The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-04

"Some of them were engaged in mining,
and were even more venturesome than
the men, They would take all sorts of risk
and seemed so full of hope and energy
that there was no stopping them. I've
seen them working the sand on the beach
and getting 500 day out of it. recall
seeing one big Swed sh woman who was
at work all by herself on the beach. Some
of the men would speak to her as they
passed. Others would not notice her. /
recall also a Mrs. Burch of Seattle, who
worked alongside her husband and boy.
They were getting $500 and $500 out of it.
Burch was taken down with the scurvy,
and only for the devoted care of his good
wife he would have died,
about 5000 persons have passed the
winter at Cape Nome. l think they'll
come out all right. We won't know how
ever, until the first boat goes up from Sc
attic, and that will be about June 1. Most
of those who staid there this summer
were without doubt comforta bly, housed.
IL costs $500 a thousand for lumber. and
coal is cents a pound. The houses are
heated by big sheet iron stoves. As |
have said, offer no advice to any one to
go to or to stay away from Cape Nome.
I'm simply stating things as | found them
there. Every one must decide for him
SELF as l did. Each claim of regulation
size is ESQ feet by 1890, or about twenty
acres In the rivers about the only fish
worth eating are Arctic trout. | noticed
a few of the men up there fishing, but the
great majority haven't time for anything
like that It's cheaper for them to buy
meat. The principal game are caribou,
ptarmigan, and rabbits. There are no
snakes or frogs there.
There are a number of hotels and
boarding houses at Nome City. The av-
erage meal costs $3.50. Labor is paid for
at the rate of 81 a hour. 1t costs 81 for a
bed. The chambermaids are mostly men,
Cooks get $40 a day. I've paid as high as
81 and So for breakfast, but could get a
good one for $3.50. The neg yes at Cape
Nome are doing well. Some of them have
considerable money. One negro owns a
hotel He paid 5000 for II. He came from
Dawson where he made $1,000 pulling
loads with his dog teams. Horses are get
ting more common now in Alaska. One
hundreds dollars day is paid for horse.
At Cape Nome cents 2 pound IS paid
for hauling stuff up the beach. distance
of a quarter of a mile. Building lots
when / got there were selling for 500 each
within a month afterward they were SELL
ing for from $4,000 TO $4,000 each.
II know of one man who paid 80 900
for a half interest in a lot and cleared
500 900 on it. brings are so cents each; ci-
CARS the same. A pack of cigarettes costs
Capt. Cryder since his return from Cape
Nome has become manager of mining
and development company, with offices OF
Seattle and In this city He will return
to Cape Nome on the first steamer that
sails from Seattle. He will take with
him steam hydraulic mining machinery
costing more than 100000. He bought
here with him map of the Cape Nome
mining district showing all of the tribu-
taries of the Snake and Nome rivers. One
of the creeks flowing into the Nome IL
called Dewey, another Schley and a third
Sampson.
He also brought copies of the Nome
News. which enjoys the distinction of be-
ing published further north than any other
American newspaper 1t has four pages
of four columns each. 1t presents
a good typographical appearance. has dis
play heads, an editorial page and a fair
advertising patronage. The editor is Mai
j. +. A. Strong. who was one Of the edi-
tors of the Dawson Daily News