Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-24
PLENTY or GOLD
AT CAPE NOME.
Greatest Gold Mining Country on
the Face of the Earth,
SOME WERE DISAPPOINTED
But That was Not the Fault Of the
Country. witch IL a Wonder
fuI Producer.

Mr. Hyrum S. Woolley, Of Paris Ida
ho. has just come down from the Cape
Nome country after a summers stay
there. and signifies his intention TO re,
turn there next spring. He is thor
oughly convinced Of the excellence OF
the country as a gold producer. Said
Mr. Woolley today:
Il left my home last May, determ-
ined TO find out for myself what kind
OF a country Alaska was. Like every
ono else / had heard good and bad re-
ports from Nome. bur upon arrival
there, / discovered plenty Of reasons
for these.
Thousands Of people went 10 Nome
without any definite idea OF what they
were going to do or how they were go.
ing 10 do Il. They went out TO search
for gold, and because they didn't see
II scattered around ON top Of the
ground nor hanging on the bushes,
they got discouraged and disguised and
came away giving the country a bad
name. Others who went there never
went outside OF Nome City and conse-
Quently never found anything. These
also came back with bad reports. Still
others went there with insufficient
means 20 sustain themselves during the
period OF search for the precious metal,
and these were disappointed
Now, ] know the country Is a good
one. and | confidently assert that 10 Is
the most wonderful gold mining country
ever discovered since the world be-
gan.
Il have reason 10 know this. When
/ first went 10 Seattle, / organized the
Pacific Abstract Title and Trust COM
pany, with offices at Seattle and agen-
cies in Alaska, having IN special view
the collation. Of information regarding
Alaska mines and mining claims. SO
thoroughly and rapidly was the bust
ness done that complete history Of
every claim IN the country 10 date Is
now In possession OF the company. In
the process OF securing this informa-
ton. necessarily had to travel all over
the country. and want to say that the
enormous quantities OF gold being pro-
duced were simply astonishing. And
the gold Is not In one district or on
one river or creek, but It is every
where, absolutely covering the entire
country Every river and tributary
and every little creek has gold in Il,
and II a man has pluck and energy ana
sufficient means to enable him TO spend
enough time in the search he cannot
possibly fail.
zone old gentleman who was In Cali
fornia during the hight OF the gold ex-
citment there says that California. even
In It's palmiest days, was not to be COM
pared with the Nome country for gold
production.
81 know Of plenty OF men who have
simply done enough work on their
claims 10 hold them and In doing this
assessment work they have taken out
from one to five thousand dollars In
gold. Most Of the miners come in from
their claims to Nome for the winter
and / don't know OF one that didn't
bring with him gold dust and nuggets
TO the value Of from one TO ten thou
sand dollars.
During this year Il Is estimated that
six million dollars I'm gold has been pro-
duced In the Nome country. The banks
have record OF five millions and It Is
calculated that another million has
found its way out without record. feel
confident that next year from ten TO
fifteen millions VIII be taken out. and
that In the year after the amount viii
be anywhere from twenty-five TO iifty
millions.
Wages there are good. eight dollars
a day and board being the amount us
ually paid. and In the outlying districts
as high as fifteen dollars are paid.
People need not fear that all the
gold has been taken out, because the
mining viii be good for many years TO
come. am perfectly satisfied with II
and shall return there In the spring. II
Is Just the country for young man Of
pluck and intelligence"