The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-28
All of the Favorable Mining
Ground Said to Have Been
Located.
BEACH CLAIMS ARE SPOTTED.
Good Ground Varies in Richness
Miner Believes the klOndike
Is Richer Interest
ing Letten
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL,
Tacoma. Wash. May e7-Cape Nome ad-
vices. to early in March arrived to-day via
the Dawson and Yukon trail. They contain
important news. Abner T. Ellis. one of the
leading mining men at Cape Nome. writes
that in his opinion all favorable ground in
Cape Nome and adjacent districts had been
located This situation is largely due to
winter work Of stampeders. Ellis says:
Hundreds OF stampeders have been run
ming over the country, locating all claims.
they can. One man in Cape York district.
eighty miles west OF here, located more than
4eo claims. Powers of attorney have been
freely used and abused. Tenderfoot miners
from the United States will have difficulty
in finding a piece of ground which has not
been located. The famous beach mines are
all very spotted. In some places the gold
was found from low water TO the highest
place on the beach. In other places 1t Law
In streaks only few feet In width. Tho
good ground. varying in richness, extended
from the edge of Cape Nome westward
about five miles.
There was then a break of about +,
mile. after which five more miles were
quite rich. These ten miles was all worke3
over and some of IL two and three times
To the westward. beyond this strip and
likewise 10 the eastward from the town a
great deal of prospecting was done. but
the prospects were much lighter. bringing
hardly wages.
and sluice boxes this summer In places
they VIII pay Anvil Snow Gulcf, Glacier
and Dexter Greeks contain very rich
claims In places / do not think this ia
equal to the klondike country by any
means and yet II will make a very good
mining camp. The best ground in the
Creeks named runs from s. to SO n nan
Inc long winter is becoming terrib,y
monotonous. Behring Sea is iced over a.
lar as We can see and land is covered With
SHOW. Inere Is not u stick Of standing
timber 10 obscure the vision Wood is
worth $50 TO so a cord and has to b.,,,rd
SIX 10 ten miles. 1t is poor wood at that
an Drift wood partly decayed and nearly
always wet We are having bright s,,n.
shine every day. Our last news from the
ou,side W world was contained in papers dated
Ellis says the rush OF several Thousand
PERSONS from the Pacific Coast and the
summer. 1t is evident from his letter thar
they are unprepared for the ten thousan5
men ana women who have already sailed
more who will sail from the coast and 90
down the river from Dawson.
SO many thousand claims have been
stahed by powers of attorney that 1t seems
improbable that the new comers can secure
an average of a claim a piece on good
ground. despite the fact that nearly sir
thousand miles of country have been laid 4
out into mining districts from Golovin Bay
to Cape York.
Ellis writes further that Cape Nome has
a. mild winter for that latitude most of the ,
time the temperature being 10 TO Is degrees
below Zero. The temperature was seldom
below 20 degrees. Several hard Billiards
piled the snow In great drifts all about
Cape Nome Wood and coal was divided ,
suiiiciently to keep everybody warm
tDOlfgh dahev
short Provisions remained plentiful.
though high priced.