The land of Nome; a narrative sketch of the rush to our Bering Sea gold-fields, the country, its mines and its people, and the history of a great conspiracy 1900-1901 . Some in the summer of 1900. Probablysix thousand remained in the countrythroughout the following winter, wellprovided for, as the government at theclose of the mining season transported theremaining needy and destitute. Before communication with the outsideworld closed with the freezing of the sea, about the 1st of November, C got out a letter which informed me of his safearrival at Council and his settling downin the new quart
The land of Nome; a narrative sketch of the rush to our Bering Sea gold-fields, the country, its mines and its people, and the history of a great conspiracy 1900-1901 . Some in the summer of 1900. Probablysix thousand remained in the countrythroughout the following winter, wellprovided for, as the government at theclose of the mining season transported theremaining needy and destitute. Before communication with the outsideworld closed with the freezing of the sea, about the 1st of November, C got out a letter which informed me of his safearrival at Council and his settling downin the new quarters. It seems that notenough was found of the Mush-on atChenik to make a toothpick. At a132 THE COURT OF APPEALS meeting of the city fathers at Coun-cil the nomination for president of theTown-site Organization had been extended to C 5 which he said he had at first de- chned with becoming modesty; but, finally,under pressure, and as a public duty,he had graciously yielded and been dulyelected. This news of my partners ac-cession to so high a dignity rather led meto indulge an expectation that, upon myreturn, I might be received with civichonors. 133 PART II 1901. VI THE DANGERS OF BERING SEA—A DISMAL OUTLOOK HE spring of 1901, unlike itsimmediate predecessor, didnot bring forth general oreven newspaper excitementabout Nome and northwest Alaska, andthe average observer of events, even incities so closely in touch as San Franciscoand Seattle, might have been warrantedin concluding that the remarkable storiesof gold in this latest El Dorado were butfairy tales, and that another bubble hadburst. But this was very far from thetruth. On the contrary, nearly as many137 THE LAND OF NOME vessels as the year before, and betterones, were scheduled to sail for Nome;more freight and horses were beingshipped thither; and in the northwardmovement there was a confident and le-gitimate air which signified genuine beliefin the country and ample capital to backit up. The dreadful and discouragi
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