The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-25

| through the ice, and a week later
sighted dismantled vessel. the Cath
crime Sudden. Captain Pano in COM
mand, which had sprung aleak in her
bow. The crew We're stalled in the
ice, and the vessel had been looted by
the crews of the Pitcaring and Louise
b., when the CorWin reached her
AN ACT OF CHARITY.
The latter's crew removed launch
from the Catherine and towed it up
to Cape Nome with it's remaining car
go, after stripping her of all the heavy
freight and iron work. For this act of
charity the Corwin Trading company
received $1,000. and also possession of
the GATHERINGS valuable cargo, but
it is now in litigation.
When the party entered the bay at
Cape Nome, only two vessels were
sighted, but when they left there four
weeks ago yesterday, fifty-five vessels
were sighted. The stock obtained
from the dismantled vessel realized
$4,000 at auction for the Corwin trad
ers, but they anticipate trouble over
the goods In the courts.
Upon reaching Cape Nome. the par
ty entered extensively into the trading
business and after disposing of much
OF their wares and obtaining in re-
turn whalebone, ivory, walrus hide,
furs. deeer meat and other products,
they. set out to prospect for coal.
Three hundred and fifty miles from
Nome the Corwin group of mines We're
discovered and stated out. The The
tis claim was also established. and out
nf tic
covered, there will average l2O acres
each to claim. Three hundred tons
We're taken out of one claim alone in
the short time the party We're there
and this sold for $40 ton.
Ii is now worth S65 ton at Nome
and will be worth 500 Il ton in colder
weather. The product of these claims
Is IA line specimen of coal, between an.
thracitc and btuminous and large
quantities OF it has been brought east
to be analyzed.
SPECIMENS OF THE COAL.
Mr. Strong showed The Tribune man
a specimen of the coal and he saws
they expect to be able to mine it as
cheap there as it is mined here. They
burned the coal in the boilers Of the
Nome and It gave excellent satisfac-
tion, lie is of the opinion that it is
the best coal obtainable on the Pacific
coast, and believes there is thousands
of tons yet TO be mined.
Heretofore the prospectors have only
taken the specimens found on the sur
face, but they delved into the earth
fifty feet below the first line and were
amazed at the quantity of coal dis
covered. The company expects to have
their portable houses erected by next
spring near their coal claims and will
renew their prospecting with a large
force of men.
Regarding their gold claims, Mr.
Strong says that the prospecting Is
done with great difficulty. The richest
strike the Corwin company has made
is at Twin Mountain. is miles from
Nome. where Washings were made
valued at 5000 day. There Is one of
their claims, the Linda boom, which has
realized $4,000 in one day, but all the
paying claims are in litigation by rea-
son OF men claiming priority.
WAGES ARE HIGH.
Labor was 81 an hour when the
traders landed there and very scarce
at that, but towards the cold weather
help could be obtained for S. day,
A cook In their party of five men
commanded 800 month and his pro-
visions. There are 10000 persons at
Nome. and all sorts of buildings of
wood, iron and canvas. The natives
are exceedingly thrifty and shrewd.
Many OF them are suffering from con-
gestion of the lungs and Gre dying by
the hundreds. They do not know
the value of money and would pick
a corn cob pipe in preference to a