. Factory and industrial management. ROCKING ON THE BEACH. might have seen written on the walls of stores or upon rocks suchlegends as this:— Tired, busted, and a thousand miles from home. Many lost what little money they had brought with them. Some fourthousand men applied to the army posts for food, and the transportsof the quartermaster department brought back many totally destituteto the States. Thev told frightful tales of woe. The climate was un- THE GOLD SANDS OF CAPE NOME. 507 healthful; the smallpox and typhoid fever were rampant; no gold wasto be found. Yet many had not
. Factory and industrial management. ROCKING ON THE BEACH. might have seen written on the walls of stores or upon rocks suchlegends as this:— Tired, busted, and a thousand miles from home. Many lost what little money they had brought with them. Some fourthousand men applied to the army posts for food, and the transportsof the quartermaster department brought back many totally destituteto the States. Thev told frightful tales of woe. The climate was un- THE GOLD SANDS OF CAPE NOME. 507 healthful; the smallpox and typhoid fever were rampant; no gold wasto be found. Yet many had not set foot outside of Nome Nomes reputation fell, very unjustly, however. There is stillmuch gold to be found there. As the unfairly staked claims arethrown open, new work will be done and many new strikes will bemade. Until recently the work has been done for the greater part by. SLUICING ON THE BEACH NEAR NOME CITY, individuals without large capital. The short working season, the dis-tance from the base of supplies, the absolute necessity of bringingeverv supply from the United States, make it imperative to have largecapital. The greatest activity was displayed on the beach when fifteen hun-dred sluice plants were at work at one time between Cape Rodney andTupkuk. More than half the gold was taken by rockers. The beachdiggings were exceedingly pockety and some of the pockets were fab-ulously rich. Three men in the Tupkuk cleared $36,000 in a littleover three days, working without rest on a small plot of ground. Generally two men work together at a rocker—one digs and carriesthe pay streak in pails to the man in charge of the rocker. The wateris usually found a few feet below the surface; if not, the rocker isplaced near the edge of the surf. So8 THE ENGINEERING MAGAZINE. The sluicing requires several men. The sluice boxes are 12 feetin length, made of rough
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