The Nome nugget., 1902-09-17

plants, and then Ale ska will be "A yer itable Eldorado. Before thisr san be accomplished claim owners mnst get to gether and make up their minds to be content with fair price and be satis fled to option their property long enoso l to enable capitalists to pros. pect their gro'-n l speak of this be- e, use l know IF IF, own experience how.s|Ow pCJ It aIe to deal. It takes t.me,oaDd G,a ia realize this. As to lneney V lg IetO the country from BOW On. n : every reason to think theSe will be ple1Oy. When you see men ike j. ". Kelly, Judge Early and others thit cobld rO'nC to coming in, you may rest .aS,pi ao that they will soon bc f0liaEed The bitches that are being constructed e going to make d tremendous difference in ne~t years wor.. Twas as.oBished at the results he az lained hy men with small oH- fits. canvas hose sand galvanized iron DozZleS on various claims around Nome
 which are being supplied ~ith water from the ,(itehes. The lOw-grade gravels of Alaska are going to make a big showing when the water is brought onto them.
 -''There is Ano. her class of mining too, that can be ,aoita bly followed here by men of fairly large means. That is ma chine mining. such as steam shovel and dredging. IEBOw personally of dredges that pay handsomely On ground that yields not more than grain of gold bO tae yard. One in particular, tiss IUeland Flat Co iipany, of New Zeal and, has paid large dividends on ground of tAat character. and 1 am quite posi- tive that there are few, if any, of the rivers in this section that will not yield much larger returns per yard. Of course the conditions in the two cOun- tries are different, but with the large amount of daylight, there is the equiva- lent of seven months work. This class of mining necessitates cheap fuel, but understand that next summer this will he provided by two companies now get ting ready to operate. A profitable field for investment is to be found in the construction of light railroads into the interior. Given these great desid- eratums, cheap fuel and transportation facilities, Alaska will boom beyond all and her mineral output ,4uadrUpled.
 Il know of scoreS-yeS, hundreds -Of .cloims that could be worked at large profit If it were not for the handicap caused by heavy freight charges. The fpei ghterS are not to blame. Good teams cost money, and it takes money. and plenty of it. to maintain them. The roads are impossible, and so the poor miner is between the upper and the neither millstone, and is compelled to either abandon good ,rOund or work it for his board and his health.
 1.-The opening up of tie interior by means of a railroad would mean much to the people of Nome, and would in sure its future as the distributing poin.. Therefore l would suggest that 1t would be good idea for the people here who have large interests at stake to put up sufficient money to send q thorough good man, one who has q large personal acquaintance among senators and congressman, to Wash inatOn this winner to put before con sress the needs of the country and help in shaping and securing the necessary 'e. isla tion. The matter of Lighthouses alone is one that requ;.eS immediate attention. There should be 2 large ap- prOpriatiOn made for a life-saving ser vice in Alaska The head boa ds of the litile cemetery on the nil, and the wreck of the Cleg'l alone speak all too eloquently of the necessity for these tnin%s. There should be no diff ficuty about getting such matters at tended to if the :i Int man went after t..ein. All this teRds to the furthering -of.the mining industry: reform in the laws means an influx of capital: rail- soads meal cheaper mining facilities: lighthouses mean cheaper ocean treights, and life-saving service means greeter security to life and property"