The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-03-13
THE RUSH OF 1901

Many people wonder ii the travel to the North this year will be as large a> 1t was last year, and they ask ii there is to be a stampede like that which took place during the early summer months a year ago In all probability there will be no rush" such as was witnessed last year, when so many thousands were taking passage to the new gold fields at Nome, and yet in the aggregate the number oi those go- ing North will approximately be as large as was recorded last year. Tray. el to Alaska has grown to such an ex tent that it is certain to be more or less of a stampede every summer.
 As far as can be gathered from the meager reports that have come out during the winter there have been no new discoveries oi a startling nat,re and as a result it is not probable there will be any rush like that of 1897 98 to the klondkc or that of 1900 to Cape Nome But the mining industry oi Alaska Is yet in its infancy, and only q small part oi the country has been prospected. Hundreds of men are now looking into new districts, and no one can tell when discoveries will be made that will create as much excitement as that which followed the annourccment oi the finding oi marvellous gJ!d dcpos its on Bonanza creek and later upon the shores at Nome.
 Owing to lack of water and pro tractcd litigation in the courts compar atiycly little work was done at Cape Nome last year. and the real richncs, oi the district is yet to be disclosed. It has been demonstrated, however, that there is gold there in large quantities. and it is certain that the mining ope. ations to be carried on there will be extensive enough to support q large community In the near ncighborhoOd IS the Port Clarence district, of which there were glowing reports last fall, and those who are acquainted with the locality are confident that it is the rich est gold country yet discovered on Be ring sea and will this season outriya Nome. In any event, the travel 70 both Nome and Port Clarence will Dc very large when navigation opens. Peo- pie who are qualified to make estimates of the probable business say tn taat least 10000 passengers will be taken tc the Nome and Port Clarence districts during the coming summer
 There are new districts, however, which will in all probability be quite as attractive as Nome, and while there may be no rush to them the number going there will certainly he very large What is known as the Chestochena dis trict in the Copper river country has awakened great deal of interest since the discoveries of last year, and 1t iA said that already nearly 1000 people have gone into the district for the ur pose of engaging in mining or :ade. It is said that there are now some five or six hundred people at Naldcs, the entry port oi the district, and as far as Alaska travel Is concerned it sill prob- ably be one of the busiest places in the North during the comine season. The government road Up the Copper river has already been completed fo, a distance of 100 miles, and 1T is cX- pccted that II will be finished to the Tanana river by the close of the ( m ing season. In the matter nj easy therefore this new district will have advantages possessed by no other.
 Developments on the KuskoSwim from which there were reports [ good strikes last iall have as yet )nly be- gun. but all the indications ~erc said to be promising, and it would occasion no surprise fl the stories Droight out in the spring resulted in sn;' ethingl ike rush to this new country. To the people going to these undcqcloocd dis tricts should be added those Sho are interested in the Koyukuk, For :upine, Manook and Panama river dggings. The number will go into he 'ouIands, and while their departure Tor ihe North will not partake of the character of a rush they will repres ent in the aggre- gate an Alaska business that will prob ably be fully equal 70 hat of last year. Seattle Post-Inteligencc;.