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Ifenana, Where Rails and Riven Meet
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Prospectors
F armers
Tourists
The Nenana district offers oppor
tunities for prospecting, farming, and
trapping that are unequaled in any
other section of Alaska.
Gold placers of known value, close
to Nenana, are producing annually sub
stantial amounts, and there are scores
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
reached by means of the new Govem
-
ment Railroad, and undoubtedly soon
will be the scene of much mining ac
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 access, 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
Report of the Alaska
Advisory Committee
APPOINTED BY HON. JOHN BARTON PAYNE, SECRETARY
OF THE INTERIOR, APRIL 22, 1920. SUBMITTED JUNE
11, 1920.
(Continued from Yesterday.) i
- Alaska gold lode mining in the j
past has been chiefly based on large |
low-grade deposits of the .'uncau .
district, whose profitable expleita- ,
tion has been possible only by very ]
large operations. The enormously j
increased cost of mining, owing to ,
the piesent economic conditions, has ,
gie-.ith curtailed mining at Jucau.
The most promising field for Alas-;
ka gold lode mining is in the ex- j
ploitation on a small scale of the
auriferous lodes of higher gold ten
or which have been found in many
localities, notably in the Willow |
Creek and Fairbanks districts. Geo
logic information indicates a wide
distribution of auriferous deposits,
and there is every reason to believe
that other workable deposits of gold
bearing quartz will be developed
when the country is opened up by
railroads and wagon roads.
Alaska copper mines, first oper
ated in 1901, have produced a total;
of 545,000,000 pounds of copper,j
valued at $114,526,000. Stimulated;
by the war price of copper, the j
Alaska mines made their maximum
.output in 1916, amounting to 119,
1885,000 pounds of copper, valued
|at $29,484,000. Owing to the fall j
;in price of metal and to uncertain-'
jty of market, the Alaska copper'
'production fell in 1919 to 47,220,
! 000 pounds, valued at $8,783,000.
' Copper deposits are widely dis
tributed in Alaska, and there is
jevery reason to believe that their
exploitation will increase under bet
ter transportation conditions. Much
.the larger part of the present cop
jper output has come from the high
! grade ores of the Chitina district.
! Larger bodies of low-grade ore have
jbeen found in several districts, not
ably on Prince William sound, and
; the exploitation of these should give
| a greater stability to the Alaska
■ copper-mining industry.
I Owing to the withdrawal of all
i Alaska coal lands from entry in
! 1 DOG, there was no development of
'the coal fields until the leasing law
jwent into effect in 1914. Since
then some advances have been made,
i but operations have been hampered
i by economic conditions imposed by
; the war, and by certain restrictions
■ in the easing law. As a conse
jqueiice, Alaska has produced in all
jonly 233,000 tons of coal, and her
joutput in 1919 was only 60,000
tons. Meanwhile, she is importing
annually about 100,000 tons of coal
from Washington and British Co
lumbia.
Much the larger part of the coal
reserves of Alaska are lignitic,
which, under present methods of
utilization, are not available for ex
port. The Bering River and Mat
anuska fields contain, however, very
high grade bituminous coals of a
better grade than any found on the
Pacific seaboard, as well as some
anthracite. These coals are for the
most part closely folded and much
broken, making them expensive to
mine and rendering them in part
unavailable for present profitable
exploitation. There are, however,
in both fields high-grade coals that
can be mined, and these will find
an export market. Until these fields
have been more thoroughly pros
pected by underground exploration,
it is impossible to predict how large
an annual tonnage can be produced
from them.
The Alaska oil lands were with
drawn from entry in 1910, and
thereby practically all petroleum de
velopment was stopped until the
passage of the leasing law in 1920.
In spite of this handicap, some 53,
000 barrels of petrolium have been
produced in the Katalla field. Mean
while, Alaska is drawing on Cali
fornia annually for nearly 500,000
barrels of petroleum and petroleum
products. This does not include the
>il consumed by steamers running
■o Alaska ports. The information
ifforded by seepages indicates that
here are five oil fields in Alaska
vhich could probably be made pro
luctive. So far as known, the Alas
ka petroleum is a high-grade refin-!
ng oil for which there is at present .
i great need. Therefore the devel
>pment of the Alaska petroleum
ields is not only of great import
ince to the Territory, but also to [
;he entire nation.
Incidental to gold and copper
nining, considerable silver and some
ead have been produced from Alas
ka ores. Galena ores, some of
.vhich carry a high percentage of
silver, are widely distributed in
\laska and are now receiving con
siderable attention. Both placer and
lode tin have been found in the
York district of Seward peninsula.
Placer tin has also been found in
some of the Yukon camps. So far
as known, there are no large re
serves of placer tin in Alaska. The ]
outlook for lode tin mining in the
! ,
York district is rather hopeful.
Platinum and related metals are
being mined in Alaska. During the
war, Alaska produced antimony,'
chromite, and tungsten. The known
reserves of these metals are consid
erable. Quicksilver mining has been
carried on in a small way in the
!
Kuskokwim region, and will no doubt
continue. Molybdenite and bismutn
ores are rather widely distributed in
Alaska, and nickel ores have been
found in the Territory.
There are large deposits of mar
ble in Southeastern Alaska, and
marble quarrying is increasing. Gyp
sum has long been mined in the
Sitka district. Sulphur deposits oc
cur in the Aleutian islands and are
now being developed. There is con
siderable graphite in Seward penin
sula and some of this mineral has
been produced.
r isneries.
The total value of the Alaska
fishery products up to the close of
1919 is $418,042,000. Measured
from the standpoint of value of an
nual product and men employed, the
fishing: industry is the most import
ant of the Territory. It was espe
cially prosperous during the war,
the value of its total output increas
ing from $15,739,068 in 1913 to
$59,144,859 in 1918. The unmber
of employes rose from 24,263 in
1913 to 31,213 in 1918. Much the
.
larger part of this output is canned
salmon, the value of the cannery
output in 1913 being $13,531,604,
and $51,041,949 in 1918. Of the
total employes in the fishing indus
try, 16,513 were employed in the
salmon canneries in 1913 and 26,
'502 in 1918. The canneries are
operated for only a few months in
the year and much the larger part
of the labor is imported. The total
investment in the Alaska salmon
canning industry increased from
$31,341,670 in 1913 (79 canneries)
to $63,901,397 in 1918 (135 can
neries).
Though the size and value of the
'Alaska salmon catch overshadows all
'the rest of the fishing industry, yet j
notable increases were made during !
the years 1913 to 1918 in the hali- J
' but, cod, herring, and other Alaska!
fisheries.
I The Alaska salmon catch has
'probably reached its maximum and
any effort to a more intensive de
' velopment of these fisheries would
dead to their rapid depletion. Given
proper safeguards against overfish
ing, the salmon fishing industry of
Alaska can be made to yield a large
and continuous annual return.
! Without drastic protection, the
'Alaska halibut fisheries and of the
| adjacent seas will soon be depleted.
'As many of the halibut banks lie
without the three-league limit, their
protection is only possible by inter
national agreement. The herring
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»nd cod fisheries of Alaska are
jnormous, and the present annual
field is hut a fraction of the fish
:hat could be produced. There are
■nany other varieties of fish in Alas
ka waters which will eventually be,
leveloped as part of the commer
cial fisheries.
Farming and Stock Raising.
Alaska contains extensive areas
jf farm lands suitable for raising
the hardier grains, including wheat,
potatoes, forajre crops, and many
varieties of vegetables. Tests have
shown that sugar beets can be ma
tured in the Tanana and Susitna
valleys, and that these contain a
high percentage of sugar. The
most promising agricultural fields
are in the Tanana and the Susitna
valleys, both tributary to the Gov
ernment railroad. Extensive areas
of agricultural land are also found
in other parts of the Yukon basin,
and in lesser amounts in some of
the Pacific coastal region.
The best developed farming re
gion is that tributary to Fairbanks
In this region there are 102 home
steads, with about 2,000 acres of
land under cultivation, and with a"
agricultural population of about 25 >
These farms produced in 1919 60
tons of wheat, 40 tons of oats, 10
tons of barley, 500 tons of hay, 325
tons of potatoes, 60 tons of vegeta
bles, and 150 hogs. The- success
during the last five years in the
raising of wheat has so encouraged
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FIRST MONDAY OF MONTH
AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Martin Nath,
Secretary._ President.
the farmers and local business men
that they are now building a small
flour mill at Fairbanks. There is
a little dairying at Fairbanks, and
in other parts of the Territory, but
the raising of cattle has not yet
been greatly developed in connection
with other farming.
There are good grazing lands in
the Interior, but the period of win
ter feeding is about eight months.
In the coastal region of Southwest
ern Alaska the season of pasture is
much longer. Cattle were intro
duced on Kodiak and other islands
by the Russians and have been
raised ever since. It is probable
that there are cattle ranges in
Southwestern Alaska where beef and
mutton could be raised for export.
(To Be Continued.)
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Miners and Prospectors!
| NOTICE OF CHAN6E OF RECORDING PRECINCTS
! According to a recently issued Court Order by
| Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, the Nenana Mining and Re
| cording District has been enlarged to take in the Bon*
| nifield and Totatlanika Districts.
| Miners and Prospectors of these districts will he
| enabled by this change to do their recording and
| transact other business at Nenana, which is within
= easy reach of their mining activities. #
NENANA COMMERCIAL CLUB.
§ J. R. Bowen, President.
R. J. Diven, Secretary.
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