Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23

~ other golQ rush! 49,
Are thousands of men des-
tined to take the trail again ~
through the passes of its snow
clad mountains and river-gorged VAL
legs, as they did in 1889, lured by the K
most magic of all natures minerals?
Gold! yellow gold, dust or nugget, Is 1t
again to sway the life of that most
northern outpost of American civiliza-
ton?
For new gold strike has been made.
new gold cache Of Old Mother Earths
has been discovered.
From Ruby. on the Yukon last Feb
rl1ary the word leaked through.
strike in the Poorman sector OF the
southern portion Of the peninsula, 90
miles south of the aforesaid city Oh
Ruby.
Jack Wolfe old prospector. veteran
of many a gold trek through the Alas
kan country made the strike. Work
ing along a creek that has come,
through years Of association on his
mart. to bear the name OF Wolfe Greek,
he came upon the precious metal IN
paying quantities Quickly the Woro
spread Before long it had been carried
to Ruby. locked in the ice and cold.
Yet despite the hardships that faced
a trek into the new FL Dorado land,
men flung themselves on the trail.
Forty. SO. go below zero had no terror
for them: blizzard, snow depth, waste
intimidated them not Gold, yellow, gilt
in their eyes: gold, do or die, their cry.
THOUGH Spring. now here, had to be await
ed for before claim working could be UNI
dertaken, the gold-seekers were down in the
Poorman quarter by the tens and twenties
stalking claims. Four pegs had to be set ana
then flying trip to the nearest United States
land once to file on them. In the free-for-ah
scramble opportunity was his who seized 1t.
Six TO twenty dollars a pan runs the strike,
according to those who have been down and
over the lays And that is mighty good pay
dirt-especially at the higher bracket for that
means an ounce of gold at every pan. The
pay streak as reported is so feet WIDE possibly
more, and running for a mile or more.
Today, at Ruby, the influx of gold-seekers
from over Alaska and far down the Pacific
Coast is great The stir In the little city Is
great For the ice is going out OF the river
and the boats are coming in. And with them
hordes of men. And across from Fairbanks
and Nome others are coming all hoping 70 get
in on the bonanza for all it is worth.
About the little town, frozen in for the most
part of the year, the bearded, rough crew Is
milling. Dogs are being bought for the tran
at almost any price. Grub is in high demand
and Ruby merchants are laying In a plentiful
supply. restlessness pervades the air; man
and beast are straining at the leash. One
can't get packed and on the trail soon enough.
Every day means loss of time, and loss OF
time means loss of potential fortune. The old
days of Nome and Fairbanks are in the air.
Days when gold was panned from the beach OF
the former city, not hundreds, nor thousands,
but hundreds of thousands and even millions
worth of it.
And Ruby is going like Nome. Nome, to-
day, town Of some 5000 inhabitants, had. in
the heyday of its gold rush. $4,000 souls. Ruby,
likewise, is witnessing the same motley, nom
descript influx. Places of entertainment are
springing up like mushrooms; stores to take
care of the prospector's wants. The crook Is
there and the gentleman; the hobo and the
wealthy adventurer.
How long viii all. this stir, this feverish
activity last? 1t all depends-depends on
the size of the strike. If gold has been found
In rich, paying quantity and its distribution is
determined a great area, there is the
possibility of the rush" lasting as long as did
the Nome or Fairbanks "rush," or that other
great rush." one of the greatest in the his
tory of gold-the Klondike one. Only inten-
sive working of the area can determine what
the strike win develop into With the slipping
of Spring into Summer, longer and warmer
days the card, the sector will be worked
out thoroughly. Men viii swarm over it like
flies over molasses cake, up and down the
creeks there, looking sitting, washing, peering
into hott0u1 of their shallow mans. stirring