committee pro-
c~eaed 10 take up n collection 20 defray
the EXPENSE Of employing counsel te de-
eena the Injunction suit which the COM
pany had threatened and had been plede-
90 20 tnstitute against the rockers A
thousand dollars ''psia uc." was readily
formerly 81 skagi, county. Wash. and
IN. writer were put 20 work on the case.
and we nre expecting injunction papers
or restraining order or some civil process
by any steamer from 81 Michael
Our ohfsc, ~ 10 secure 20 many DAYS
for The rTY.rers 20 work this fall as poss'-
Ne realizing that cthbv claimants 70 tire
beach" VIII have rights another year
which tn's rear they are not attempting
80 enforce against "a
We Sns ara sill are convinced that the
company militant IN shts case have no
legal rtgAt 80 interiors with us. hesc" cur
stand
~
cannot give ~nu graphic T'c'urn -
tNss struggle Mr. y go VIII consider rat
osa y1ire~a working Ia close cont gu '
.ssv sf,ar sev @1tsou, one serious corr
,-cve-Nv rrvNr a con.c@. srs no blow
ever s'~Jrk have. - ss- &c affected ~
! ssia Ac.'on- Submitted quietly 90 arrest.
hsv~ FYAvsIy sni dlTniNs'lv brought ahon.
'sssr cw- rsisess With rcs \ Blatant
asf.ator ro- a s-p-kee b-awlsr ~ TIA
crowd they Should receive r1c-e than IN
ordinary ~esf = Communication We ar@
50 uslies f-=ra Sssftfe. froln civilization.
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