The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-02

| ing the pay dirt higher and higher. pre-
| paratory to the time when the warm sun
| OF the Alaska spring will loosen the wa
| ters in the streams and make ground
sluicing possible.
| Three Good Pay Streaks.
| Prospecting on the tundra has been
| prosecuted in a considerable extent this
| winter. and usually with gratifying re-
| suits Back of the N A T & T. Com
| pany's property big hole was sunk dur
| ing the winter, to a depth of forty-seven
| feet. Three separate and distinct pay
| streaks were encountered. The first was
four inches thick and was found eight
| feet below the grass roots. II averaged
| cents to the pan.
| A False Bedrock.
The second pay streak was found at
distance of about thirty-two feet. The
| pans averaged IS cents each It was at
| bed rock at a distance of forty-seven feet
that the richest pay streak was found.
| Here the pans went as nigh at 60 centA
| The gold was found in creyices In the bed
| rock. Some of those who helped sink the
prospect hole declared that this was
| false bed rock and that greater values
would be reached 10y sinking lower This
| work was prosecuted between January Is
| and March ~ A steam thawer was used
| to sink the prospect hole.
| Near Anvil mountain, three miles back
| of Nome Marshall Lee and j. A. King
| sunk another prospect hole through the
| tundra They went down thirty feet and
| encountered pay dirt running from 10 TO
| so cents DER PAN
Work OF Claim Jumpers.
Mr.. Kurtz describes conditions In the
| camp as promising with one exception
| which is that owing to disputes over titles
| to the best claims in the district and in
| rludipp ftyar ba1 nf h.t ~, liz,
| creek claims the development of the camp
| will, he says. be put back nearly a year.
| OF this matter Mr.. Kurtz said:
1T Is a fact that 10 per cent. or more
| OF the claims at Nome including the best
| known and richest Of the creek and bench
claims have been Jumped. rejunped. stalk
| ed and restaked until the problem Is Of
such intricacy as to puzzle the shrewdest
Philadelphia lawyer For example claim
jumpers. after fling their notices have
been in the habit of conveying their al
legged interests TO third parties who in
turn divided up with others until in Soma
cases there were a score or more Of
claimants to one piece OF property.
Legal battles Galore.
1.-THE result of this viii be that from
the time the first arrivals from Seattle
reach Nome there will he a legal battle
royal in which half the richest properties
In the camp and perhaps more will be
involved. This will naturally delay the
development OF the mines and prevent the
showing the camp is capable OF making
this season."
Camp Is Orderly.
or the mining operations on the beach
Mr.. Kurtz said that the camp was peace
ful and orderly. due In large measure n
the organization of the Nome Miners and
Labor Union, in which there were between
and 5np charter. fppn1hpre rhfs nrpa u,
ization has assumed jurisdiction over the
beach and has allowed ten feet square 4,
each miner pending the arrival Of the war
department officials from Seattle, who, It
Is expected will make new regulations
Two OF the richest quartz strikes in the
history of the camp are reported by Mr.
Kurtz. The first find was made late in
February by a party heated by a miner
named Taylor. They left Nome guided NV
a native and travelled for two days into
the interior in the direction of Port Clar-
ence. Here they found true ledge from
which they took samples at random These
being assayed by Assayer Thomas Of the
North American Transportation & Trad
ing Company. gave returns at $500 TO the
ton. The ore is said to be Plentiful in the
new district. the find being the richest in
the way of quartz discoveries in the his
tory of the camp.
Another Important strike.
Another adventurous party of prospec-
tors left Nome in the dead Of winter Tor
the headwaters Of the Ingeiatulek river.
which rises near the Unlaklk The pros
pectors were headed by two miners named
Jacobsen and Moon and the ore ran as
high as $i00 10 the ton. The district dis
covered by Jacobsen and Moon lies about
800 miles northwest OF Norfe
Investigations prosecuted by skilled min
crs on the beach has revealed the exis
while not profitable to work by the old
rocker can nevertheless be handled by
large corporations with improved muchn-
cry and big pay derived, This ruby sand,
IL Is said, extends along tho whole length
~ the coast to Care York The mining
companies equipped with machinery are
preparing 20 handle this strata OF sand
which % is said pays from SO to $50 per
ton.
Important Locations Made.
shortly before Knttz and Smith left
Sonc n parity OF Nome men returned from
a trim into "A hitherto unexplorci region
miles back from the coast. According
20 the Nome Ncws they made many loca-
,ious on entirely new creeks. and are more
chan ever pleased with the country
which they trayersed. which gave ample
evidence ~ being not only a placer cJun-
NV hut quartz country as we'll The
nartv vas composed ~ T.. g. Cole. n 3.
Warren. g. r tIeata, W Butler and A.
/ f. Marshall. ~ Port Clarence. Tho party
were absent eve weeks, and were guided
[ into the interior ay Sapshoot. an iptellt-
gent native of Port Clarence After
/ leaving Port Clarence they made their way
[ fo salt lake. eo NAMED because 81 Is
I ariuy. and from there crossed over 10
/ .he Agapuk river. thirty eight miles
/ northeast .f Fort Clarence There is
/ Argc native village on this river From
I the AeiaFak Do Eart1 CROSSED the de
/ vide 90 DE Kosk3kIn river where there
/ Us anothtc native Village, and whore they
bought nsl f.- I.z food
Mining District Formed.
From hu.Nasau ca. long divide was
! crossed. aa.tt fourteen miles. geo a num-
/ Der ~ genuine bog springs. steam was
/ risiug iu clouds from the springs bat
I ihe party could nor sample the wafer ay
4 reason - the nyrrfiow and ssft siush
q bee. 80 tHot cannot say what mineral
/ properties these springs possess. Leaving