The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-01
hopeful AND BUSY
RESIDENTS Of NONE.
Everybody Satisfied With
Camps Prospects.
THE GAN BIAS IN PORT.
Brings q Million in Gold From
the Klondike.
OmaUtsp 81 . HiiIisa Prom Ne0s ana
nanassk CaaDs-ysvs 81 ouaraa-
ains 81 Steamers ohis asa sasta
Ana O. Cenarned-Twenty-T
v>sssls n Pert Of Dsstanat1sn-
Oannsp work In Northern camps
Jsss Dssinning-Asuth 81 the
ruksa IL Open aaa The River
ossaasss Are view Cening out.

The san Francisco steamer San Bias,
CAp&. r. A. Piilsbury, Of the L. III. Hamil-
ton Company's feet. arrived from Cape
Nome yesterday morning, with advices
Of the district 10 juno n. When she
saSlsd for Seattle there ware steamers
ana sailing craft In the hsrbor Of Nome
a. follows:
q. Paul, San Jose. Humboldt. Lakme
yans A. F'aIksnbcrg. Charles Nelson. San
yQnso, Seward, Charles ID. Lane. Centen-
nDm, Victoria, Senator. Valencia, Bear.
UhAGhss, Mary ID. Hume, Volante. Anna
IT, Fay, Fischer Bros, South Portland
tRa1nisr. Louise d. Alliance and Aloha.
Thoss were noted by Capt. Piilsbury ana
II. w, Dixon. chief engineer OF the San
.Hias They say there may have been
others but only those given were noted
by the officers of the vessel.
hne e. about l25 miles out from Nome,
the San Bias spoke the San Juan, OF
che sams line. bound for Nome The
San Juan had few hours previously
spoken tho United States transports
Roeecrans and Lawton, also Nome bound.
All three probably arrived at Nome the
night of June 70 or early In the morn
ing of the I'D. The route they were
taking, Capt. Pillsbury says. was prac-
ticaIly free from ICE, giving them con-
tinuous voyage, Tho steam schooner
Aberdeen left Nome for Seattle June
San Bias.
Capt Plllshury brings ample conhrma-
lion OF thu report OF the quarantine or
both the steamers Ohio and Santa Ana.
He had his Information from Lieut..
Jarvis, of the United states revenue cut
ter Bear. In the shape Of an official no
tincation Lieut., Jarvis stated that both
vessels were in quarantine at Esg Isl
and which Is fifteen miles from st.
Michael All OF tho passengers were held
on their respective vessels, The ONO,
which sailed from Seattle May "A, had
ess passengers aboard. and the santa
Ana had probably 500.
Treasure on the san HAS.
Tho saa Bias brought thrty-six pas
sengers and 81 100000 worth on hioha ,li,
treasur, consigned by the Bank OF Brit
ish Nortn America 10 Dexter Horton
10 which wEs taken at once TO the Sc.
stu, assay ortec Besides this she had
~. Manook gold Included more or less
treasure from No s. Little Maneos, own,
Gen Il NJ Carr. hotA of this city;
THOMAS McGraw the governors son. and
his cousin, Frank McGraw we're san eias
pas~anKprs l. j. Crabtrec, long under
sheriff of King county during the terms
"a sheriff Of McGraw aud James H.
woolery. was also M@no9k pa pass,
nook lilo has been IN the district two
wears lie reports that this seasons
Mauuok yield was materially larger than
n WAS last year, but he declined to give
Tho san Bias officers report tho mouth
of tho Yukon open ana that three river
ateatners had arrived AZ ST Michael
They we're the Alaska Exploration Com
many = Ousttn. the Seattle No. and the
Rock Island. both Of the Seattle-fukon
Transportation Company's river fleet
sTheae vessels carried nearly 1000 klon-
dikers About 20 OF the latter were
taken from 81 Michael - Nome on the
san Rlas. which made one round trip
voyage between the two points The
san HAS arrived at Nome June H. ana
after discharsins part q her cargo went
10 ST Michael and discharged her ire'ght
for that point. returning again TO Nome.
Conditions at Nome,
There were. according % the estimate
of Capt Pinshury, about l6.Ho people IN
Nome and probably so more gn Ne YES.
ssss then in the harbor and between
Nome and Dutch harbor
''llghteragc rates were even hiSh@r
when We icst than when the Hrst steam
efs arrived at Nome" Capt. HlNThurr
said The rates Jumped from $40 tn 'lS
per ton and lighters were scarce az fhht
asure Some ~ the steamers heard
had paid AS hish ss 81 per ton for PE 1i-
About the city OF Nome there was the
greatest activity Observable An & the
werkcd MANY ot them had large crews
81 nen, employed Their was more or
lees mining on the beach bat ant a.
much ts had expected % So. However,.
"a MAS hard 10 tFl iust what ~as Eoins
on Ia a mining WAY near Nome The SCI
front was lined Min people trfinS % 80
dreds % small boats aad lighters wrre
IA she hArhor
.SNs mas uar- or less trouol- tn reach
iuE the place. Oar progress was alcw to-
werd me- last Tor W. bsd 60 grop- our
way through the tee for fully 1872 nil's
However thls h%A AN'H' Ai. d'AE'Nar,i