Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin

r the shore in splendid foam,-this was Teddy's first impression of Nome. They had sailed over from St. Michael's to see the great gold-fields, and both

he fierce storms that sweep northward over Bering Sea. Generally seacoast towns are built in certain spots because there is a harbour, but Nome

s when they arrive, they cannot go ashore at all, but have to wait several days, taking refuge behi

e, and the party left the steamer to be put on a rough barge, flat-bottomed and stout, which was hauled by cable to shore until it grounded on the sands. They were then put in a

her quiet during the performance, and his father thought a tri

't land her bags at all," said Mr. Strong. "That sometimes happens. From November to May, Nome is cut

f ice for navigation, and plow their way through ice fourteen feet thick for two hundred mil

s they made their way to the town, which they found anything but c

," said Mr. Strong, "but people

rracks-you know this is part of a United States Military Reservation-found gold while digging a well near the beach, and an old miner took out $1,200 worth in twenty days. Then a perfect frenzy seized the people. They flocked to Nome from far and near; they camped on the beach in h

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hotel. "I thought gold came out of deep mines like copper, and had to be melted out or something,

laughing. "We'll go and see, and then you'll understand,"

. All manner of men were there scattered over the tundra,[14] and

er. "I can't see how they expect to get

old they find. They came here to prospect, and evidently found a block of ground which suited them. They then dug a prospect hole down two to five feet until they struck 'bedrock,' which happens to be clay around here. They passed through several layers of

ll ears, while Kalitan was taking in

sheet copper at Nome, but often there is not enough of it, and the miners have been known to cover them with silver coins. That man you are watching

nced up at them, smi

, so fifty or sixty plunks won't make much di

smile. "Say, I'd like to know ho

ave to pack their pay dirt down to the shore and use surf water for washing. Most of our gold is so fine that the blanket didn't stop it, so now we use 'quick.' I reckon you'd call it mercury, bu

and asked: "What do y

rm and catches every speck of gold that comes its way as the dirt

ld after it amalgams, or what

his pocket several flat masses that looked like pieces of yellow sponge. "This is pure gold. All the quick has gone o

d Ted. "Seems to me it's redd

have to get you each a piece for a souvenir," and both boys were made happy by the present of a quaintly s

not asked me for anything alive yet. I have been expecting a modest request for a Malamute or a Husky

ven to them that they hadn't asked for, but, if he asked the Tyee for anything, all he got was 'Good Indian get things for himself,' and he had to go to work to ge

to have is a visit to an Esquimo village, and, if I can find some of the Esquimo carvings, you shal

and replied, si

ukluks?" de

ou shall both have a pair, and they are rather

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