The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-05
Considers tho Hew District a
Rich q the Nondika.
ONLY DIFFERS IN EXTENT


s1oe World. one OF the men best qualified
to speak with regard to the camp has been
singularly silent on the subject. This gen.
tieman II John ]. Healy. general manager
Of the North American Transportation and
Trading Company. now in Seattle. Yester-
day. however. while sitting In the lobby Of
the Butler hotel Mr.. Healy discussed Cape
Nome In . most interesting manner.
Cape Nome" he said. rs . rich camp
Indeed. II In. 20 far a. Il has been pros
pected. showing up ~ fabulously rich az
the Klondike. In comparing the two camps
one has TO take into consideration only ex-
tent II the mining area Of the district
should prove az great In. extent, II y q Sec
ond Kiondike. The developed mines are
just az rich. and this my company has
known for many months. We have refrain
ed from telling Of the country simply be-
cause We did not want TO precipatate q big
rush. at least until II Is known that there
II an abundance Of pay ground In that Sec
ton.
In the meantime however, we knew re-
ports were reaching the outside in the shape
Of letters from those mining there. In
Vulnerable letters have been received.
more in Seattle. perhaps. than in any other
one city. Already there are many evidences
Of the work OF these letters. People are
slipping into Seattle from all parts Of the
Union ard quietly making arrangements
to get to the new diggings.
Geld Of Peculiar Quality.
"As early AZ November we received a
lot Of the Cape Nome gold at our st. Mi
chael store. About q, 500 worth came out
and was put In general circulation. The
stun b Of rather peculiar quality. and
should say runs, any way. SIC per ounce.
1t Is not scale gold. but rather what might
In mining parlance be termed honeycomb
gold. To my notion this gold got into Cape
Nome without travelling far. perhaps not
to exceed Ave or six miles. and some Of II
possibly not over mile. The friction in
dications show this. It Is neither coarse
nor shot gold. though think the former
abounds in the camp. The Cape Nome
quality thus far taken out u Of such ma
ture AZ will save In the first length Of tho
aluice box without the use Of quicksilver
Much Of II Will lodge within six feet OF
where the dump product II emptied into
the bex. some. Of course. goes further.
when Tho arst news Of the discovery
began to stft out. last November and De-
cember, every loose man around ST. Mi
chael and on the iower Yukon began to
rush to the new camp. The Laps deserted
the employ of the government and went
peli nell to the digginE<. Claims early IN
the winter began TO have. according to
their holders. big values. Our agents have
authority to buy mines. and they were
frequently asked $4,000 for a single Cape
Nome property. But the claims In that
camp have some extent. containing. ac-
cording TO the American laws, twenty
acres.
.'The so-called Cape Nome district IL d.
vided into four divisions. each twenty miles
square. And there Is q big difference be-
tween a 500-foot Klondike claim and
twenty-acre Cape Nome property The re-
eult 10 going 10 be that when the news
Of the winters work comes out there win
be a big exodus from the Klondike to
American Cape Nome. And I have no hes
isancy In saying that there Will be 10000
people In the camp by october !.
Expects Another BOOM.
"In my opinion we are going 20 hear
great news from the Kuskokwin. the koyo-
kuk and the Tanana before the close Of the
summer season. and II will be another case
Of the world being on Are again IN q
mirinc excitement way. The Kiondike's
restrictive measures are driving many
miners into American territory. In the
sense that the piace OF every American
miner leaving the Kiondike II liable to he
taken by a Canadian or British subject !
am sorry but II Is correspondingly graft
fysrg 10 know that those VINO leave wend
their WAYS into American territory 10 hunt
for gold beneath the stars and Stripes.
Ard there is more golden wealth hidden be.
meath the Stars and Stripes than any other
flag that floats.
The veteran Alaskan's eyes fairly flashed
as ne made this declaration. and with an
even more emphatic assertion ne con-
tsnued: There will he 10000 miners pres
pecsing for gold IN Alaska within ten
years That r. my prediction. hope
yoG will remember IT. Yes i0o 90 strong
hardy men, pick and shovel In hand will
be browsing the mountains and valleys
They will be making In the capacity Of
mine wage workers and az miners on their
ewn account an average % S. per day
That means that for every days toll soc 90
a, the least calculation. aud no Doubt very
much mere will De added every twentr
four hours to the worlds circulating me-
dunn II - true that the farmer produces
and so also does shc miner. Stop the miner
an{ the circulating medium Of the world
comes 10 an end very quickly.
There are three classes OF men, 20 my
mind specially deserving Of legislative
protection, though | am sorry 20 say that
the protection too often takes TIRE form
~ restrictive measures In the matter Of
the prosecution 90 their several pursuits
I refer 90 the srapper. IN the prn.pecsor
ard "a the soldier. The latter guards the
e~osrec,nr and the srapper as they oper,
up the country. Too much cannot he done
"a encourage trapping and mining The
men who follow these pursuits discover
the real resources OF the country Hut for
them Alaska would even now De little
known"