Vol. I.
Weekly: Rampart, Alaska,
Thursday, July 25, 1901*.
No. 44
A FORTUNE" IN SIGHT
For Holders of Claims on Glenn Gulch.
Opinions of Some Who Have Keen
There. A Few of the Lucky Holders.
The strike on Glenn Gulch is
now definitely settled, so far as ex
tent and value are concerned. The
ground is five feet to bedrock, with
pay from the surface down. It is
not a wash, but is in the nature of
a slide. Pete Johnson panned on
discovery $11.45. The ground so
far has averaged $1.50 to the shov
el. Dillon and his partner are tak
ing out $100 per day with a rocker.
They are now engaged in whip
sawing lumber for sluice boxes.
J. Langford, Bob Howard, Louis
Shequin and a number of practical
and equally as well known men
have just returned from the new
district, and all agree that it is a
bonanza and that the pay is even
. ly distributed over a large section.
Mr. Howard is of the opinion that
an immense quartz ledge carrying
gold has been entirely disintegrated
and has deposited the gold. This
he explains accounts for the evenly
distributed pay and also the ab
sence of all wash.
The following were some of the
lucky ones to secure claims on the
coveted creek: Two below,
Wright; i below, Allen; discovery,
Beardsley; i above, Lawrencen; 2
above, Dillon; 3 above, Peasley;
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\ 4 above, Garratt; 5 above, Nelson;
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6 above, Lawrence. There are
still a number of claims that have
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' been staked above and below these.
BALAENA WREGKED.
I Whaler Is Destroyed, All Saved.—Dif
ficulties On Account of Ice to Incom
ing Boats.
The steam whaler Bolaena, Capt.
George B. Leavitt, of the Pacific
Steam Whaling Co., of San Fran
cisco, was wrecked on St. Law
rence Island, twenty miles west of
: Southeast Cape, on the night of
June ii, and is a total loss. Her
crew was saved.
The steamship Dora, Captain C.
A. Knudsen of the N. C. Co.,
which left Seattle May io, reached
port Sunday with all on board well.
She took the inside passage north,
calling at Juneau, Valdez, Kadiak
and Dutch Harbor. At the latter
port she was held for nearly two
weeks by her insurance, which for
bade her leaving for the Bering sea
| before June 15. On that date she
I sailed and struggled with the ice in
order to make this port. Captain
Knudsen tried the eastern passage
of Nunimak Island, but found him
self blocked by an ice pack as far
as the eye couid reach. He turned
back and skirted the ice fields to
the westward of the island. The
Dora was the first vessel of the N.
C. Co., which now operates the
steamers of the various companies
composing the Alaska steamship
j combine formed during the winter.
LATEST FROM NOME.
Mrs. Mellmore Drowned By Upsetting
of a Boat.—Steamer C. D. Lane Ar
rives.— Infiiix to Nome.
Copies of the Nome News, dates
June 22 and 29, were received last
mail. The following items are
culled therefrom:
Mrs. Mellmore, wife of Capt.
Mellmore, was drowned by the up
! setting of a boat at Sinrock last
Wednesday. Mrs. Mellmore was a
Miss Fulcomer and taught school
at Circle City. She married Capt.
Mellmore, who was at that time
customs officer at Ft. Yukon, at Ft.
Yukon in ’99. At the time of the
accident they were making a trip
to Bridget creek.
The steamer Charles D. Lane,
from Sail Francisco and Seattle,
with about 350 passengers, reach
ed port on Thursday. About 100
of her passengere are from San
Francisco and 200 from Seattle.
She left Seattle June 14, making
the trip in fourteen days and being
the last steamer out from Puget
Sound. She has a full cargo of
freight, with some live stock, be
sides several hundred tons of cold
storage meats and poultry.
Col. Noyes, deputy collector of
customs, says that 7000 people will
come to Nome this season. Cap
tain D. H. Jarvis says 5000 is his
estimate.
Manager Quinn, of the telephone
company, will organize a life-saving
crew.