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Title: 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)

Author: Lanier McKee

Release Date: April 8, 2010 [EBook #31921]

Language: English

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THE LAND OF NOME

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

BY

LANIER McKEE

[Illustration]

THE GRAFTON PRESS
NEW YORK

Copyright, 1902, by
THE GRAFTON PRESS

PREFACE

After returning from his first experience in Alaska in 1900, the author
was prompted to write from his diary, primarily for his friends, a
sketch of the rush to the Cape Nome gold-fields and the character of the
country and its people. This account, with some modifications, forms the
first half of this book. The second half, parts of which were written in
the atmosphere of the situations as they arose during the following
year, has been recently completed upon the adjudication of the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Pacific Coast, which, in effect,
finally frees northwestern Alaska from one of the most dramatic and
oppressive conspiracies in recent history.

The writer believes that the discovery of this El Dorado of Bering Sea
has created an epoch in the development of our national domain,
wonderful and unprecedented in various phases, and but little understood
or appreciated by the general public. Because of its uniqueness, it is a
difficult matter to treat adequately. Certain f