The Nome nugget., 1903-05-16
A Thousand Men Sto~ J For Panama.
AN OUTSIDE REPORT
Of Alleged Remarkable Richness of Cinema Region-- Best
 Camp in Alaska.

The time-honored saying eff you want the news, go away from home to hear it, is well illustrated in the following article from the Seattle Post lnteIli9en- cer of a late February date. That por- tion of it which tells of 1000 men hay ing stampeded from Nome to Cinema, is especially interesting, and our friends on the outside must think that Nome is practically deserted. The article fol- lows:
 One of the greatest of the many Alas ka and British Yukon stampedes for gold is now on from Nome to the new Tanana discoveries, repeated mention Of the latter having been made in recent issues of the Post-Intelligencer. The The news of the rush comes in letters to James w. Morrison, of this city. The letters were written from Fair banks, which is the metropolis of the district, being situated on the Panama, and came several days ago on the Lynn canal steamer City of Seattle. Mr.. Morrison, a klOndike operator, says he knows the writer to be thoroughly re- liable man.
 As will be seen from the letters fol- lowing the new Tanana district is with in telegraphic communicate ion of Nome. The news of the strike appears to have been telegraphed from Fairbanks to n, nd smaller ones from Rampant, Circle City, Eagle City and Dawson.
 Mr. Morrison de lined to make known the identity of the writer of the letters, the first of which was dated Fairbanks, Dec. 10. Verbatim, it reads
 "Pedro creek, which is most devel- Oped, is banner. There Is pay streak 200 feet wide and five feet deep, averaging l2 cents to the pan. The three feet above averages seven cents. These are facts, as l have prospected the ground. All the creeks that have had any work done on them are show ing up fine, and there are a great many creeks.
 "We have a wire here from St. Michael. A message came yesterday that 1000 people had left Nome during the last three days, for here. There is yet good chance to stake. The camp was found in July. You can bet l am fixed this time. l built a steamer the past summer, loo tons. and very fast.
 "All of the Circle City people are on the road here now"
 Seventeen days later, Dec. P, the writer penned the following:
 "Our camp has improved since writ ing you. We have the best camp on the American side today. Pedro creek has the most work done on it, and shows up tine have just returned from No. 2above, on Pedro. The owners want ed $200O worth of supplies, so l went over to make sure their ground was good. I found seven holes down. but not to bedrock. They are down IS feet in facial deposit. At depth of l4 feet they struck broken bedrock and sediment, sand and wash gravel. They have already six feet of coarse gold that will average l5 cents to the pan. found much better than that. It was the best thing I ever saw.
 "They are drifting on discovery. All fine gold from 10 cents to 30 cents to the pan. On 6 and ' they have good pay.
 ''On Gold stream the McCartys have two holes down, H feet of gravel aver aging If cents. CIeary creek has shown up good pay. In fact, every creek that has been prospected so far is good. Twentysix men just arrived from Rampant. Lots on the trail from Nome. All of Circle are here now, or on the trail.
 ''The wire is working from here to No@e. There are two towns here, Fa1-oanks and Cinema. Fairbanks is eig Int miles nearer the diggin2s in win ter and l2 miles nearer in summer. Good high banks for town and lots of logs and wood. Cinema is overnowed in spring; no timber.
 "Water has been low in the river the last ear. Last year there was plenty all year long. The Lavele Young brought me up in August last. They were drawing 4 feet, but had 0 trouble. What have sai in this letter are facts and the man that gets here early i, in it.