Show CAPE NOME PLACERS IT s est estimated im abed th thai at early arl this spring from 1 0 to men will ie teave av e I 1 tah lah for the placer e r clig de in in ings at ape nome ome a dreg region 11 ion which promises csc s tc surpass the klondike in m its wealth of the i 1 1 low metal and as these prospective prospect iv e bu dunand nana kings undoubtedly desire all the in forma ion obtainable concerning this land of gold gola the 11 mining ining review takes pleasure in in r prod or ing the following article on oia lape cape nom aroln from the anaconda standard the discovery of the marvelous gold dep als is s if f the klondike which startled the wor ay or U W TWO years vears ago by b the landing of the tre asure ship cleveland cle ve land at seattle july 29 2 1898 ts is been eclipsed by b the discovery of art grear at deposits of fine fin gold in in the beach sands of oft ipe ape nome some and the tundra e extending from the th beach sands to the mountains in that ex tre id CALC e western u att rn portion of alaska bordering on thir th siberian coast this land of gold T is lot bloated ate d about m lies ites northwest of the mouth of the I 1 ukon so near ne ar the arctic circle that anjal in jah the sun sets at 1230 midnight and r rises at I 1 0 clock in in the morning at it is verily the land and of the midnight sun thih wonderful gold deposit is found in the beach be ach sand all the way from the waters edge at low tide to the tundra a strip of from TO 50 tc feet in in width and extending so far as prospected ted from ape nome to cape prince of IN ales ale s for a distance of 80 85 miles to the sibe S nan rian coast the gold boldis is all fine and found in the baack alii k sand strata next either clay cla or bed rock the black sand strata in id b the gold is is found varies from one inoa TO twelve inches in depth and is ib from 9 x inches to six six feet from the surface accord gitig in to its reference to the waters edge as the beace be ae b naturally slopes upward from the sea in place b there are two pay pa streaks one on top ano and thi the other below belo the ruby sand the formations of the sands or more properly speaking the strata of different sands are as follows on onto top is the N gray gra sand th thir n a 1 gravel ravel bed one or two inches in thickness then as a rule another layer of gray sand band which is is the pay pa streak after 11 going 11 through this second gray gra sand you ou come to the rub ruba sand which h is ia from one to two inches thit k and lies on top of the bed rock there is gold tl olo through 11 all these se various strata of sand sana tut but on account of primitive methods used ased this his year vear in wor working kinc the sand only the pay streak was worked the balance being shoveled led off to await iw ai t better methods for sav a the fine gold but with suitable appliances all can be properly worked the pay streak tv raed ra ed 50 oper per cubic yard 0 oiling win to the fac t that atiat this discovery was made known so tare katt n the season of the present year only the alte be beach aali sands u atre t re worked to any an great t at n although th t t tundra was prospected t thoroughly b t N in in man places and found to contain trie same rich deposit it appears this W ho 47 section beach and tundra is is a vast fie id d of gold be beach a b claims bv maua in u tuai ackret agreement ment we cre re 30 f i wide extending from low water to the T nua nova and it would be to explain here b that the tundra is low swampy ground full of small lakes and creeks which can be easily drained covered with vegetation it and 11 growth of small trees and tx anding tending 11 from the beach sands ands s to the mountains a distance of about four miles the first tundra from cape nome runs I 1 parallel with the beach forty miles at which point mountains come down to the beach for about half a mile and then break inland and the tundra then extends to cape ape prince of wales about fifteen miles east of cape prince of wales is cape york at which place the sands are equally as rich as those of nome no filing or legal in requirements of any kind were necessary in taking up these beach claims each man simply staked 30 feet put in his rocker and went to work on the tundra however the usual united states mining laws obtain and placer claims of 20 acres are allowed namely 1320 feet by feet on all creek tundra and bench claims on the beach salt water is used for rocking but on the tundra claims arrangements arran cements are bein being made to pump fresh bater found there in great 11 pi technically the right 11 of anyone any one to commence mining operations was on the small strip of ground between high and low water and inasmuch as the tide is not a high one there this strip would amount to not over 25 feet in width extending extend ing I 1 along the beach of course for a great part of these miles but the people who were nvere on the beach did not confine themselves to this strip of ground but went beyond it and mined a strip adv anywhere where from TO to feet in width there were a thousand or more men at work at one time during the past three months on the beach it is said men can work for years before the gold old will be extracted from these miles of beach judge kenneth al jackson who spent last summer there said a few days before leaving for the east 1 I think it is an extensive country and believe there is is room for thousands of people to go there and do well if they have the energy some sense and want to do the right thino thing 1 11 I 1 many small fortunes were made in these few months this is essentially the poor mans mining opportunity as it requires no capital to take up claims and simply box material enough to make the crudest kind of a rocker |