The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-02
FOR GAMBLERS
ST. PAUL MAN TELLS OF HIS Ex-
PERIENCEs AT CAPE
NOME
NOT MUCH GOLD THIS YEAR
Scarcity of Rains Caused Creeks TO
Dry Out and MineSs Were Hand
icapped-NO Chance for
Poor Men.

There is plenty of money at Nome,
all right, but far more has been taken
in by those in search of gold than has
been, taken out by successful prospect
ors''
This opinion of the much talked-of min
ing camp was expressed yesterday by
William B. Mcnamara, Of Fairfield ave.
nue., who has just returned from there,
having arrived on Thursday evening, af-
ter fast trip out, of eleven days.
Continuing, he said: There is abso-
lutely no further chance in that district
for men without capital, and strong
ly advise all such to keep away. There
are more saloons in that little mining
camp of 10000 inhabitants than there
are in st. Peal, and also more gamblers.
These people are fourishing, but there
are thousands of prospectors who went
in with the great spring rush who are
absolutely stranded, and are making
som0shift to keep themselves alive until
the government brings them out
Il arrived at Nome early in June with
three friends, also from st. Paul and
We found that lack of rain was prevent
ing work being done on any but the
largest creeks The beach work was a.
complete failure, and consequently all
people did was to eat up their grub stakes
and gamble, drink or fight. In June there
We're at least seven men shot dead and
twice that number were wounded as a
result of figuring in some saloon gun
play Mining was at a standstill and
the gamblers and saloon men WORKED
overtime. 1t was certainly a bonanza
strike for them
Along about the middle of july the
anX1ousiy awaited showers came, and
people f1ocked out to the creeks, causing
quite slump in the business of the
dives. The rains were too late, however,
and it is certainty that very little
gold will be taken out this year.
questioned as to the number of st. Paul
people at Nome, Mr. Mcnamara said
there were, when he left, about a dozen,
all of whom Were doing we'll "Roxey''
Reber, in particular, is making fortune
He keeps a saloon, and before going
north kept a similar establishment on
Fourth street
With Mr.. Mcnamara there also went to
Nome from this city DR.. w D. Green,
dentist; E. c. Wisnom and NJ Robinson.
All did well, and the party of four re-
turned together. The doctor, Wisnom and
Robinson are still at Seattle enjoying the
sights, and will reach the city in few
days.
OF the future prospects of Nome Mr..
Mcnamara is inclined to think highly.
The authorities are gradually driving out
the tough element, and Chas J. Lane of
San Francisco, is installing an immense
water supply plant, which will be7usedto
supply dry creeks. This will make the
camp a permanent one as there are un-
doubtedly large deposits of gold in Anvil,
Dexter, Snow, Solomon and Oregon
creeks. It was on the last named that
Messrs. Mcnamara and Green had their
principal and best paying claim
Considering the almost entire absence
of sanitary arrangements, the town is a
remarkably healthy one, and the small
pox epidemic existed largely in the imag-
ination Of sensational newspaper corre-
spondents. When Mr.. Mcnamara left
there were not ten cases in the entire
town.
1t is against the INSCRIPTIONS methods
of the transportation companies that
those who have been to the north COM
plain. They proclaim rich strikes, organ
ize rushes, pocket all the money in sight,
and then leave the stranded miners to
their fate.
Golovin bay and Cape York were both
made the objective points Of heavy rush
es this year, but on arrival the would-be
gold diggers discovered all the country
for miles around staked and re-staked
several times.