The San Francisco call., 1904-06-25


to the Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
The Nome News gives the text of the
message, which was prepared by e. B.
Barthrup, Ira Orton, w. A. Clark, j.
d. Thagard, George P. Goggin and
Captain Sundlach. The News reports
! that other messages will be sent nut
from time to time TO keep the public in
formed about Nome. The Nome mer-
chants have subscribed a fund for this
purpose This proposition is new to
mining camps, and the novelty Of it
will naturally attract attention. The
News declares that the document IS
conservative. In part it is as follows:
Never before in the history OF Nome the
Seward peninsula has the outlook been so
full of promise as at the present time For
, this there are many reasons, the first of which
Is the fact, testified TO by many we'll known
mining men, whose large interests and long
experience Eere constitute them competent
Judges that the gold output for the coming
season will be greatly In excess OF that or
any previous year. Under the most conserv-
ative estimates II Is thought that the spring
cleanup alone will reach one and quarter
millions OF dollars and many operators OF
known Judgment place the hgure much hlgher;
That the output for the winter diggings will
more than double that OF any previous year
. all are agreed upon.
vailing conditions here this winter the above
estimate may seem large, but when the reasons
/ for the great increase in the gold output are
explained it Will at once become apparent
that 1t is over statement OF fact
The development of the winter diggings. at
Nome and in the immediate neighborhood has
exceeded the ideas OF the most sanguine and
the experience of the present winter season
has shown conclusively that the deep deposits
Of gold bearing gravel in this vicinity are
practically inexhaustible. These deposits can
be prohtably mined during the winter season
80 a nTNH
cleanup from the winter dggngs will con-
tinue to increase from year to year Is an
assured fact
course for the entire Seward peninsula, but
| there is no doubt that the Nome district will
produce the greater part of 1t. and 70 divide
this again It is equally certain that the
greater part Of Nomes output will be drawn
from the divide between Anvil and Dexter
creeks and from the Dry Creek benches.
SOME RICH CREEKS.
which will be the heaviest producers are the
Moonlight. tributary Of Anvil; Triple, Bour-
bon Cunningham Peluk Bangor, Osborne and
Buster Inmaehuk River and tributaries 1t is
$S5. .Oo0: Blun City beach. $40 900; old beach
diggings east Of Nome. including Peluk and
other creeks S126, COO; Solomon River. $3.50 600
TO $1T5 600: Dahl Creek in the Kougarok dis
trict will also be good producer.
Besides these specified a great many very
promising reports from other districts are OBJ
tainabie, namely from the Kougarok River
country. Sinrock Norton Bay. Gold Run and
solomon one of the most promising dis
tricts of the peninsula, will be one of the
heaviest producers this year.
number OF very promising quartz prop
critics in the Solomon country have been un-
dergoing exhaustive prospecting and develop
ment work this winter, with the result that
their owners. who are also largely interested
in placer properties in various parts of that
sertions that they consider their quartz hold
ings of much greater value than the placer
From some OF these properties many rich speci-
mems IRE produced In which considerable nee
gold may be seen.
PRODUCTION OF TIN.
At Tin City The BarteIs shave erected
$35, coo tin plant and it is reported that ten
times that sum will be expended for a like
! purpose by the same company during the
coming season Numerous other tin plants
will be installed ppon the opening of navga-
tion. The BartelsNplant will be worked to its
the tin section wilIsbe one of the busiest parts
of the peninsula this summer. The tin belt
so far known. is about 125 miles in length
extending from Cape Prince of Wales to the
head Of the Kougarok River. One Of the
| ledges on Lost River has been sold for $780,
Very little is known here of what will be
done in railroad building during the coming
season other than what was given out last
fall The completion of the Council City and
Solomon River Railroad is assured fact
and the material is already on the ground
1t was promised that this road would be
Immediately extended to Nome and the sur
veys have been made.
The Nome Arctic Railroad contemplates an
extension in the direction Of the Nome River
and on to the Kougarok. The country needs
railroads and is rich enough to support them
The further building OF bitches for carrying
water for mining purposes will be a feature
of the coming season. The Miocene Company.
which has already built a ditch from the head
OF Nome River to Anvil Creek. a distance OF
twenty nine miles. will extend its system still
further The main ditch Of this company
carries 5000 inches of water. The Wild Goose
Company has already built hfteen\ miles of
ditch on Ophir Creek and will make large ex-
tensions this summer This ditch is also OF
large capacity. The Topkok Ditch Company
the Mioceue Ditch Company and the Campion
Ditch Company will continue the work on very
extensive systems The latter. planned. will
be the Vargest Of all. Other ditches to be built
are too numerous to be mentioned in a short
article. but the aggregate mileage will extend
into the hundreds
FAVORABLE CONDITIONS.
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