The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-02-14
RICHER THAN
KL0NDYKE.
Gold Is to Be Found at
Any Point at Cape
Nome.

Fort Plain,N. Y. Feb. 3.-The follow.
ing IL part of u letter received here by
Irwin Miller, u returned Klondiker, from
the postmaster OF Nome City Alaska, tho
latest reproducing find:
"imagine a strip of sandy beach which
will pan from $2j to $500 per dny. The
water from the ocean Is uged to wash out
tho aurlferous particles, aud there Ia q
chance for every one. OF course, there Is
a strip along the beach about 100 feet wido
that belong to the Government for road.
way. But this can BIZ leased from the Iu-
terror Department.. and is being worked
by those who are in need of ready money
for the necessaries of life About eight
months ago crowd of 1900 miners came
in dead broke. They had lost everything
they had in the Copper River country.
and to them the free gold on the beach
was u godsend.
II have never seen any one who wan ted
to work clear up less than s25 a day.
There are times whom rich pockets
would be struck, and the labor of few
hours would pay $500. Or course this pan
ming by the small pan is not the quickest
way to get out the gold. Many Of the
miners improvise big hand rockers and
dig out two or three tons Of earth a day.
"In tho lakeland, further up from the
shore, gold Is plentiful but harder 10
reach. After digging through the soil in
SihhlHS INV suuit uup BlUuuu lsVSEy
and hard TO hol d. Bedrock Is struck ut q
depth of thirty feet moro The best tims
to work is IN the winter when tho ground
Is frozen, but oven then the climate Is not
SO severe as in the kondvke and the min
ers can work to better advantage.
This tableland, known rs tundra, is
bound to become ono of the greatest gold
Contres that the world has ever known.
Machinery can be put up ther3 and, with
the universal distribution OF tho precious
metal. 1t can be worked in vast quaint les
and will be another Treadwel mine only
richer and without tho necessityof putting
in stamp mills.
"up in tho bills mines have been dis
covered. One Of them employs eight men
and has turned out over $3.50 0C0 net.
When machinery Is put in there will be
absolutely no limit to tho prof 8 that will
result Claims have been taken up along
the hills and over the tundra, and one
man has as good chance us another
1t takes bnt little time and money to
flnd out the value OF II claim, Ii 1t does
not pan out what it should to satisfy the
miners dream there is plenty of land left
for him to stake out.
'Of course there arc disadvantages c.
pccially for these who are there now
There had been SO many gold scares thnt
40 ono paid any attention to this one. Tho
bi. S eamship companies along the Paclt-
Ic coast argued that they had been beaten
80 often In the past that they would let
his one alone. There are almost no sup
plies up there now and the ocean freezes
over eight mi es in the cold SEASON. 1t
would be Impossible for supplies to reach
.he miners now.
In the spring things will be different |
lavo no doubt that by the first of July
here be 100000 men in there crazy with
he lust Of gold The men can pay OK
lenses from the very first day. The dirt
will Turn ont from 30 cents to 81 so a pan
Ill over the tundra and beach. 1t seems
to have Teen the result of glacial move
ment and the placer mining will surprise
he most enthusiastic of tho Forty minors.