The sun., 1901-10-14
Big NUGGETS FROM ALASKA.
ONE W0RTH sI.s,6 FOUND IN
THE NONE DISTRICT.
steamer nrinss n budget o' News From
the Far North -ta1die Greek thr
Latest Hich Discovery Reports of
High Death tatc Among Indians.

hmpart. Eagle ard Other Points lctwcen
the klondise Hisd Oh" Arctic. brought an
, interesting lMdgo' e r"w- from the far
northern district From Nome she brought
news of tle finding Of several monster
nuggets, the hrg,.>, hcing worth sI.77G.
and from the crcpk, II the adjacent mining
country came new of rich finds
The steamer brought news Of the seizure
Of thrno British sealing schoon"rs for tres
rnssing within the thr,c-mile limit 81 tho
Pribylpfs. The names Of the sci1"d Nes-
! sels were no, learn"d
Among the pa--"ngcrs 81 the Mauuense
wero l.. l.. Bale. "a mail carrier and + ".
ilogg of New York, who returned from
taTss Nome tErGUgh the kuskokwim dis
trict. They mad" an interesting cpl"c-
ton of Indian cufiu- and secured eighteen
photographic RECORDS II the Slainan sonRs
and chants ~ spW' - tribes. They tell a
pa,heti story OF 'h"o,ndirion of the Indians
huddied IN group, uf igloo- found hero
and thcro about that district
Tie Indians are diving N fast In ore
Igloo entered by th" travellers they came
uphn four dead IuGlau- Even the Siwash
dog wbs lying dead - hunger Last year
large numl"r Of the Indians died on
wb"n passing through one village near
Bethel. where tncrr H. a Moravian mis-iun.
they found that as many a. eleven had
died IN one day
Nie=sr- R,I- and Hngg. Who made the
VOYAGE FROM :, Michael down tho coast
20 the mouth - Ga" ku-kukNiW ~ "a 'i-foot
sailDout, mauas'u rU -''Gr' "a Iumt"r Of
interesting c,Iiios from 'ho iatlv,- ia tradr.
Mr. bil.s had a ipful"r ui uit'd Nfat'~
nrniv CAPS and thu-" W-r" eagerly souglt
for by the ua'iN'~ IN uu" village H."
secured an ivory axe. which had tscii held
10y the ShaUau Of ~" ir'-' f"r iurger than
any Indian can tell n" gIy" 3'of these
Cats to tn" ludinus flr tho aN" which was
owned 10y the trib", and when h' and Mr.
HlRg leff this villnrr. they ven esc'rteG
hv a hand of indians all wearing be United
States army h"adI,"ur
The Ia, Discovery a. Cap" Nome which
l. engaging attention b. 90" strike ola Candle
Crrek hOckcrWon have D"cr taking
out largo quantities of dust from The ted
ofthc stream Two men ruol"i ou' iWc'l'y-
one ounces IN tiv" hour. Tho --latest news
from this find a. received az Cape Nom"
On sept. ~, when the schooner B1tbafa
Her ac,er returned from ~" mouth oi
the kecwnhk of kut2'I Sound with
I. - Lane, the Nom" million ,uf". nup othcrs
who went 20 eNnfuu, 'ho district Mr.
Lane says TINT Ia" found miners taking
ont all the way from 10 cent, 90 3 ~ 90 Tho
ran. Nuggets weighing IT. much ~ half
an ounce we're found 'ir Pepper. another
arrival from 10" new find, say- hat many
MINER have l,-i. taking uUt a. much a.
from s2uO 90 s3UJ a day
Therr arr about hundred men In kc-
walk country, iu which Candle tr,"k
flows. tandl" Ir"'k l- about uino mli'-
from the mouth col. 'h" hrWahk Other
crc.bs ar b''iug Iru-"~'''d M IN" same
neighbuThuod nI q .'amI-~le haS occurred
g. the Nickl1nd River
News wa brought 20 Nome by the Bar-
baIa HcriIsi"r that Al'N Patterson. dis
cOvcrcr of the rlch tauGi" tr""k distnc'. /.
was drowned In kutF"hu Sound while
padding out 20 the schooner ia company
with two Indians IIc moved TO one side.
up-.'tung the canoe. The two Indians
were saved. Patterson went TO hotz"bu
where he discovered candle Greek. frvm
Lead Gtv, :. d. Ia lspN
Mincr- from Ruwugr' report that Glenn
Gulch In that district b. turning uu' rich
aud pans ~ high as sJo have l""u taken.
Gcun Gulch - 'Wr'' v--"N"u miles from
RAuparf and wn- discovered last July.
Mes'r'. DEXTER and Thompson, who were
amorl the arrivals from ~" kovkukuk
un the Manueu-". tell of ryc"u' finds ia
that district They l'f' New York four
wars arc and haN" Tot l-"n ont ~ n"
district sinc'
Miners arr working with c,1d results
on Emma and Gold Ir."k- aud ur G'It
Gulch aud fair results ar b"iug oh'1iucd
on Myrtle IN" latest -'r'.l" mad" lu th"
kuyukuk di-'ri"' Was mad" hv j i'"rct
on Aug IS vh"r 10 found o,'''- o. TIE pan
on Discovery claim Duuug ~" earlier
tart Of S.ts.'ulspT be- found u Si-puuCo
nugget valued al about s's'l ou HI claim
SiN Chains have l-.,u -taA'-i uu th" creek
which T. not a larg" ON" \ rlch discovery
has hs.ou mad" uu California tr,-'k. which
fc.sis to the south fork ~ ths knvtlkuk
Tho FIVE MINERS. Including N'-,-r> Du"tor
and Thpmp~lu. brought un' $4,000, and
'hcy rrIuf' that doe weld of th" country
will L. about seuu.usH 'hi- s"a~on A rush
i expected thor" next s'yt~uu, Tor now
that district l. being ul-u"' up u - found
io H. rich lhr' hurivSi miu"r~ will
winter ~ B,'flpS which o. ~" depot ~ the
dstric' 1hrr" l. plenty - f.pi there for
tho wiiiicr. a.! D. D. e ar" gam" district
A, the mouth uf r.rn"r ti-'k iu kauCnruk
disi riri n burned forest Dan. lFHu discovered
1r,'~ iO0 ts'i hong law" Icon uncovered,
soma in ,N,-Nll"ui state pf preservation and
urhcr- that have drCav"d In" wood ~
semhes California r'd wpod and some of M"
trees are very argo About 'hi- huii'~l
forest o,hor ov.dcucc has l,'"n found ppiu'-
ing To- 'ho fact that AZ uu" time this district
had a tropical or -ctn,-'rupiCal climate
H. the hufirsl forrest elephant tu~ks. docr
horns ana mammoth tuskS have also bcru
found
S'rrr, Scrvicr agents of tho ui'cd States
are az Care Nome erdcs voring to locat"
tho men who nre circulating bogus gold
san Francisco, whore M" -qu~cr- wo-
manufactured and shipped thgncc To
Alaska The fraud was discovered when
s-snys of gold. which from appearance
should hnvr gone SIS az ounce. as~iy"d bIt
o..
A big storm swept Cap" Nom" on Sop, -
and IL wreCk"d several vessels and s"ut
uihcrs ashore. No lives woro lot. Thu
schooner prusVssri was wr'Ckod ON Caps
Iishurnc and Capt Stevens and crrw uf
four managed 90 make their way ash1u'
and lived with the Indian. until picked up
by Tho steamer Arctic and taken to None
The schooucr Abby VI iN-nriug. which
returned but n short time before from tho
pom'rie Islands with her sixty passengers
short ~ food. was also driven ASHORE and
th" Government 'ug Capt Nerdcn was
stranded
The miners from Nome toll 4 tho flniius
of thrse large nuggets. on" 90 81 ia ui.
No. l bench. one ~ 81 80 IN Anvil aul uro
" t7eO on Dexter Tn" latter va iuult
while n miner was sinking q lule fur u pus'
on sept 20 No o on Anvil was ll-'i -
.? 90 stolen from The -uicr hoXcs.
Ciem-nccau Compliments french Monks