The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-09
will be- taken by men and rockers.

will be taken by men. and rockers.
There Is no question about there be.
has many creeks that are fabulously rich.
though but very little work had been
done on these UP 70 the time Of our de-
no disposition to come out. but late in
the summer and fall I presume the rush
back will set in. for not all Of them are
Mr.. Boch has been on the Yukon since
1897. He returned with 1850 worth of
gold dust Though he visited Nome dur
operator Il, that camp camp None Of the he
Centenniafs passengers passed the winter
satisfied with the outlook.
Capt. Eagles. of the Centennial, says
there is liable to be great property loss at
Nome on account Of the. surf and tidal
waves. There were hundreds OF tons of
outfits and supplies strewn along the
almost certain destruction OF this great
heap OF merchandise. II would not only
watersoak the goods but carry many ~
them out into the bay.
and no strong wind at Nome this sea-
son. at least not up to the time OF the
departure of the Centennial and Nell
son.
Indians Turn Pirates.
Or. Smith, who returned on the Nelson.
Northern Light, which took north a
cargo of lumber and general merchan-
disc. including some liquor. When the
Northern Light arrived OF Cape York her
York Indians were substituted. but as soon
as they had boarded the vessel, fol-
lowed by many other natives not en-
ployed by the ship. the natives proceeded
to loot her. In very short time the In
dams were drunk on the Northern Light
whisky. With great difficulty they were
subsequently towed TO Nome. There her
charterers sold the lumber cargo at
handsome profit, much OF It at N7s per
thousand
For towing the craft from York to
Nome. a distance Of about 100 miles the
tug charged 1900. Nevertheless, DR..
Smith expressed himself as well salts
fed with the venture. intimating that he
and his associates had made good money
despite the desertion Of the crew and
footing of the natives.
r. q. McMicken. writing TO Capt. f. e.
Game via the Nelson. OF conditions at
Nome. said II would be a month or moro
before any considerable number Of peo-
pie would leave Nome. He expressed him.
self as believing tho district not only
Both the Nelson and Cleveland brought
Nome mail.
Both the Robert Dollar and the Senator
nave large CROWDS ana al tne treignt
they can carry. The Senator has about $50
passengers and the Dollar over 30. Hon.
A. II: Noyes. the newly appointed Uni
ted States Judge for the Nome district.
was a passenger on the Senator, as also
Alex Mckenzie. a rich New Yorker. who
Is extensively Interested in Nome min
ing ventures
Capt c. o. johnson headed a large
Pittsburg. Pa, expedition on the Dol
lar. There are seventeen In the party.
Their outfit consists of forty tons Of
and <0000 feet OF lumber. The COM
pany Is styled the Alaska Gold Dredg-
ing Mining Company. They have a num-
Der of mines situated in Nome river.
Those constituting the expedition. all
residents of Pittsburg, are: William ALI
man, ID. Denny. b. Brownfeld. George
Golden. p. Fullerton. George Dean. II. NJ.
Liston. A. Kirk. q. Gordon. C. d. John
son. q. F. Johnson. T. w. Pearsall. DIR.
J. G. Irwin; ): ID. Porte, p Hagan, c.
L. H. Gray, OF the Seattle Yukon
TRANSFORMATION Company. and Ray Guerin,
a Seattle lawyer, are Robert Dollar
passengers. They took 800 tons of coal.
which they viii place on the Nome mar
ket.
Charles Watson took 1OO-ton machin-
cry and supply outfit for the Boring Sea
Mining Company. A. NJ. Crabb ships
panying 1t himself. Samuel kean and
Joseph c. Ross has twenty-five tons OF
mining machinery, and II. T. Bicknell
ships forty or fifty tons OF stoves and
general hardware. NJ. 8. Colson Is a
Robert Dollar passenger, He is going
to Nome to establish a restaurant.
The following sailed on the Senator: