The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-15
Moo Thousand Fortune Hunt
~ Await Coming of Spring.
=, q FROM FROZEN SANDS.
,or twelve Miles Dotted With
aud Tents in which VIM
=. work Is Being Carried On
-, rather scarce, but Provi-
-. pIenty-Camp Orderly and
-. sanitary Conditions Good.


special Correspondence.
N ..,,sr T,ec &. lSs9--Bering sea, covered
49, 49, a,d snow as far as the eye can
- stretches away for miles, frozen
80 before the greatest mining camp
~. ne world has ever known. The
svsrhsr 50 far has been coinparatlveIy
"a contrary TO the predictions Of even
= daes, inhabitants. Nome is unshelt-
- trom the wind, and It was expected
~. me Arctic gales would long before
- make themselves a dreaded foe.
!, nj about 5000 people are wintering In
xcre and vicinity. They are all COM
s,tably Chartered In cabins. built Of lum-
Z. xhjch cost $3.50 thousand feet Pro-
y rssons are plentiful AT prevailing prices,
"a ,hsre IL no question but that there is
ssnrh food in camp 10 last through the
srssr Plenty of drift wood Is stacked
= dong the beach, and now that the
" s,sand Is frozen Il is being hauled In with
Il teams. Coal is scarce. A month ago
4 hIpha. the last Loaf 10 arrive here,
ksuEht 10 tons, which FOUND ready
rnfktt at 800 a ton.
ronslderlng the population OF the camp
o.ts has been but little sickness, and
~ few deaths Several people are
avn with typhoid fever. among them
m Heron son-ln-law of Capt. Healy,
4 The NJ A. 7. & r. Co, but all are con-
4 Ths municipal authorities are preserving
teeA order and but for the occasional
nsft OF A sled or a sack of coal no dep
rdaiions are committed.
nu.ng November, money was rather
rafre At the close OF the mining sea-
~ hard times were anticipated and
ssstybody began 20 tighten up" As a
rsult, but little money was spent. and 1t
M but seldom that poke" was seen.
Y Tndng the month however, miners began
"a d east about for winter work, and Sc
/ utu an Aa
"a rglt between this place and Penny
rsu. twelve miles distant there are
skos, i@ cabins and tents, and fully 500
= miners either at work on the beach or
: N<par!ng 20 begin operations in the
fsing Their plan Is to dig the sand from
De beach, take It into their tents, thaw
a. And then wash X In warm water,
Il IL now expected that these miners
II ~ take out considerable dust during the
II winter. most OF which will be put into
i, nssfal circulation In Nome.
y On Tuesday saw a man sluicing a few
Il alss up the beach. About seven miles
~ few days ago, A A. Gordon and f.
q Stanley found n SIS pan while rocking
~ fair wages are being made by many
i NAtrs A good deal Of prospecting viii
= Done this winter not with the expecta-
mn 81 taking out d%saps. as that would
snsssly pay ou, for the purpose OF To-
~ next spring, During the prospecting
II Fesss the sand will be rocked and men
~ thus be ensMed TO make little mon
~
tun1ant, enough Is to be had 10 enable
nfSaefahle thawing TO be done
NJ high tide and waves OF two weeks
~ broke clear over the beach and OBJ
MeNief al trace Of former working so
- new II Is impossible TO tell what
~ q the beach have been worked out.
the mouth Of Cripple guch good
~ Of prospecting has been done, hut
@Mhx rich has been found. The sand
sapsy vet, however Il worked by ma
naosFy, The sand IL frozen near the
nntis from eight TO sixteen inches. and
nt beach workers expect TO get good
~ near low water mark rs soon as the
- shall have been frozen over Com
Niwahls beach gold has been coming in
issn lately, and there r. every reason
nttd out this winter
lta men, named Ear ana Seaman last
eaesaay rocked out 500 In a few hours
No mile and q hair above the old
ssTo village near Penny river
a Larson, who lives a few miles up
beach, says thar between Nome and
frHrY rivers there are 100 cabins and
~ oI ten cabins across the Penny. Re-.
y. ss we aiter and Cripple river there
- cabin contains three or four per-
- NJ larson and partner with thaw
I'll And rock Il during tho winter In
Miller ~ Miller & Wilson. has
~%aed from Mint creek In the new Are
@sNlSti fNNftN-NNe miles north OF
sefA, where he made several ioca-
MAso brought hack gold from the dis-
10 Rain. II WAS obtained from the
tswaM creek A. q depth in the gravel
aot ana a half Mr. Miller was in
district four weeks
~ Afctie district ~ on the Arctic side
ef aNl3e." he said "and gives evil
II 2ss q unusual richness II "a a quarts
al 49, The whole country n quarts and
a ~ ~ ueh .cdscs have been found.
a " Ne now taking in giant powder ana
d PsefaF'hg ~ work the lodges
a - Aentefy claim 90 Mint creek II
a 49, W Patrick O'rouDeli and RON this
a aFrk Sllilsar took while I was thorc.
q NAaA % dft HAT averaged - cents
q We Nn The crcok is twelve miles
~ e siaked the whole distance
g r,NW Ire divide sull further north r.
= e"see creek which several men afe