The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-07-12
RICHES am BEln
N GAY CAPE NOME.

Laviessness Rampant, Mine Jump
ing = Regular Indussry-shoos-
ings of Daily Occurrence
SEATTLE, June 3o-The San Bias,
Captain A F. PfiIshury. arrived this
morning and brought thirry-six pas
sengers and 81 90, 900 worth o. Klo1-
dixie treasure consigned By the Bank
of British North America to the Seat
tie assay omce. Besides this she had
probably $3.50 900 Of Nome and Manook
gold The Manook treasure included
more or less dust from the No. S. Little
Manook, owned by former Governor
John Il McGraw and General E "
Carr. both of this city.
The San Bias officers report the
mouth OF the Yukon open aud that
three river steamers had arrived at ST.
| Michael They were the Alaskan Ex-
ploration Company's Gustin. the Seat
tie No and the Rock Island. the lar
ter two of the Seattle Yukon Transpor-
tation Company's river fleet These
three vessels carried nearly 1000 Klon-
dikers- About $50 OF the latter were
taken from St Michael to Nome on
the San Bias, which made one round
trip voyage between the two points.
The San Bias arrived at Nome June u,
and, after diseharging part of her car
go, went to st. Michael and discharged
her freight for that point, then re-
turning to Nome.
There were, according TO the esti-
mate of Captain Pillsbury. about $1,000
people in Nome when the San Bias
sailed, and probably 5000 more on the
vessels then in the harbor and between
there and Dutch Harbor.
''Lighterage rates were even higher
when We left than when the first steam
ers arrived at Nome" said Captain
Pillsbury The rates jumped from $40
TO SIS per ton, and lighters were scarce
at that figure. Some of the steamers,
heard, had paid as high as ST. per ton
for Tightening.
About the city Of Nome there was
the greatest activity observable. All
OF the creek mines, | was told, were
being worked. Many of them had large
crowds of men employed. There was
more or less mining on the beach. but
not as much as had expected to see.
However, it was hard to tell just what
was going on in mining way near
Nome The sea front was lined with
people trying to get their goods and
effects loaded, and hundreds of small
boats and lighters were in the harbor.
1--WE had more or less trouble in
reaching the place. Our progress was
slow towards the last, for we had to
grope our way through ice for fully 130
miles OF the way. However, this had
about all disappeared when we left, so
the vessels then en- route should not |
have any trouble getting in.
Il should think all Of the first-voy |
age steamers will be able to complete |
diseharging at Nome aid leave on the |
return trip by July 5. While they had |
a storm of more or less severity June 6, |
the weather after that was compare |
lively pleasant. There had been an |
absence of annoying surf and high seas |
which heretofore have made discharg |
ing at Nome SO difficult Everybody |
seemed well pleased with the mining
outlook.
.'All seemed to regard the district
as a rich one. OF course, they found
everything staked for miles around,
and those in possession of property
hard at work digging for the gold.
''Lot-jumping was the order Of the
day in Nome when the San Bias left.
Located lots were selling all the way
from $1,000 to s25. 600, merely for pos
session, as no real estate titles are TO
be had at Nome"
Il never saw the like" Chief Engi-
neer Dixon remarked, every fellow
seemed to think he had a religious
right to jump the other mans claim.
.'All this, Of course, resulted in many
fights, and some Of them Of most Sc
rious character. Hardly night passed
that some man was not shot Many
seemed disposed to take the law into
their own hands,"
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