The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-14
REPORT ON CAPE NONE.
GOVERNMENT MAP PUBLISHED
FROM GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
Together with Description of Nstu-
raj Features OF the REGION md
of Collaborating recaiiarities-
Reach, Tundra and Mountain COLD

Special Dlsnatch 20 the post-Inteiligencer-
WASHINGTON. March ls-Some de-
scriptian OF the Cape Nome district from
the standpoint of the United States geo.
logical survey may he ~ Interest 20 the
leaders % the ost-tntelltgencer
A small government map. including tho
Cape Nome region has Just been pub
lshed. II Is basrd afon the work, In
September last. OF fear members of the
geological survey The natural features
Of this iittle district are divided into tnres
regions 90 the beach. tundra and noun
tRins. Gold Is found IN all these fofnna-
lions The beach stretches away conarar-
atively straight and smooth and over half
OF last years output Of gJla, or more
than sleoa.ooc, was produced along the
shore.
Along the beach the gold is quite fine.
having been refuccd hy wave action. to-
gether with the Eravei and sand 10 the
size OF bird shot ar even nner. As u is
heavier than the sand Il has worked down
into tf. and most Of Il is found on a hot
tom of clay. which the miners call ''sed
rock"
on the beach the gold Is extracted al
Eost exclusively BY the familiar methods
az siuteing and rocking The water In
taken from the ocean. and. IN some cases.
is raised erom the sea by steam power
and poured into the siflces that have been
built along the beach Ia the rocker tina
seld is caught on blankets, and 30 sonle
extent on copper plates coated with mer-
Curv,
The supply Of copper plate last summer
did not equal the demand and 40 the bot
tom OF tho rocker WAS often covered by
United States silver coin. principally 81
yiccpe, and these were coated with Nier-
curry, which caught the sold. In the. fan
IN average OF 2N1 men were working
along the beach and took cut about SO
PER day n man In many cases the amount
taken out wur much ereater
Back 81 the hcAch Is a coastal shelf
which. near the beach, Is about thirty feet
above sea level, u slopes gently upward
I 0nin AZ the base q the mountains. some
/ four or Ave miles from the nsacA,
| it has an elevation OF $50 10 80 feet This
ls the tundra gone, which - traverscd by
the rivers and small streams carrying tho
| drainage from the mountains During tho
| summer It Is usually wet and Doggy The
| t3nara Is composed Of gravel derived
/ from tire rocks % the mountains, and IL
| Lac h~en prospmcted 60 Soma extent and
! Is found TO yield from 10 70 ~ cents q
pan II IL believed however. that capital
/ viii be required TO handle the tundra with
| rr0at
| From the mountain region came all che
| gold that h found IN the tundra and IN
| the beach The digHings hive been cx-
/ tended into macy 81 the suiches thfeng
/ which the mountain streams row, and the
mar shows Anvil and Glacier creeks and
| the other rivers among the hills where
! miners are al work Tho quartz veins
| that traverse the limestone 81 the noun.
4 tains are supposed 20 be tho source 81
Ia Ehsse gulchss the dlegings are eoars
| gold and the largest nuggets are worth
| about $3.50 apiece. To get the gold miners
| have az alT down 10 the clay under the
creek grAvca, Nhiph are six 20 eight feet
! In thickness. Discovery claim and AN
,fieea s1ases whsl@ Ras~ msirh. very
| small tributary or Glacier creek yielded
over tsooen THESE shen, arc The three
from the beach and the mounsAlns
Painting for the Library.
The house COMMITTEES on library has
presented favorable report on elll TO
~ tne United states navy known az THE
| squadron ~ evolution. ana known 80
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chor iu Bnston harfsor. This squadron was
the nucleus ~ the present navy.
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| John Roach a sons ~ chester. IN. This
protected cruiser Newark ana The Ean1oat
Yorktown we're bsilt ~ william ramp \
soma az Philadelphia, and authorized
gnaef the ACT approved March 3, 1885.
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"a % sneet modern requirements. y that
lost 'tcace' shows them as originally
constructed
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