Morris tribune., 1901-10-19
NUGGETS FROM ALASKA
One Worth $1,776 Found In the
Nome District.
BATCH OF NEWS FROM FAR NORTH.

ASAGM OAScOVeFy-HeQOEI9 Oh ing
Death Rate Among the Natives-A1
Interesting Collection of Tndia1
Relics.
| The steamer Manuenze, which has ar
rived at Victoria. B. O., from Cap
Nome and st. Michaers, brought an in
teresting budget of news from the IA
northern district. From Nome sh,
brought news Of the finding of severa
monster nuggets, the largest being
worth Sits, and from the creeks O.
the adjacent mining country came news
| Of rich finds.
| Among the passengers Of the Manu-
| ense were T.. L. Bales, mail carrier
and 3. w. Hogg Of New York, who re
| turned from Cape Nome through the
Kuskokwim district. They made an in
teresting collection of Indian curios an6
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 off 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 q large number Of the
indians died off. Whef passing through
one village near Bethel, where there is
a Moravian mission, they found that as
many as eleven had died in one day.
Messrs. Bales and Hogg, who made
the voyage from ST. Michaers down the
coast to the mouth Of the Kuskokwim
ia twenty-four foot sailboat, man
aged to secure a number OF interesting
curios from the natives in trade. Mr..
Bales had a number Of United States
army caps, and these were eagerly
sought for by the natives. In one viii
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 1875 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 headgear.
The last discovery at Cape Nome
which is engaging attention is the
strike on Canada creek. Rockermenl
have been taking out large quantities
of dust from the bed of the stream.
Two men rocked out twenty-one ounces
in five hours. The latest news from this
find was received at Cape Nome on
Sept. 30, 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 $3.50 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 day.
There are about a 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 stampede /
has occurred to the Buckland 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 tWenty-sev-
IN miles from Rampant and was dis
covered last July. Messrs. Dexter and
Thompson, who were among the ar
'ivals from the Koyukuk on the Man
tense, tell of recent finds In that dis
riot. They left New York four years
tgo and have not been out Of the dis
riot since.
Miners. are working with good re-
IuIts on Emma and Gold creeks and
N Gold gulch, and fair results are be-
ng obtained on Myrtle. The latest
trike made in the Koyukuk district
vas made by j. Gezet on Aug. 10.
yhen he found 10 cents to the pan on
Discovery claim. During the earlier
art Of September he found a thirty
I've ounce nugget valued at about 5000 |
N his claim. Six claims have been
taxed on the creek, which Is not
arge one. A rich discovery has been
made on California creek, which feeds
0 the south fork Of the Koyukuk.
The five miners, including Messrs. /
)ueter and Thompson, brought ont
AZ, 900, and they report that the yield
( the country will be about $500, 600 |
his season. A rush Is expected there
ext season, for now that, that district
j being opened up 1t is found to be |
ich. Three hundred miners will win
er at BEETLES, which is the depot OF the
istrict. There Is plenty of food there
or the winter, and it is q fine game
district.
At the mouth OF Turner creek in
district a buried forest has
een discovered. Trees 100 feet long
ave been uncovered, some in excellent
tate of preservation and others that
ave decayed. The wood resembles
california redwood, and some of the
rees are very large. About this buried
crest other evidence has been found
ointing to the fact that at one time