The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-08
SEATTLE. MONDAY, OCTOBER 9.
Nome a Substantial Mining District


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Nome q Substantial Mining District.
After all that has been said against
and In defense OF the Nome mining dis
trlct, the fact remains that 1t has pos
slbilitles sufficient to keep large num-
Der OF people there during the winter.
and those who remain In the North are
doing so because they believe II Ii 20
become one OF the great placer mining
sections OF Alaska. with the return OF
the first boats that went north In the
spring there were brought back many
tales Of trouble. hard luck and disap-
pointment There were the usual stor-
les OF hardship and many adverse criti
cisms were passed upon the country and
everything connected with IT, The
beaches had been worked out, the tun-
dra could not be worked. the creek
claims were producing nothing. and.
judging by the early Ill fortune Of the
many who had rushed into the country.
the whole stampede was little more
than a fixxie.
So declared some Of the people who
were the first to return after a few
weeks inspection OF the new camp.
They said everything was overdone;
that there were too many people there;
that there was no opportunity TO work
for wages that everything had been
taken up and that those who thought
they owned claims would be obliged to
defend their title in the courts; that
those who had gone in the expectation
OF making something In mercantile ven
lures had lost money: that little or no
gold was coming out OF the ground. and
that the only thing that kept the camp
alive was the cash brought In from the
outside. that there might be small guam
titles OF gold on some OF the creeks. hut
there was nothing TO warrant any rush.
and Nome as a mining district could be
put down AS a failure.
1'hls was the view OF the disappointed
and dlseonsolate persons who formed
their opinions without making investi-
cations. and knew not whereof they
spoke. owing 20 the volubiiity Of these
people. who were eager 20 condemn the
moment they returned from their un-
successful quest, an impression has
gone out TO some sections cf the couu-
Try that Nome has been failure. when
as a matter Of fact IL has rlily come
up 20 the expectations 81 every reason
able man who carefully looked into the
reports from the, new district and was
not deceived by the oxagweration.
glamour and sensa,sonallsn that always
seems q accompany mining excite
msntA Indeed, every report which Is
now bFoaght oai shows the prospect t.
b. more encouraging than ever. and
there arr few Il sny passenssrs nov
returning who 40 not pronounce the
district oae o. sgsas promise ana des-
tined 20 show remarkable develop.
ment IN chs nexs few ycara
As evidence thes there - something
90 the country, and that the rrop,e
there have faith Ia Us future. gt Is only
necessary 80 note the rocora ~ the
frelEat shipments 60 None aurins thc
past few weeks, II Is c0accdeA that
there were tso many peoPie thero at
nsst. ana as n result the lata passenger
ilsts have heea small Nut nos a shgp
has some north from the first that was
not loaded down with al the frelxhs she
eonld carry Ths few steamers scaea-
ulea Is sex 20 san have not onc-hals
tee space demanded - shippers, ana
9, "a ros improbable that ore or tive
extra SHIPS may make the trip "a 0rder
% meet IRE nrgsnt requirements u
people who want 10 transport gooGs 10
Nome before the oiose % navigation.
Thts srclehi Is act taken - by pee
re wno are making a hrst trip on a
venture, The shippers are men who
have been GA the ground and have
looked ever the situation They have
~-an the dinAoaltles that are 10 be en-,