The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-10-31
IL 10 The Best Country On the
Globe Tor any kaaa to keso
Away From.
3. r. Thompson Returas and
Gives Me Opinioa OF the
North Country.


To the Editor OF Tzs WHITE PrsE Nsws:
left your town on the 18th day Of
last May for Nome City. Alaska, prom.
ising many friends there to give them
my opinion OF that country shrough
your paper, and I herewith submit to
you for publication my most candid
convictions.
/ consider Mono and vicinity the
best country on tho globe for any man
to stay away from, unless 1t be those
who have good mines or an established
business there.
The mines belonging to c. D. Lane
and others on Anvil, Dexter and othor
small creeks In that district are sll
right, In fact very rich In placer gold,
and they pay $500 and board to their
shovelers; but one can not afford to
pay passage two wsys and purchase
the rubber clothing necessary for the
work, because the seasons arc too
short. One can not get In time enoug gh
TO justify the outlay; hence, Nome % .
wage proposition is failure.
One can do better anywhere In this
country by putting In his time closely
and being saving OF his earnings. The
ind ucements to save ones wages there
are great, of course; because II the
working men spent their earnings as
freely In the saloons and other places
OF amusement as they do in the States
they would either have to starve there
In the winter or risk chance OF the
United States transports bringing
them out gratuitously and landing
them among strangers totally stranded
for funds. Consequently some work
ing men have done better up there
than they would At home; but re-
peat, were they - industrious and
frugal st home they would be better
of anywhere In the States.
travelled over many miles of that
country and prospected 1t IS thor
oughly as one we'll could, but found
nothing which warranted the outlay
OF the money necessary to work the
same.
1t Is 9 very difficult country to travel
through, Is the snow Is foot deep all
over the ground, which Is covered with
low scrubby brush and berry bushes
and the snow is water soaked like
great sponge. One must wear rubber
boots constantly or have wet feet, and
and the water is very conducive 10
rheumatism.
To the best OF my memory wo had
only three nice days from the 2sth day
Of June until the 9Th day Of September,
the date on which sailed from Nome.
When It WAS not raining like al fury
II WAS giving Us . splendid immits tion
OF an Oregon mist. But most Of the
time It went Oregon one better, and
FREQ Quently II raised the web-foot State
clear out Of the pot.
am free to admit quite few men
have accumulated large fortunes In
that country, and many will do good
mining and mercantile business there
for some time TO come; but 1t would be
foolhsrdy for one to undertake to pur.
chase any Of those nines, or supplant
any Of those men who have an estab.
lished business there. Those mine
owners are abundantly able and capa-
BILE OF working their mines and will not
soil one foot of the COCA ground unless
they are convinced they IRE being paid
for every ounce Of gold 1t contains.
This may sound fshy, but, like tho
song, "Oh, It's True.
81 was favorably impressed with the
Valdez country by the quartz spoci.
mems had seen, and the many fiatter-
ing reports from the Copper River
country, but our friend, Mr.. George
Marx, tells me those copper mines will
not be worth o d---n until such time
ss they get railroad in there, and that
time appears to be in the very distant
future.
will in all probability devote my
time for tho next year or 30 to looking
around Washington. The mining in
terests of this State have recently TAX
on on considerable activity and COM
pany has been formed this week to
operate placer tract on n large scale
out near tho base OF Mt. Baker. One
expert claims IS cts. per Gu. yd. and
another 20 cts, and II the ground will
produce 10 cts. per GU. yd. 1t viii eclipse
anything In Alaska or any section
known to man or heard OF. can not
credit the conditions IS stated to me
by one OF the principals In the enter
prise, but they are very sanguine OF
cleaning up l2i cts. per Gu. yd. and
several hundred thousand dollars has
already been subscribed by Eastern
business men--men, too, OF sound
business standing and very conservs'
tive In other lines OF business.
They propose starting operations
within tho next ten days and the work
to DO done consists Of ditch calculated