The daily sentinel., 1900-04-09
AMSBARY ON
CAPE NOME.
Former City Attorney Amsbary
Calls q Man to Time for Max
ing Vicious Statements of
Cape Nome Country,
Who had Never
Been There

w. N. Amsbary In an interview in the
Denver Post Of Sunday refutes the
statements OF one Frank May, regarding
some questionable things said Of the
Cape Nome country.
Evidently, Judging from the interview.
Mr.. Amsbary has great hopes of the
Cape Nome country and has also some
rich claims.
The following 10 the interview.
II have noticed the published state
ments OF Frank May with reference to
the Cape Nome country" said w. N.
AmrSary, former city attorney Of Grand
Junction and now a successful mining
man, "and feel that the misinformation
therein contained should be pointed out
and corrected.
"In company with Dr.. L. D. Denney
OF Cripple Creek. called on this man
May and interviewed him and gave him
opportunity to subatantiate his state
ments derogatory OF the Cape Nome
country. This he wholly failed to do.
"My knowledge OF the country Is such
that was able to ask very pertinent
questions about Dawson, Juneau and
Nome and his answers convinced me
that the man had never been in any
part OF the country he attempted to de.
scribe.
"As an illustration Of the correctness
OF my conclusion. here is piece Of ad-
vice he gave to DR.. Denney and to me
who are Representatives of a mining
company. He told ~ We ought to take
in . postahas nwniM, assuring us it
wosId b money maker, for the reason
that the timber would furnish from ten
10 aftsen inch lumber when ~ a matter
of fact, there is no timber OF any descrip-
tion within hundreds OF miles OF Cape
Nome. He also made the statement
that it any gold had been taken out, the
country was 'salted.'
"Now I would like to ask who salted
the ground out of which Mr.. Lindbloom
took $4,000? Who sslted the beach
from which close to $4,000, 900 was takenf ?
As far as this sailing is concerned, there
never was gold enough in the entire
Klondike region to salt the Cape Nome
country as it is 'salted.'
"May also stated in the course OF con-
versation that he left Nome four months
ago with 600 men, coming over on the
leo to Victoria, B. c., and that there
were not to exceed sixty men in Cape
Nome when he left and no town OF any
khn o. 10 fe0un q k00
TO 5000 people wintered in the district
and q geod, substantial town, construct
cd largely of lumber and corrugated iron
hold most OF them The town consisted
Of stores. saloons, dance halls, theaters,
etc.
II myself secured twelve claims from
whick took. from q space twenty feet
square, $1,000 with a common California
rocker in seventeen days. Anvil creek,
Snow gulch, Glacier, Buster, Dexter
and Dry Creek are equal to the Eldora.
do and Bonanza Of the Klondiks.
1.-THE gentleman said that it took flfty-
three days to make the trip over tho ice
with dog teams from Cape Nome to Vie
toria, B G. This everybody who IL at
all acquainted with that country knows
to be utterly untrue. He also made the
statement that boats could enter Behring
sea and roach Cape Mono at any time
during the winter months. This is abso-
lutsly false.
"If the gentleman desires te4contro-
vert any OF my statements he may find
me at 1853 Stout street."