Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-10-18
NUGGETS FROM ALASKA
One Worth $1,77o Found In the
Nome District.
BATCH OF NEWS FROM FAB NORTH,

Candle Greek the Scene Of the Latest
Rich DiscOvery-Reports of High
Death Rate Among the Natives-An
Interesting Collection Of Indian
Relics.
The steamer Manuenze, which has ar.
rived ut Victoria, r. c., from Cape
Nome and st. Michael's, brought an in
teresting budget Of news from the far
northern district. From Nome she
brought news of the finding Of several
monster nuggets, the largest being
worth $1.77G, and from the creeks OF
the adjacent mining country came news
! of rich finds.
| Among the passengers of the Manu-
ense were l.. l.. Bales, a mail carrier,
and Il. w. Hogg of New York, who re-
turned from Cape Nome through the
Kuskokwim district. They made an in
teresting collection Of Indian curios and
secured eighteen photographic records
Of the Shaman songs and chants OF
some tribes. They tell pathetic story
of the condition of the Indians huddled
In groups Of igloos found here and
| there about that district.
The Indians are dying of fast. In
one igloo entered by the travellers they
came Upon four dead Indians. Even
the Siwash dog was lying dead Of hun
ger. Last year large number Of the
Indians died off. When passing through
one village near Bethel, where there Is
| a Morayian mission. they found that as
many as eleven had died in one day.
Messrs Bales and Iogg, who made
the voyage from st. Michaers down the
coast to the mouth of the Kuskokwim
in twenty-four foot sailboat, man.
aged TO secure a number of interesting
curios from the natives in trade. Mr.
Bales had number Of United States
army caps, and these We're eagerly
sought for by the natives. In one vii
lage he secured an ivory Ak which had
been held by the shaman of the tribe
for longer than any Indian can tell. He
gave 135 of these caps to the Indians
for the AK, which was owned by the
tribe, and when he and Mr.. Hogg left
this village they were escorted by a
band Of Indians all wearing the United
States army hcadgear.
The last discovery at Cape Nome
which is engaging attention is the
strike on Canada creek. Rockermen
have been taking out large quantities
Of dust from the bed Of the stream.
Two men rocked out twenty-one ounces
a., q - <or hi
find was received at Cape Nome on
Sept. 80, when the schooner Barbara
Hernseter returned from the mouth OF
the Kowalik Of Kotzebue sound with
G. D. Lane, the Nome millionaire, and
others who went to examine the dis
trict. Mr.. Lane says that he found
miners taking out all the way from 10
cents to $500 to the pan. Nuggets
weighing as much as half an ounce
were found. Mr.. Pepper, another ar.
rival from the new find, says that
many miners have been taking out as
much as from 5000 to $500 a day.
There are about hundred men In
Kewalik country, in which Candle
creek flows. Candle creek is about nine
miles from the mouth Of the Kewalik
Other creeks are being prospected in
the same neighborhood and a stampede
has occurred to the auckland river.
Miners from Rampant report that
Glenn gulch in that district is turning
out rich, and pans as high as $50 have
been taken. Glenn gulch is twentysev-
en- miles from Rampant and was dis
covered last July. MesTs. Dexter and
Thompson. who We're among the ar
rivals from the Koyukuk on the Man
ucnse, tell Of recent finds in that dis
trict. They left New York four years
ago and Lave not been out of the dis
trict since.
Miners are working with good re-
suits on Emma and Gold creeks and
on Gold gulch, and fair results are be-
ing obtained on Myrtle. The latest
strike matle in the Koyukuk district
was made by ]. GeZet on Aug. 10,
when he found 10 cents to the pan on
Discovery claim. During the earlier
part of September he found thirty
five ounce nugget valued at about 5000
on his claim. Six claims have been
staked on the creek. which is not a
large one. A rich discovery has been
made on California creek, which feeds
to the south fork of the Koyukuk.
The five miners, including Messrs.
Dueter and Thompson, brought out
$45, 900, and they report that the yield
Of the country will be about 100000
this. season. A rush is expected there
next season, for now that that district
is being opened up it is found to be
rich. Three hundred miners will win
ter at BEETLES, which is the depot of the
district There is plenty of food there
for the winter, and it is a fine game
district
At the mouth of Turner creek In
Kaugarok district a buried forest has |
been discovered. Trees 100 feet long |
have been uncovered, some in excellent /
state of preservation and others that |
have decayed. The wood resembles |
California redwood. and some of the |
10 Nhny1t thiS hyyrp6 |