The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-23
NOME RIVER GOLD FIELDS.
INTERESTING FEATURES OF LIFE At
ANVIL CITT.
,,.oI, 81 Apiece and wages 81 an Hour for
Tbose who Stay the Season Through
cleanup. on snow Guloh and Else
..hore- Money Order Facilities Needed. |

,,.o,. nj Apieoe and Wages 81 an Hour for
those who Stay the Season through
Ir.,n.,,, on snow Guich and Else
,ore Money Order Facilities Needed.
v,su,scToS, Aug. 22-Two new Alaskan
,os, onices are made the subject OF an inter-
ostnu letter to the Second Assistant Post
,nostcr- General from i. G.. Kmball. special
agent OF the department assigned to that dis
,rict Both are in the Nome River country
shout 100 miles from st. Michacls by water
The lettcr says
Anvil CITY. the principal town. Is located on
the hcnch at the mouth Of Snake River. three
miles west OF Nome City AS l counted over
400 tents and buildings In Anvil City. think
I 400 is n very conservative estimate OF tho
nopulaton. There is no harbor at all. and ves-
soils are compelled to anchor out from 200
Yards 10 one halt IN lie and land their passen-
o,rs and cargo from small boats. There Is no
fueI here aside from the driftwood. except
what Is shipped in. The driftwood must have
come from the mouth OF the Yukon River.
Most all lines Of business are represented In
Anvil Roarlis$l per meal and wages ST per
hour. Lum Der is selling on the beach from
SIS 10 Sl5U per thousand. according to quality.
About the only means OF transportation for
provisions from Anvil to the mines 10 by pack
ing on the backs OF men and dogs. They are
paying 5000 per thousand for transporting
lumber from Anvil City to Anvil Creek or
Dextor Croek-a distance OF from eight to
twelve miles For other freight they pay from
fifteen to twenty cents per pound to the same
creek.
"Tho creeks in which the most gold have
b.en found SO far are Anvil. Glacier, Snow
Guch and Dexter l saw n cleanup OF the
sluice boxes on ono claim for an eight-hours
run, and they had about $500. saw nugget
from q claim lower down the creek which was
worth between SIS and Sl0. The most gold
so far has been taken from Snow Guch which
In "A branch Of Glacier Creek. Snow Gulch s
very short, there being but three claims on it.
On claim No. 3 saw q cleanup OF $4,000 for
an eight hours run, the largest nugget being
about $40 On claim No. on this gulch they
have about fifty mon and are working night
shift They made one cleanup Of $1,000 and
one OF $1,000 The wages paid on these claims
are So per day and board. provided the men
stay until the last boat goes out in the fall. but
only So per day II they quit before the last
boat went out.
In conclusion. would strongly urge that
Anvil City be made a money order Office as
soon as possible. am satisfied that the Office
would do a heavy business from the start. The
postmaster 10 competent to handle II, having
experiences in tho Skaguay office. AS he is
not agent for any commercial company, he Is
strongly In favor of the plan. The people
there have no means Of sending money except
by paying one OF these commercial companies
S. per hundred for draft"
The other oifice considered is Nome City OF
which Mr.. Kimb ball writes
Nome City lies at the mouth OF Nome River
and consists OF from thirty to forty tents.
Nome River is n small and very crooked stream
and can be assembled only by row boats or steam
launches OF very light draught."
The recommendation regarding Anvil City
will be favoraby considered