The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-18

steamer. He says that ali the mining
excitement Is now centered at Topuk
There miners are making from 80 10
$50 day on some claims, but the gold
Is In patches. and intervening claims are
sometimes poor. The most sensational
clean-up-the number OF the claim was
unknown TO KiIi--was at Topuk In
April, when $1,000 worth OF gold was
taken out In one week. and G6.ep was
taken from the claim altogether In
little over a month. Twenty men were
working on this.
Other creeks that are showing up ex-
ceptionaIiy well are Golden Gate ana
Mascot. Topuk IS between forty ana
fifty mites from Nome down the coast.
and a dozen miles inland. Between 800
and i.0o0 men were working there De-
fore the co,d snap. which brought the
mercury down to from 70 20 10 degrees
below zero, and naturally stopped the
EASY Cow ~ anaira There have been
several clean-ups Of $4,000 on l0D-foot
Claims The figures given above as a
weeks cleanup was in days OF eight
hours each.
Nome Hungry for News.
Every one in Nome was hungry for
news from the outside. and the Post-In-
telligencer especially had a very large
sale. ]. G. Monaghan came down from
Dawson early IN the winter over the
Ice. He says that people making that
trip had very good luck and very few
lives were lost He Invested In several
claims and obtained handsome results
He Will return again after dlsposing Of
his gold In Seattle
Tinsiey also came down from Dawson.
and his experience was similar to that
OF Monaghan. They had some gold from
the manager Of the Alaska Commercial
Company. consigned TO Seattle.
Gaudei who made the round trip, had
most peculiar experience. He was
sleeping IN his fur bag ny way Of ex-
pertinent on the way ZIP. when one day
he spilled some quicksilver on the fur.
He neglected TO clean H. and that night
inhaled n The quicksilver was attract
ed by the gold nliing In his teeth. and
soon got IN hls throat Now he has the
appearance Of man In the last stages
~ consumption He will return to
friends In Tacoma.
New Charts of Northern Waters.
Capt Buckholtz has made very fine
chart of the northern part Of Bering sea
He took. careful observations Of the po-
sition of the ice pack all along, and will
s~nd his big chart TO the photographic
office at Port Townsend. He says that
his officers. two OF whom were Ameri-
cans, were the nerviest seamen he ever
met
The Nome News, OF May 2s SAYS
from the late reports received from the
outside II would seem that the Interior
department IL In supreme control of this
section of Alaska, and military control
will be subordinate 10 the civil authori-
oil nd .l,av Mt
troops, that have been assigned to duty
here. may shortly be expected. Just
what powers Gen. Randall Will exercise
can't be satisfactorily arrived at. as
there II diversity OF opinion and whole
lot Of misinformaticn afoat rs to the
scope Gen. Randall's authority will as
sumo. The new Judge. marshal and
ether officials vii In all probability reach
St Michael early In Juna. that point
having. Ia the unwlsdom of congress-.
been selected as the headquarters for
the new district As % per cent. of the
business will appertain to Nome II Is
probable, In the opinion Of many attor-
neys. that tho Judge win hold court
here instead OF at st. Michael. he hav-
Ing the privilege 40 TO do II he sees Mt"
Prices went up rapidly at Nome In May.
Tacks took sudden jump from $3.50
per sack to 81 to SIS. Milk Was selling
for Is cents a can: canned fruits, 50 cents
and eggs 81 dozen.
A guessing contest on the basis OF g. 600
IN prizes was arranged by several OF the
large companies. The guessing was on
the question OF what II would be the
fret steamer to arrive this spring.
Tickets on steamers bound for New
Siberian mines were being sold when the
Alpha left.
IT. O. liordwig. Of Seattle. has OBJ
tained from his claim on Balm OF Gil
cad creek. Eidorado district. and cents
maj Ia tAna xyafi sx..II Il L..
ALSO gotten from his property on 0oose
creek, in Casadepogra district. consider
able gold He VIII work both this year
Mr., Nordwig says John Wick has taken
Out about $500 from new prospect. No.
above. on tho latter creek There are
sixteen claims on the creek.
Reach Holds Out spi~naidiy.
Bering city is the name of a new town
site on aran,ly harhor ten miles south
OF Port Clarence, Lots are being bought
up rapidly. contract has been let by
the Meme Water Company for the lay
ins of three and a half miles OF i4-ineh
pipe fran Moonlight creek 90 supply tho
town.
James Bacon. formerly of Montana.
committed suicide on May Capt Mans
field from Hlum city, says that the
beach n holding oHs sptenaialy They
Say that they averaged - Goats 60 the
pan The men ara worn out owing 20
the disadvantages" rald Capt. Mans
Held III they had grub and tools. and
u was warm weather they would be do
ing much better, though some OF them
report that they are making as much a.
two ounces each DAY. Others are not
making more than SIC There ere about
900 people at wofk at BLUM city and 9th
or places. bel0W Bun City there is
good pay, and heycnd the bluffs Il an
other good place, There arc, however
lots 81 eoaldors on the sand and those
have dsgustrd SNfne OF the men The
sand Is mainly coarse and black There
Is very h,tle red sand The black sand
comes from black gold bearing rtcks
back from the SHORE. There would h.
ieQ msn ON the beach now Il they haA
favorable conditions"