The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-04
DEFENDS CAPE NOME MINES
ORIGINAL PROPRIETOR sAYs THERE
Is PLENTY OF GOLD THERE.

oabo Price Has Taken out Oh .ooO-arovth
of the Mining Industry In Warrington
state - Devsloppaept OF the California
oil Fields - Copper Strike In Utah.
SEATTLE. wash. Aug. 28.-"I have purpossly
avoided reporters" said Gsbe Prios 10 Q SuN
representative to-day. "beoause there 10 ap-
parently an idea that the Cape Nome country
- nothing moro than q boom scheme on the
part OF transportation companies. whom. on the
contrary. It 10 nothing OF tho sort. was q
member OF Charley Lanes party. outltted two
years ago for exploring the Kotzabue Sound
country. and We went in well proyisioned for
two years. We drifted down into the Nome
country late last fall. and discovering the great
merits OF the country. l sent out word 10 Lane.
On my representations he sent nut Ave vessels
with provisions. machinery, 30. and accom-
panied tho expedition personally All this 10
on our own responsibility. without reference TO
individuals or transportation companies.
put up S20.0O0 OF my own money on the VEN
ture and have taken out S71.000. sent down
$lO0O0 on the first steamer from St. Michael
and brought down with me this trip SOL 900,
which sent to san,Francisco.
Il think there will be fully 81. 500. 900 taken
out OF the Cape Nome mines this year. al
though We didn't begin operations until the
nrst o, June. A large amount OF this gold will
come down this fall. while considerable OF Il
will remain In tho camps to transact current
business.
Fully $500 men will remain In the dieginRs
this winter and there needn't be an idle man
in the lot. We paid 81 q day and board to
miners. which is equal to $40 But miners
found they could do better by working for
themselves In the beach diggings whore they
are taking out not less than SO Q day and
many OF them go as high as 500 TO the man
These beach diRgings have been godsend to
men who did not have claims OF their own.
They can obtain water to wash their gold from
the ocean within a few feet OF them, and there
IL nothing TO prevent them from working until
December. They can begin work In Juno and
that gives them plenty OF time for mining The
gold is found from the surface to depth Of
six feet and the beach diERings where good
pay Is found extend for twenty or thirty miles
along the coast.
Il have only alluded to tho portion OF the
country where any man who chooses can set
up his rocker or take pan and go to work.
taking out gold with little expense and no
ceremony. The main streams are Snake and
Nome. which empty into the sea about three
miles apart. paralleling each other for mi lies
the former has from twenty five to thirty trib-
utaries. all showing gold. while the latter, not
SO thoroughly prospected. promises equally
well. Most OF the work has bern done on
Glacier and Anvil Greeks. and it ia from them
that greatest amount OF gold has been taken.
On Glacier the diggings are located In Snow
Gulch: on Anvil they are in Quartz Gulch.
There are plenty OF supplies In the country
for all who winter there AMI there will be no
occasion for suffering II they should run
short st. Michael is but eighty miles distant by
water and IL Ice should prevent water trans
portation the overland route. 200 miles. can
he taken, and this only requires three days by
ia ~ iaa
at st. Michael, and there 10 no excuse for
well man being breke In the Nome country.
Il intend returning In the spring and have
no doubt OF the result have the most i'm
plict confidence in the mines and think the
output during the next year will be something
that will astonish the most sanguine."
WARRINGTON.
sEArrLK. Aug. 2S.-Among the many evil
denoes Of the rapidly increasing growth OF the
mining industry Of the State are tho improve
msnts made and being made in the Tacoma
smelter. From the day Of its completion. ten
years ago. 1t has paid handsome dividends. 1t
IL now announced that the plant will be still
further enlarged. and that the enlargement
will be OF such magnitude as to place II among
the first on the continent. 1t is no longer q
question OF ore. but 1t 10 q question OF adequate
machinery to reduce the ore.
Seattle Is now getting into line with It's
nelGhbors. and this week Will lay the foundation
OF a smelter across the bay.
In the Davenport district the Crystal mine 10
employing twenty men in development and
extracting ore. which 10 being shipped to the
Puget Sound smelters The Crystal has been
apaying property from the surface to depth
The owners Of the Caronn mine in Trouble
some district. near the properties OF the Berlin
syndicate. put force at work during the past
week. This Is high grade silver property,
carrying small values in gold. On the Habsr
group, in the same district thirty five to forty
men are engaged In development
The Washing on Anaconda people in Beck
Ter River district have increased their holdings
during tho past month. adding seven more
claims to tho group. and have also increased
the force.
Slate Creek camps are all lively.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
SEATTLE. Wash. Aug. 2S-The Home SQUAD
Copper mines. discovered and operated to
some extent twenty -five years ago. are again
receiving the attention Of mining men. now
that title can be secured. This property ON
braces $50 acres OF crown granted land, OIL
seven claims OF tho ordinary American size
located at an altitude OF 1000 feet and distant
from salt water about q mile. to which poin,
the ore can be conveyed by gravity train
There are four tunnels on the property. all in
ore that assays from 40 to go per cent. copper
and from 500 to 5000 In silver and from 81 tc
81 in gold.
The Horsefy Company in the Cariboo dis
trict has been making some large clean .upi
and will be able to pay all tho expenses o.
placing its extensive plant. or about $3.50. 900
This comes out ofthe ground this season.
CALIFORNIA.
Los ANGELES. Aug, 2o.-The Thorpe mine
near Fourth Crossing. Ca!averas county. ha,
been again closed. II had been under bond t
the Thorpe Gold Mining Syndicate. which diC
development work costing l25.000. but tn,
company failed to carry out all the stipulation
OF the contract. so the owners took 1t back.
10 understood that the old company will con
tinue development.
The Gopher. Boulder and Damatia mines
with mills and water power at Kelsey.
Dorado county. have been sold to Londoi
company headed byJ. @. Alvarado for 81 90. o0O
ThH property Is a group OF gold quartz mine
opePatinR 100 tons ner day.