The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-04

tributary where the claims have been
thoroughly developed. They have been
worked 20 a depth of nine or ten feet
Dexter creek. a tributary of tine Nome, Is
comparatively dry. 1t gives promise OF
yielding a great amount of gold.
&C. d. Lane has put a 100000 pumping
plant there to supply water. He believes
that il is richer even than Anvil creek
ON. of the men working Anvil creek took
out $4,000 worth in day and half and
5000 900 was taken out of No. l on Anvil
creek below Discovery after three months
diggings with a force of six men. This Is
only one instance. Several other parties
did as well there.
Too Early for Results.
at must be remembered that the real
work at Cape Nome began only last fall.
The present year will be big one there,
but it will not be until next year that Cape
Nome will be able to show how great is
her golden wealth 1t Is conceded by all
authorities that $S0,0O0,000 of gold will be
taken out of the Klondilke and Cape Nome
during 1900 l would not advise any one to
go TO Cape Nome; but it is not true that
all the ground there Is taken up / was
told that, but I was able to get go acres.
Forty acres are on the beach, eighty on
the timber, and 100 on Snake river. 1t Is
ground right out by the glacier. Anvil
mountain undoubtedly was centuries ago
quite high, but the glacial action has worn
it down, and the gold has been deposited
over wide area Gold is everywhere on
the beach, in the tundra, along the rivers
and creeks. 1t is found in the sand under
Bering sea for some distance from the
shore Even the anchors of the steam
boats when they are drawn up have gold
sand clinging to them. On the beach a
person can dig to almost any depth Fur
Their inland by thawing out, one can go
down fifteen or twenty feet. You strip
the moss off the top and then do your
thawing.
TT is only ten days time from Seattle
to Cape Nome. The steamboat passage Is
500 each way. That includes food, etc.
No hardships are to be endured. There is
no land travelling. as in the Klondike.
There is going TO be a great rush to
Cape Nome as soon as the season opens
in June next. / believe that at least $4,000
will go there. There are twenty-five steam
ers booking sailings to-day. The largest
nugget so far taken out of Anvil creek was
one valued at $3.50. oddly enough 1t was
shoveled into the boxes and run through
before it was discovered.
1.-The climate at Cape Nome is not Sc
severe as one would expect. There are
ali sorts of weather there, and ii rains a
great deal in the summer but the eli
mate is from so to 81 degrees, or about the
same as Seattle. OF course, ID is very
cold in winter. However, those who go
there must he prepared for weather con-
ditions. They ought for instance, to stop
work when the thermometer gets down
20 40 degrees. So far only summer dig
gings have taken place at Cape Nome,
but the introduction of proper machinery
there will lead TO the thawins of the
ground, so that work can be carried on
in winter as we'll as in summer. They
do winter work in the klondike by this
means.
"HoW do people dress at Cape Nome ?
Wen they don't wear much more than
people do who live elsewhere. They wear
moccasins mucklucks, or masinkas TO
keep their feet dry. The moccasin you
know about. Muckuk is a high boot,
the sides of which are made of Unframed
moose hide and the sole of sealskin raw
hide. The best waterproof boot, next to
the rubber boot is the masinka. This ex-
tends good way up the thigh, and is en-
tirely of sealskin, the Sole being of raw
hide Ii and the muckluck are both
lighter than the rubber, boot, and this
counts for a good deal when person has
TO travel as much as the gold seeker
does. 1t also counts considerable when
a person is hurrying 10 get his name on a
kas would beat the fellow in rubber boots
every time.
Cape Nome is an orderly mining town.
A sensible person can get along there all
right. It's not a good place for tough
men, however. They soon find out they're
not wanted and had better travel. A city
government was elected there last Sep
TENDER The Mayor, p. D. Cashel, is only
% years old They also have a Board Of
Aldermen, a city marshal and FIVE OF six
policemen as well as a regiment OF Unit
ed States soldiers. | don't know how
much the Mayor gets but all the other
officers get from $40 10 SIS a day. The
election was carried on just as II is in
any other place. They have also a paper
up there-the Nome News. II is week.
ly, and sells for so cents copy.
There are few kinds of insect pests at
Cane Nome The worst are the mosaui-
toes They seem to live In the moss There
they hibernate, but as soon as the sum
mer comes they sally forth in myriads
Another breeding place for them is tim
Der. The moss, however, is their favor
lite nest. This moss is a foot or two thick
The best way to get rid OF the mosqui-
toes is to burn the moss. Some of the
miners use mosquito netting.
Many nationalities are represented
among the gold diggers. Among them are
South Africans. Australians, negroes, Can
ad ans, and Europeans. but Americans
naturally enough are In a large major
ity. A great deal OF gambling and whis-
ky drinking goes on Saloons do the best
business Theatrical shows have not yet
appeared there, but doubtless will ere