Show FROM NOME district Is in shape for big dredging operations days of pick and pan about over five million dollars in round numbers is the value of the gold output in the nome district for the season closed october 22 according to F T thatcher cashier of the alaska bank of nome who has just returned from the northland these figures indicate a deficit of from the production of 1907 however this is supplemented by the statement that the showing is not wholly unfavorable owing to the existence about nome of a considerable quantity of pay dirt that could not be handled owing to a shortage of water mr thatcher expresses his belief that with the washing of the dirt already taken out the operation of dredging propositions that have been constructed ted and arranged for during the season now closed and favorable weather next year the coming 11 season will show results surpassing in gold returns the largest in the history of nome he added the figures consider the usual methods of treasure transportation and make a moderate allowance for gold taken out in pokes and diverted in ordinary channels of barter the opinion has become general among the older residents of nome that the camp has passed a stage where big returns from the shovel and pan miner can be looked for their place has been filled by the dredger and within a few weeks after the opening of next season a half dozen extensive outfits 4 will be in operation we are all hopeful that from dredges alone a large output will be realized I 1 nome has never looked more like a permanent and rich camp than at the close of navigation this year lad had I not financial matters in the states been in a condition where money for exploitation of alaska vent ventures utes was difficult to secure like investments elsewhere I 1 believe that the camp would have taken on a tremendous growth this year mr thatchers view are enthusiastically approved by colonel W T perkins a nome mining operator who said among other oiher things conditions along the siberian coast are hardly as unfavorable from a mining standpoint as many have been led to beli believe dve I 1 I 1 spent two months on a tour of the siberian 91 berian districts and while disadvantages of af a hard winter and difficulties with the russian government over the treasure found have been met it is believed that the district is sure to develop favorably |