The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-07
CITY NEWS
GOLD FOR LUNCHEON.
Col. W. r. Cores Unembellished
Tales of Modest Finds Near the
"a
City Of Nome.
Mining With Garden
Hose and Tin Nozzle and Its
Princely Rewards.

81 1.-THE center piece on the table was $780,
: 900 worth of nuggets. These were passed
around to the guests. Somehow, nobody
wanted any. But the host selected mug
get about half as big as your hand and
\ said he would have it inscribed and then
sent to President Roosevelt with our COM
plinents." - -. .'-.--.-. 49,. F.
B This was during an informal luncheon
given recently at Nome City, Alaska, to al
few friends OF the Hot Air Mining COM
pany, says Colonel w. F. Gore, a former
Minneapolltan, who will be remembered
Tor his valued efforts towards the success
Szof the eXpos1tions enjoyed here fifteen or
5 sixteen years ago. Since that time Colonel
S Gore has been travelling and finding gold.
He found some of it in South America,
some in British Columbia. He found more
of 1t, he says, in Alaska, and especially
about Nome City.
Prosperity has reached Nome, says the
colonel Certain mines there have turned
& out altogether worth WHILE" as the lee
. turer remarks to womens' clubs A few
! OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Cedarberg, John
+ Erickson and others-formed the Hot Air
company and started out to look for gold.
s2Ihey found it in placers along the bed
OF Glacier creek, eight miles back OF Nome
They took out $4,000 in ten days, $4,000
IN twenty-five days. and $4,000 in two
months But this picking up of SO, 900 to
] $4,000 a day out of the gravel. was not
notably unusual. The Miocene company,
3 Tor instance. paved around in Dexter
4 creek three miles from Glacier and found
10000 within sixty days. "Proflt,' said
4 the colonel. Il reckon about 5000, 900 Of
I mat was proht-maybe more"
e. Goose That Still Lays Eggs.
Then there was c., D. Lane, of San
!. >Francisco. He represented the-Ie' me
81 see-why, the Wild Goose company. He
started In to work some placers out on
discovery Creek, fifty miles from Nome.
y He had about thirty men helping him and
i they cleared up s15o,ooo in ten days.
!. Well. that was $4,000 a day all: together.
8 or 5000 day for each man-not SO bad,
s meat.
"But when times get real good we ex-
pect to make some money. Now, there's
. Old Clum'-he started in pretty we'll be-
i fore left. I-mean Post Office INSPECTOR
g um-everybody knows him up there.
81 Old Clum stalHed off a few rods along a
8 little dried up stream called Pee-la Creek.
81 Ihat means All-Gone Creek in the ma
tlVes lingo. But 1t wasn't all gone pre-
clsely. C'um, he found good dirt and he
+ took in couple Of partners. They bought
s out an adjoining claim for $4,000 and the
Z three Of EN- then PANIED out $40, 900
= worth Of dust In the next three days.
J. Clum was expecting to live on mess pork
(. this winter. But after that he said he'd
!. lay in breakfast bacon" - .-~
e. Modest Claim Of the coIoneI's. :.
s. The colonel himself is hopeful that
8 things will improve at Nome. If business
/: continues to pick UP, he can get some
! thing out of 4 little placer of his own
81 about sixty miles back of Nome. He put
& down shaft there, shoveled out $3.50 a
h day for week or so and decided to keep
8 the claim. 49, ..-T s.. 49,
81 Well he added, Nome produced
80, oo0, 900 worth Of gold this year. Our
s output is increasing while the output at
II Dawson is gradually falling off. There's
10000 people around Nome just now, all
L working placers. mostly with hydraulic
machinery. though it's often only tir
nozzle and a bit Of garden hose If the
! prospects continue favorable, I expect
s. we'll have a crowd I'D there within =
3 year or two"