Show HAD ENOUGH OF NOME Bingham Minor Rsturns Quite Satisfied Satis-fied to Stay Here Thomas Jones of Bingham well known In Utah mining circles returned re-turned lust night from Cape Nome by the way of San Francisco Mr Jones was among the first to reach Nome City this spring and has given the country a thorough investigation 1 1 Is his opinion that there Is considerable gold In the country but he says that all the good ground Is taken up The country Is I staked out for miles but nothing Is being done on most of the clalma so It cnn safely be said that the value of the country Is an unknown quantity Where any work has been done on the properties they are held so high that no sane man will buy them Some ground Is being worked under lease l but the owners demand from r > 0 to 70 per cent of the gold and very fow are making wages who are leasing Mr Jones left Nome City on July 3rd 1 taking passage on the steamer Noyo for San Francisco He said when he left smallpox was spreading through the camp at a dreadful rate and that the cases developed were of the worst character He predicts a reign of terror before tho winter is over Nome City ho says Is the dirtiest city on earth and disease Is sure to play havoc there A great many people would come back i they could get the money to come and he says many of them Avlll never get back unless they are given Government aid Tho military and naval authorities are taking stringent measures to keep the smallpox from spreading over the Territory with the hopes of confining the scourge to Nome City In conclusion Mr Jones said that that I while there Is doubtless gold at Nome yet there was nothing for him and he will confine his mining operations to t the States in the future operQt |