The Nome nugget., 1902-06-28
MENACE TO MINING DEVELOPMENT.

In the New York Herald of April ? there ap- peared full page Illustrated article which purports to be an interview with Professor R. Ogden Do.en1us wno the headlines tell is most noted chemist and the headlines a5sertthat he talks about him. self and the rn.nsss of Alaska, and what they are accomplishing in this wonderful northern country o geld fields
 1n the first place, we entertain no doubt that Professor Doremus is noted chemist, as we Ina ve Known of him for many years We can forgive him for talking about himself for what he says in his per sonal recollectons and "reminiscences is interesting We feel grateful the learned professor because of his high opinion of this wonderful northern country d go,Gfieds,. but We cannot. forgive him for the many wild and extravagant statements which he has made concerning it. We assume that the Heral l S interview with Dr. Doremus is authentic We know that the talk oi Dr. Doemus is either that of man in his dotage deliberate attempt to deceive un- suspectng people the resources and richness of what is confessedly wonderful mine7a! country
 The quoted uterances of pr. Doremus are in the main, mere vapid vaporings, and show from Dan to Btersheba tbe earmarks of stock jobbng scheme whose paramount object it would seem was to lure dollars from the gulbe in support of a mining com panv of which he is the head and which it is gravey announced is the owner of 205 mining claims in Alaska. The company is known as the Greater American Mining Company.
 The article, though couched in the form of an interview, is clearly advertisement, having ol its object the selling Of stock that it will be here treated such. It is grossly inaccurate in nearly all of it's specific statements these are cunning and misleading, Alaska, it is stated produced in gold in the last four years sl00000. coo and the pre- dicton is made that this year it will produce s40,- 100000.
 As interesting padding" for the story, it is related that prospector hired horse in Nome at $50 day and started prospecting trip He had only two days to remain ;n the country before his steamer left, but so great his success that he secured enough gold in those two days outing to pay all his expenses and leave him in possession of $500 clear profit the trip" Verify this chechako either robbed sluice box or found one Of Emma R. Steiner's s3,000 nugget plum buildings running wild upon the tundra.
 We might quote from the Herald article dozen or choice morceaux equally absurd and preposerous the foregoing, but it is not necessary To one who is acquainted with Northwestern Alaska it is readily dscernble that the article is with the grossest ignorance and is chock full of the rankest absurdti.s. The names of well-known citizens of Nome are used to give the undertaking standing of some kind other. It is needless to state how they obtained it is manifest to what uses they were put.
 To show how far this species of mining madness {" seems to have gone reproduce the following from the Herald's page article
 "Ths (tinl is found in unlimited quantities, and rivals value the companys holdings in god party of prominent capitalists interested n the Seattle Brewing and Mating Company have recently purchased twenty claims in ,hs York district of this valuable discovery of tu paying s50000o in cash for them Besides this four companies have heen formed for the purpose of further developing this district where the company B claims in charge of Samuel Cocogh the first discoverer of tin in Alaska"
 Any resident of this country who has the slight est interest in it, will welcome the investment o capital and the organization of corporations for the legitimate development of its mineral resources But