The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-03-15
NONE STAMPEDE ID
 RELOCATE CLAIMS Four Hundred Men Camped on Nome and Anvil.
RAILROAD TO SIBERIA
Good Accounts from Port Clarence UnavaIling Attempts to Roach Siberia Over the Toe of Boring Sea Ghastly Location Post.

The L. s. mail leaving Nome Jan uary 9th brings the latest issue of the Nome News, edited by Major Strong, SO favorably known to the pioneers Of this city. It is a conservative news paper printed for local circulation, and has no glaring statements of the rich> ness of the district to attract outsiders or make business for steamboats and town lot spectators.
 From its first page article 1t seems that the town was struck with an am bition just about Christmas time to stake new claims for the new year, and during the holidays there was hurried mushing north. south, east and west. It was believed that there would be number Of claims open to relocation after January lst, and this accounts for the lively stampeding. The article states:
 "A Bertillion, who has just returned fvom a trip up the Nome river to the head and thence back by way of Anvil creek. says there were three hundred to four hundred men camped along the route. Some were doing little pros pccting, but the most of them were watching some claim or other which they proposed to jump on New Years. There was scarcely creek in the dis trict that was not being watched, and the rccorder's office promises to bc kept buster than usual some time after Jan- uary lst.
 "The stampeders who hope to find good claims to be relocated are not con fined to the male persuasion, but uum- bers of women have started out to se- cure some mining property and others are making ready to be in with the push"
 The number of claims stAked during last year was only about 500, of which assessment work has been done on 300. But the number recorded since the dls- trict was organized on October l5, 1898, Is about 1000, in an area of twenty-five miles square.
 The News apprehends trouble and confusion over the manner in which mining districts have been organized. as they frequently overlap.
 There is some humor of the grim kind noticeable among the Nome min CTS. One has taken an Indians skull fixed 1t on q stake on his claim, and written the usual notice acrOss the fore head.
 The news from Port Clarence the latter part of November Is that gold has been found in paying quantities in the beach sands at Grantley Har' Dor, and it Is thought that the sands will prove to be as rich as those of Nome. C.. P. Dam is there in connec- tion with the townsite and the :estab- lishment of a line of steamers on the lakes in the vicinity Of Grantley empty ing into the Fish river. These steam CTS would open up vast stretch of if- land country
 The reindeer express from Nome to York is said to be a success. It Is to make round trip every two weeks. The actual travelling time is fifty hours.
 Peter Bernard is reported to have made a fruitless attempt to cross Der ing sea to Siberia. He will try again in February. There seems to have been several parties struck with the idea of mining in Sibsria who have met with disaster in trying to cross Bering sea.
 The survey Of the railroad to which Mir. Church referred in his letter. pub> lished yesterday, is mentioned in this issue of the News, and table of dis tances given. It is made by Rutledge X Garside, and shows the route of the proposed Alaska-Siberian railroad as follows:
 From Nome to Miles. Indian Village. ...................... oI Penny River. er................... 10 Cripple River .......llt Senora creek ...................... l6 Sinrock. k................... ......'-..' 'zof Don't C1oraD,a anff Sl&