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Prospectors
F armers
Trappers
Tourists
The Nenana district offers oppor
tunities for prospecting, farming, and
trapping that are unequaled in any
other section of Alaska.
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Gold placers of known value, close
to Nenana. are producing annually sub
stantial amounts, and there are scores j j
of streams within the district on which
little or no prospecting has been done. ! .
These streams, until a short time ago
almost inaccessible, are now easily j j
reached by means of the new Govern
ment Railroad, and undoubtedly soon
will be the scene of much mining ac- j
tivity. ‘
Farming in the Nenana district has
the advantage of a growing season fully
ten days longer than that of any other
section of Interior Alaska. There is
much desirable land in the district open
to homesteaders, and marketing possi
bilities are being expanded steadily.
Fur-bearing animals of the Nenana
and adjacent districts are noted for the
fine quality of their fur, and trappers
annually bring large numbers of pelts
to Nenana and receive for them higher
prices than are obtained for the average
furs of other districts.
Game of all kinds abounds in the
Nenana district, there are scores of
trout streams easy of aceess, and the
scenic wonders of the district are un
surpassed. The district is the natural
gateway to Mt. McKinley National
Park, and close to Nenana may be
viewed the largest coal ledges in the
world.
Detailed information regarding the
resources and possibilities of the Ne
nana district may be obtained from the
Nenana
Commercial
Club
Doubt whether Alaskan industries
could be developed properly under
the present tariffs of steamship rates
between Seattle and the North was
expressed by Colonel Alfred H.
Brooks, chairman of the department
of the interior’s special advisory
committee on Alaskan affairs, as he
was leaving Seattle recently for
Washington, D. C. A great mass of
data and facts on the transportation
problem was obtained by the com
mittee in its eight-day session in
Seattle.
“Everybody seems to be agreed
that something is wrong with the
present system of transportation,"
said Colonel Brooks to a representa
tive of the Seabtle Times. "They
realized that there is an economic
loss in the operation of the ships.
Without passing on the equitable
ness of the present steamship rates,
it doesn't seem that Alaska’s indus
tries can be developed properly un
der the present tariffs. All the
evidence is along that line.
“Just what can be done in this
matter is the chief problem con
fronting the committee. Certain
conditions seem to affect all the
routes.
Seasonal Traffic Hampers.
“During certain seasons of the
year there hardly seems to be busi
ness enough to justify the present
services. During other seasons, the
business taxes transportation facili
ties. In other wards, the business
is irregularly distributed, this being
due to the fact that the North has
a number of seasonal industries,
such as the saimon packing indus
try. In the case of the salmon in
dustry there is an extremely heavy
northbound movement of men and
cannery supplies in the spring and
an extremely heavy southward move
ment of men and canned salmon in
the fall. That condition cannot be
overcome. There is r.o way of mak
ing the salmon change its habits.
Moieover, canneries have to be lo
cated at the points where :he sal
mon are found, which means that
many of them are operating at re
mote and lonely points, involving
long-distance transportation.
“,As regards the transportation
problem, then, it becomes a (jues
ticn of developing other lines in the
North that will furnish business for
the steamships the year around. Or.
to put it another way, we have to
get rid of the peak load. It is a
difficult problem, as we cannot make
the salmon run in the winter.
^ “As virtually all that is known of
Alaska coal is on file in Washing
ton, we did not have much testi
mony at our hearings in regard to
that resource. The coal is broken
up and it is expensive to mine, but
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nevertheless it is the best eoal on
the Pacific coast. Alaska' good coal
is 5 percent better than Washing
ton's good coal. However, the Gov
ernment has only the surface data
on the Northern coal fields and the
next step is to begin digging to find
cut what we have down below the
surface.
Might Utilize Lignite.
“There are large quantities of
lignite on the coast and in the in
terior, some of it on the Govern
ment's new railroad, and while it
is not of high enough grade for ex
portation, some method may be
worked out in the future by which
it can be utilized.
“In this connection I might point
cut that the coal fields of the Pa
cific coast states are limited and at
some time in the futuer—it might
be within a generation—you may
have to fall back on Alaska's coal.
“Here, again, however, we find a
condition that obscures the prob
lem. Out here on the coast you
are substituting oil for coal on an
enormous scale, not only in your
ships, but also in your industries.
Whether Alaska coal is to come
into its own in some future year
depends on the oil situation. If
new sources of oil are not discov
ered, you will have to draw on
Alaska coal sooner or later, as the
coal fields on the other side of the
Western mountains are too far
away.
Fuel Question Vital.
“I have little or no knowledge
of the oil industry, but I am con
vinced that oil will be produced in
Alaska, and it may be produced in
large quantities. In that event, part
of the North’s transportation prob
lem would be solved, as the oil
would not only furnish the steam
ships with cheaper fuel, but also
would furnish them with a new
cargo movement that would be a
round-the-year proposition. . Devel
opment of large oil fields in Alas
ka, moreover, would mean the up
building of population, and growth
in population involves increasing
ine .\crtn i-~
business all around,
now consuming enormous quantities
of fuel oil which has to be bought
here ami transported to its ports.
The North also is importing Wash
ington and British Columbia coal.
It then can be easily understood
why the development of large oil
fields in the North would mean so
much to its growth and prosperity.
“All that I have said in regard to
oil, however, is speculative. I have
no means of knowing whether or
not Alaska is to become a large pro
ducer of oil, but its possibilities
must be kept in mind in considering
future transportation needs.
“Business begets business. In the
old days the Treadwell mine was
the great factor in opening up Alas
ka. Miners would work there until
they had saved up a grubstake.
Then they would push on into the
Interior in search of placer gold.
As a result, new camps were es
tablished.
“The chief problem of gold min
ing in Alaska, as elsewhere, is that
gold now* is not worth as much as it
used to be. That is a world-wide
condition. It is an interesting fact
that Alaska's gold production always
closely parallels the gold production
of the world. If you draw a chart
of the world’s production and a
chart of the North’s production you
will find that the line of production
in both cases always has about the
same curve. The production of gold
has been heavy for years and gold
is now cheap. Various schemes have
been suggested for helping the gold
miner, including the bonus plan, but
I have no opinion on that phase of
the problem. It is a question for
the financial experts.
“As regards copper mining in the
North, the problem is closely tied up
with the transportation question.
Pulp Will Furnish Cargo.
“Development of a pulpwood in
dustry undoubtedly is coming in
Southeastern Alaska and it will help
solve the transportation problem, as
it will furnish a steady cargo move
ment Tor the ships.
“As to farming in the North,
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there are large areas of agricultural j
land, especially in the Interior
around Fairbanks, where there are
enough arable lands to support any
population, but the farmer will have
to find his market locally. With ;
a few exceptions, he will not be
able to export. One of these ex
ceptions is stock-raising:. There are
real opportunities for stock-raising
in Southwestern Alaska and on Ko
diak island, where there are exten
sive grazing lands. In connection
with a possible export movement of
farm products, we should keep in
mind the possibilities of a sugar
beet industry in the North. That
industry may be developed to the
point where it could engage in ex
portation.
“It is only fair to say that the
committee has become convinced
that the development of Alaska has
been retarded by the present lack of
local authority to pass on important
Northern questions, it being neces
,^arv to refer these questions back
to Washington, D. C., a conditior
that causes infinite delay.
“Alaska has hail to contend with
a definite lack of co-ordination ir
the activities of the federal and ter
ritorial governments. For instance,
there are something like six or
seven funds for building roads in
the North and at least three organ
izations are authorized to build
roads. Federal and territorial of
ficers have tried to overcome this
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handicap by co-operating as much
as the law wall permit them. It is
a condition due to the laws and
not flue to the execution of the
laws.
"We conferred with nearly fifty
persons in our Seattle meetings ami
the committee feels that we will go
hack to Washington with data and
facts that will prove of great bene
fit to Secretary of the Interior John
Barton Payne in his efforts to fos
ter the development of Alaska. We
are far more than satisfied with the
results of our trip to Seattle. The
information we obtained in any two
or three days of the conference
alone would have amply justified
Secretary Payne in sending us here.
All of us would like to have seet
more Alaskans at the conferences,
but we had the representatives of
several . of the Northern chambers
of commerce with us and they gave
us most valuable aid.
"On the basis of what we have
ascertained here, we hope to be
able to make constructive recom
mendations to Secretary Payne as
to the policies that should be adopt
ed for developing the North, and
also as to special investigations that
should be made by qualified ex
perts."
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| Miners and Prospectors! f
| NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RECORDING PRECINCTS j
! According to a recently issued Court Order by 5
| Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re- |
| cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon- |
I nifield and Totatlanika Districts. f
| Miners and Prospectors of these districts will be |
| enabled by this change to do their recording and |
| transact other business at Nenana, which is within |
5 easy reach of their mining activities. §
| NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB. 1
: | J. R. Bowen, President. R. J. Diven, Secretary, f
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