The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-28

n Magic and r. r. McRae two Cape
rers travellers. news ~ whose arrival
sVI n.rsou was published here ten days
I 40 reached Seattle yesterday Ihey
- passengers from SkaRway on the
\ s,.smer Dirigo. Maggie "a well known In
] ~. ri,v. where he long resided before go
~ north. Both McRae and Nagle are
4 ',s,ovss Of J. s. Kinball e. Co. of
4 Al, Francisco. The came out with the
4 .,g,neers' report OF a survey for rail-
.e,d from Port Safety up the Bcring sea
,osst 10 Cape York.
4 sprovlslons are plentiful In Nome at
,,evaIling price," Maggie said, discussing
X, conditions ~ the new camp. They
~ no higher there than I'm the klondlke.
: rIour can be had for 81 per sack and ba-
~ AZ "a cents per pound OF course lux
rr,es are not so plentiful, though even
s,me OF these are 10 be had.
/ nAs 20 the district from miners
3s,uap1 Inf Of course II is rich. but
vould not advise anyone to 60 there.
4vany thousands are going and the labor
rsrket will surely be overcrowded. Those
rho are wintering In the new district eN-
ne, rush. but nothing Ike we have
lizard OF since we started out. AS for
ourselves, we expect to return, We have
p,oner,les there and intend to develop
\ them
A .worc or less prospecting was being
,one on the tundra when we left Back
N the Alaska Commercial Company's
,,ore they sunk p hole In the tundra to a
serth OF eighteen feet and found twelve
sent dirt No work is being done on the
vssks but there Is more or less beach
1 mining The miners were digging out the
frozen gravel and thawing and sluioing In
,he.r cabins. Only the richest ground
vas being worked and the men were hur-
1 r,nr 10 work out the best before the
simmer rush began.
I'VE met stampeders 200 miles down the
,nsst from Nome. Every little stream
Va reported to be carrying good pros
Dcts No one had arrived At Nome from
1 ne outside when we left, January 6. save
/ hose who started down the river late In
] ne fall and got caught In the ice
The railroad builders for whom we are
fakng out advices, j s. KimbalI & Co.
n San Francisco. have had surveyors
/ f,lsct route from Port Safety TO Cape
4 York, distance OF 125 miles. Whether
hey will build the road or not | am
4 Unable 70 say We arc simply taking ont
1 he engineers report"
AeRae and Magic made the trip to Sc
4 siiis In hfty-one days actual travelling
4 tine They reached Dawson February q
Il nd after rest came to Skagway In
Twelve days
q o. their long voyage 10 skagway. Nc
Nae said
& Up 10 the time We left Nome the wealth
40 had not been severe The lowest the
Nasmometer reached was 30 below zero
3sd the greater part OF the winter season
3ss we're there IL was In the vicinity NJ
Xefn. There was littlo wind and the ell
|IEse certainly was not hard 10 endure
id we crossed the kaltag cutoff and
,and II easy 10 travel In the journey
the river We began meeting people out
Dawson for Nome az Rampant Al first
here were but few. but after a few DAYS
sf came Ia parties OF twenty and TWEEN
8rhye, and large numbers were there
Nier met daily, Some OF the travellers
3sas weary. especially women.
IN The women are really TO be pitied In
4At women should be prohibited from
Haasins The journey. Some ~ them We saw
Hshen they were only 30 miles out Vet
3asy made camp at night tired and worn
3Nt and that when they had virtually
3Aly started on the journey
q The trail was good. Tho recent warn,
&s-ather had taken on the snow only on a
3ss spots beyond Bennett Had much II
been OF We would not have made tho
lse we did Lake Bennett was not IN n
4 ~ condition We made the run from Ben,
II tM 10 the summit In four hours The
AZ twelve miles this side OF the summit
Va The worst The road was simply strip
II q snow and nothing but mud remain.
III. THIS was extremely hard on the dogs
ne reason thai they were tired after
~ Ions trip
Sasie and AcRae LEI, last nisht for san
hsaeiseo