The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-06
FROM CAPE NOME
MIR. Ben Hitchcock Has Mug
gets to Show Kansas Friends
LEFT HERE LAST SUMMER
Gold Fields Attract and Mr.,
Hitchcock viii Return

Il would not have miassed my trip TO
Cape Nome for twice the amount Of
money it cost NE" said Mr.. Ben Hitch
cock Of zyba yesterday to reported for
the Eagle.
Mr.. Hitchcock has recently returned
from Cape Nome and weass large gold
nugget on his necktie and If you ask him
+ about it he reaches down into his pocket
and brings out another nugget worth
! probably fifty dollars, And that is not
all. for after you are through admiring
the large nugget ne brings out a buck
skin bag which contains smaller nuggets
/ to the value OF $500.
! Mr.. Hitchcock came to this county in
1859 and for number of years has lived
+ in Sumner county on the Ninnescah. He
I owns property there and last spring he
( together with his son, K. n. Hitchcock
ana a number Of other acquaintance left
for Cape Nome
/ Mr.. Hitchcock in speaking about this
/ trip, said: I'VE left here in the spring
and arrived in Cape Nome in June and
/ staid there for some time The trip was
/ a most enjoyable one for me, and took
a greater portion Of the time IN looking
I around. There were about 200 or 5000
( people in Cape Nome while we were
there and many Of them staid wheun our
! ship came away. Staying there through
the winter means something Ike being
/ in the peniteptiary I should Judge, for it
B -
/ the cold.
1.-THE men were prospecting all the
time looked around for gold and
found considerable on the beach. It is
in fakes If it can be called that The
gold seekers use a rocker and in that
manner they secure the gold It IS back
farther that the nuggests ar secured
but there is gold all over that country.
There are some large minas and It is
my impression since there is so much
gold in that country that other mines
just as large, viii. be found. probably in
a manner surprising TO the world and
surprising as well to the man himself
but am satisfied that the gold is there
all right"
Were you successful in securing for
tuner"
well, would rather not say anything
about that part Of it. Although I am well
satisfied with what I brought back"
"Ahe you thinking Of going back to
Caps Nome?"
II have not yet made up my mind as
to when 7 will 60 back, but I think that
viii leave here in the spring. Ny son
went back this fall to take care Of our
interests there and that does not necessi-
tate my getting there until later on
II saw a number OF Kansas people
while away and they were getting along
quite well. Some OF them we're making
money, while others were just merely
holding their own. Of course, you must
realize that all Of the people who 60
there do not find gold. but there is oppoT-
tunity for q person 10 secure work at
reasonable amount per day If 1t is work
that he wants"
us there as much 1awlessness in Cape
Nome as Il is reported?"
1.-THE people there are not any more
law1ess TIM in any mining camp. saw
the men working on the Union Pacific In
the early days andthe men ct Cape
Nome are not any worse than the men
who put that road through the noun
tains.
"Of course there are depredations com
mitted. but the Offenders are taken care
Of. The reports in many cases are ex-
agerated, but Of course there are deDre-
datons committed.
''Eatables are not as costly as one
would think OF course I suppos , 70
person here that the prices seem large.
but you can get three leaves Of bread for
a quarter and many things about as reas-
enable as you can get them here
"Our water we always boiled before
drinking. It is fairly good. but We con-
slider It necessary TO boil Il. There IS
not much sickness there. not as much as
YOU would think FOR. I hardly think that
the death rate was any larger TIM # has
been in Wichita and peshapr not so
large.
The beach slopes back for quite a dis
lance. Then there IS a terrace OF. some
thing similar formed BY reindeer moss
and other vegetation IN stepping into
It YOU sink down Just as though it was
Ike a swamp. In these places the water
IS not good for drinking purposes and
people would not think q drinking Il I'M
less Il was boiled a long time and then
not in large Quantties
Pack n this reindeer moss IS the lana
again and gold IS 20 be f9und there. The
large mines are not on the besch By snv
means. FOR the beach Is where the grains
Of gold are found"
what machinery is used On the
bssch9''
The cradle IS about the only thing us-
e5. Many people took out machinery
with Ehsm whenl we went expecting 70
use # IN the beach Some e them 8i8
use the machinery. nut IN fhs majority 81
cases e IS on the beach rottlnR. with no
value attached TO * because IL can not
De used
cape Nome is III tight and thlnk
thers vii be much more gold taken from
t1at country than has ever before been
taken ot+.
and as matter n fact u 7 shoI8
20 back. think that sill stay Cor some
tine and 80 more prospecting than
have eve- done before
Geo. a Points. uppe- SAND SKI. q
vrrttes. ~ haTe been usrg FOI.ET
HONEY AND TAR fa- h1suse-ess ard
fnd Fl TIE best remesy have ever
tried = stopped the ceuzh ir1nusaiztsy
and relieved AZ soreness" e Gshring
80 p Do3eas, Geo Van Wer5e1 - 81
Hrrtr Wichita Drug "a 70 LloezE.aa