The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-19

News From the North.

The first report OF the season from the
gold fields OF the North. which appeared
IN the Post-Intelligencer yesterday. was
the sensation of the hour. South Afri-
can wars, Chinese rebellions and even
national conventions paled their inef-
fectual fires before n word from the
shut-in land OF fortune. II Is a stir
ring tale this combat with ice and
wind and wave to reach the shores Of
promise. These two pilot ships that
have come back with their messages
give us q vivid picture of the race for
Nome; the great rendezvous of the fleet
that carries the argonauts. the opening
OF the seasons story Of adventure. of
success and OF failure. II IL with justi-
fable pride that the Post -fntelligencer
congratulates its readers upon this COM
plete and earliest report from the center
upon which so many thousand eyes are
bent.
BY this time. doubtless. the road
stead at Cape Nome instead OF the an
chorage at Dutch Harbor is the scene
Of excited activity. The conditions that
enabled the Alpha and the Jeanie 20
enter and depart through the Polar
drift were not 90 severely unfavorablc
as TO detain for long the larger and
more powerful boats waiting their OPP
kra
are taken. In this race for golden
hope. From this day on we may ex-
poet NJ any time an account OF the
landing OF tens OF thousands on the
beach of promise and the beginning OF
the great game upon whose chances 80
many have staked their all.
Every indication points 20 a develop
meni OF mineral wealth in Alaska be-
You'd even the expectations of the san
guine. In this respect the news from
the klondike region Is instructive. II
has been reiterated 10 WEAKNESS that
the deposits there would be exhausted
early that a few first corners. holding
oil the best claims. would take out the
keld and flee from the rigors OF the ell
mate, then the kiondikc country would
b. heard OF ne more. Instead OF that.
and Notwithstanding a stampede that
has carried all the floating population
70 Nome, II ls stated freely that the
product this year viii run from ses. 900.
ooe upwards. surprising all estimates.
A, Meme. on the ether hand. com
para'iyely little seems TO have been ac-
eomplished during the winter excent
prospecting In the adjoining country.
where several rich fnds Rrc reported %
have been made, Il viii be another
year before Ne shall begin 70 measure
In nations the treasures hidden In
beach aud tundra. Hut there IA no nm.
favorable news. there Is no discourage
meat Everybody there. aud an who
return from there. speak tn terms of
conviction 81 the wonderful wealth ~
the country More convincing. Der.
hsps tAsn any argument l. the fac,
that 50 few people came cat At this
onerea opportunity After months az
the terrible Northern winter. II the
prospect were not su,.d. 70 men were dis.
aTrolnsed ami believed that the pass
eintics had been cxaxrrrated there
would have been a rush for the first
steamer out oonpavable TO that which
eeset the frs, steamers Ia. The Jeanle
brought QUE three passengers from
treasureland. the Alpha nye. Evidently
peop'e are not leaving Alaska: and II
they stay. they stay for a purpose and
with promise
Through the vivid accounts published
BY the Post -Intelligenoer its readers
may understand what is happening now
a; the soal Of SO many anxieties. iahors
and dangers. This summer viii see the
development OF an immense area q.
promising ground at Cape Nome. II
~iii tell us Of the location Of other de-
&es'ts - rich. perhaps. In the surround