The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-08
GOLDEN CAPE NOME SANDS.
THE EASIEST MINING IN THE WORLD
IN PROGRESS IN ALASKA.
cious Dust on the Seasiore-Tnles Of
Quick Wealth - Winter Hardships cen
Rush of Newcomers Expected Next Season


ST MICHAEL Alaska. sept J. Inc most
remarkable gold mining ut present III the world
II not in the cntlt" history "l R"d INNING u 'hh'
In progress At and about cape Nome on norton
Sound, l}chrlng sea, AihSkh' ABOUT go Mics
north and west OF the mouth OF the YUKON
River, l35 miles rom this point God
was first discovered on SNAKE rover last
fall and during the earlier pfh"h "l
this season Cape Nome district had acquired
considerable rcputc as Eold ptonu'ct
and not few miners from III" YUKON hHNet '"uh
try many Of them stranded here, went over 10
Nome and either stakcd such claims MS they c"ud
get or secured work as they could ma H. Mu'h
complaint was made that claims had been taken
by persons holding powers "l attorney 'h''t
principals not being present III person ana III
June the Cape Nome district had become 80 uh
popular that reports were circulating 10 the eject
that the whole thing was iakr lois''d on the
public by the transportation companies 10 I'M
prove their business
Whatever truth may have been IN th'S" stories
Is now OF small import for IN June or early july
some one of tho stranded miners t"n'Ing ON the
beach rs the only unclaimed space a''id"h'hlly
discovered gold IN the Sahd al nus i'"I II" '"id
his story quickly among ms STRANDED friends,
and soon all III" unemployed ""r" al WORK on 'hc
beach with any and oil kinds Of tools that would
dig. Their success was Such ihat wl'hln lew
daES Hl'h ""' h"i WIN v" ,'"'''' "''"e Wv
creek at $40 day and board threw up their !"b
and took to tn" b"ach. expecting I" earn and
actually earning IN many instances as much in
an hour as they had earned III day
Never hal surh easy inning Weh heatd "i,
never had 1t been i"inh 5" uh'Npe'tcdly ana :"
"pp"rtunclH ana u was moi long b'i"fc every
thing else was deserted Tor IN" scash"r'' ana
even women and boys "f ten or '""lv" years "er"
10 DE- ionhl as p"SS III 'h' Sahd as 'he n''u were
.,s . ,h,,,. 49,. called hns .,,,ii,, irr,.,scI
'' u" ''' ~ - '
an" "n"% Is p''Seh''" ''' N''a"Er Nx"' VI nun
conditions .t,ur,, out alore, III, bc,ch for dozen
.'i"''''''N '''""h '"' '''- Wv CIV u '' :" "''' u
miles or more
For miles 10 the Yves, OF Cape Nome the beach
runs st,,ight AWAY IN n strip uf tide land vary
i. ,. t'.,, g., to, 10, Min, ho,,,oo,, hrh
ing rom i"t'F l" Sixty 'r' III ""'h oe'"'rh "Eh
and low water mark. extending up Ia the tundra
or bnck ollu,inl soil which is from three To five
ta., -, ,,,,, ,,,,, tao.,h ,,,,,,,o, An -, ,ni.
feet higher thnn th' ~a'h proper MI OF 'hlS
tundra and all the territory along the creeks and
,;yor. ,,,, and ,,c., ~, thirty ar fnr,v miles md
80, - ,I i .
PACK mo IN" mountains i"' ven or '"'N' mics
had been stakcd, but on the long strip of
nor could have under the tide lard laws and here
,o,,, hn,, ,,,,,, h,d ,o,vo,,.d tho haven stand
''' '''' W. "
ihlo d SlW VI N'H'i'h""N "N" '"''"N'"HH' "''"N
try At the same tune business 81 all kinds began
90 ro.,,,I Il, tho L,,,,, f-,.,, tho hosch and III,
" " ~
usual cr'i"cu"n 81 canning hclIS' saloons ana
dance halls went into operation At present il
10 os,ir,o,J I'm, NM T., 900 ,,r.r. ,, p. ,t ,nri,
" ,'''""" '''"' ,'', W. $780, ~" CIV ~
on the beach, "N'rnllhE west Tor twenty m'l'S
All these wur,. with rockers and they occupy Just
no r,,,,h ,,r,;,,-, :, tho mann n- ,,rnu, nc c,r
II" ,'u' "''''H W Wv ',''" VI N'"p 90 ''''
work H. II IS not uhuNuhl Tor one small square
bit Of beach To pan ont $40 tu SD an hour. but,
~ ,,,,. ,h .,,,,o 80 ,.,,,,, Az L,u.,oJ mud ,h,
VI ,'u'"' wv 7P"'' ~ ''" ' ''' Wv
lucky digger must move |" another spot
This beach deposit Of gold is as yet an un-
snIv.d rr,b,.m n,, some If * ,l,i,rcd that the
"" h,''" ''' - go "
gold IN thr sand whch u rEut'lN dust mas pcch
washed ont from the tundra by the waves at high
id. o,d d,,.;,,d ,hr,,,,,h b,rd,.d. ~ ,,.,-s in
"'' anu "'r'"' '','"H' "''"''"N W ''"'r ~
The sand. II ~ found mere now from Two To hNe
Iee below the surface in tn" drift and 50 plentiful
~ =, ,, ,,;,,. ,,h, d,,.. ,,, f,J !, il, ,,,.ir,,
' Wv '" WI" " 49, 80 ''
Luanttic' Is thT exception On IN" "th"r hand
there are som" who clail that tn" gold i washed
fl, t,,, ,h, .,, o.d thu, M. ,.ol ,i,II -, ,,,,b,,
" ~ " '' 49, " " "
lode, SO u SpraA /" !" h' r"arh'd ana developed
by dredging There ma br something in this
tb,,,,, hr, IN, ,,,,,r .,,u IA IA, thu. ,nr, tan, hl
Wv WV Wv ,'' -, w. " w '''' '''''''
Inc beach !" IN east ~ = APP Nom" MAKES ut
such gold showing a. do, ti- beach To- til" west