Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-14
GOLD FIELD OF CAPE NOME.
frs, Definite News from the Newly Discovered
Bonanza.
CoIors Found Everywhere counirI l.
Very Rich Great Rush -ucn VINO
Have pcri.hcd Near cape Nome.

Seattle. waahu.. July ii.-Tho
steamer Alliance arrived this morning
from 81. Mlchnels and Alaska. She is
the FIRST vcrscl to arrive from the
mouth Of the Yukon this season. and
brings advlccs from the newly dis
covered gold field Of Cape Nome
when the Alliance left st. Mlchacls.
the season was not lar enough adj
vnnccd 10 determine the future of the
dlggings. prospcctors were very COM
ndont that tho country would prove
very rich Colors werc found almost
everywhere throughout the zone, which
H. 90 miles square. and nearly AN avail
able ground has been stakcd. In some
instances there are four or i've claim
ants to one property. AZ soon no warm
weather sets In and material for sluic-
Ing ls AZ hand. the true value OF tho
ground viii be- known.
Pans from s. 20 81 dollars arc common.
Only one cleanup has been made thus
far. II was that Of Gape Price and
Louis Lane ON claim No. \ above Dis
covcry on Anyn crook. with four
men shovellng eight days they took
out $4,000 Not q shovelful was taken
from the bed Of the creek.
The gold ~ different from that OF
the Yukon In thut u d. quito black, due
90 iron. II runs about SIS 90 the ounce.
on "a claim adjoining Price and Lane
Or. lSittclaon took 81 to the pan. There
was "a great rush Of men from 81.
MichnelH into tho district. Town lots
are selling as high uH one thousand
dollars.
The Alliance had several paqHcnFcrs
and small amount Of gold dust from
Dawson.
The noxt steamer to arrive will prob
ably be- the Roanoke which was TO have
sailed from ~. Michncls June ..
The Alliance brings news Of the death
OF several miners near Cane Nome Fol.
lowing are the names of six;
Joe Fountain, -- Maynard, -.
Grotenu. -- Carr. Doctor Brigham
and Jack Burke
Al ~ tho above. save Burke. were
from IoyOkc Mass, and were mem
horH OF n party knoGn az the Roych
Party. Or. Brigham died from ma
tural causes. Carr and Burke frozc
10 death.
out OF party Of 100 miners ut Cape
Nome ~ severe cases ~ scurNy duNcl-
oped during the winter. The stricken
men were mostly loaded on slcdgcs and
hauled over the ice TO 81. Michaels for
medical treatment
Jacob Made OF Canton. Ohio. who
was a passenger on the Alliance, thinks
that the predictions of the richness OF
the Cape Nome dlggings are not TO be
realized. lie said
con several OF the claims I saw gold
taken out but In very small quantity.
In no Instance that l know Of had bed
rock been reached II never win bc
reached until they can get wood IN
there. The only wood IN the district
is the drlftwood. which is almost as
precious as gold. For six days | invcs-
tIgated the camp ana then came away
thoroughly convinced that the diggings
were by no means aa rich as reported.
Hundreds, az the time / was there. Were
Rocking In from Dawson. Many viii
come out this summer thoroughly dis
gustcd."
Among the passengers Of the Alliance
was PARTY OF ton from Lowell. Mass,
who went into Noyukuk district last
year. l., n. Harrington, q member OF
tho party, said;
"Aiy candid advice IL Tor people 70
stay away from lSoyukuk. The outlook
ia not encouraging, We took up "a
party OF sixteen and lot six u them
there 10 see what this summers work
would pan out, We do not come back
disguised and sore with the country.
but believe there Is not a Hufllclcncy
of gold there 90 warrant rush Into
the country