Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-19
CAPE NOME is NO GOOD.
So Say The Miners Who are Returning from
There.
District Was saited suffering ofPros-
pectors Dawson CITY IL Fright
fully Duii.

San Francisco. July is-The reports
arrived today by the Portland fully
confirm the Associated Press adyices
received from Dr. stone. formerly "
this city. who went north during the
nrst rush 90 the Cape Nome district
The Portland passengers say uuquali.
ncdly that the district has been salt
ed" Ia the interests VI the transportn-
ton companies, ana that great suffer-
ing prevails In the district. food, fuel
and clothing being scarce.
Reports Of "a similar nature come
from passengers who went aH far north
us Rumpurt city, 4 few rich pockets
have been struck here and there. and
"a few important 'hndH' reported, ~
soon as some pruHpoctur makes
strike. his Joy gets the better OF him
and he tells others. This causes rush
and among a great number who JOIN
these PUSHES. possibly dozen, or oven
less may take out % fcw hundred or
possibly "A few thousand dollars. They
generally make their way to the settle
inCnts followed by q large number ot
the lucklcsH ones ana these arrivals
OF Ho many miners az one time at %
rettiement. accompanied by a few who
spend their money laviHhly, give rise
to the rumors ~ the great richness OF
a particular district. and the trans
purtatluu companies are not slow To
take advantage of the opportunity 10
dcludc prospectors 10 going into these
districts.
Many OF the miners on the Port
land spent their last dollar to obtain
transportation To this city ana some
had 10 sell an their possessions 20 get
money 20 pay the transportation
charges,
OF the Portland, takes a very gloomy
Wow ~ the state ~ anairs at Dawson.
There ig nothing doing there he SAID,
1T o. ffightfully duh. The place iH Hu
oyrrrun with unemployed men that
there IN nt least ten men FOR every job,
40. there ~ no auncring There seems
to be- food Tor an, but there arc
q great many men who are without
money. and who viii undoubtedly suf-
FER have no doubt that the govern
mout win have 90 step In and take care
OF these men, There are hundreds anN-
iuus To leave Dawson, ana would leave
" they had the means, but they have
not. and there IN an end OF H.
How many have LETT within the last
Fully 5000 A great many have
worked their way out and others are
now on the road south. \ great many
worked their way down on the Port
strikes. There are certainly men up
there who have made good thing,
aud they are pleased but the major
ity are henrt-slck of the klondike."
No PAY STREAK.
Seattle. Wash, July i0.-H. Sherman
and H. Il. Stoddard, who We're members
~ a party ~ thirteen organized nt
Syracuse. y. Y, returned from Alaska
ON the Roanoke last might. They
spent the winter In the Kopulpik dis
trict. Mir. sherman, IN speaking NJ tho
country, said that cnlora could be- found
almost anywhere, but there was no pay
streak that they could find No mug
gets could be- found the Size of PIN
head. There was a great amount "
prospecting done In every direction by
the thousand men who spent the winter
ON that river.
sherman thinks that gold dust may
be somewhere In that country. though
they could not IND II.