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Show Montana Miners Home From Nome Poor Prospects For Poor Men. Dan Shea, a young man well known in this city, arrived from Cape Nome a few days ago in a serious condition. He met with an accident at Dutch Harbor which put a period to his career in the northern gold fields. As he was walking walk-ing off the gang plank of the steamer Oregon he slipped and fell, and-before he reached the water, twenty-five feet below, his head encountred something and he was taken out of the water a few minutes later unconscious and knew nothing until six hours later. However, he decided to continue his journey and accompanied the boat to Nome City and remained in a hospital ten days. His left side was paralyzed from the effect of the blow on his head, and as the attending surgeons were of the opinion that he would not be himself him-self for some months he decided to come back to Butte to get well. Mr. Shea was not very favorably impressed im-pressed with Nome. He says all the Montana men were disappointed and expects that many who left Butte will be bark here before the close of navigation. naviga-tion. He confirms the stories that have reached here to the effect that the beach claims are worked out for many miles each side of Nome, and says the best miners can only make from' $4 to $5 per day working them. As the cheapest meal obtainable costs $1 and everything else in proportion their purses will not become plethoric on this basis. When Mr. Shea was in the camp, and he was among the . earliest comers, experienced miners were glad to get work at $5 per day and board, and employment was hard, to find. Men were coming in by the thousands and Mr. Shea is of the opinion that by this time wages have suffered accordingly. Ground has been staked and restaked and many good claims will be tied up for years in litigation, and men without money have but little opportunity to acquire property. |