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. .Just for the purpose 4f helping you to keep your fpet *n,thS
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pui out -iby the fifrito^A^lvOopa^tment ef Mines.* . , q T j JJ - rp
: v i ALASKA MINSRAL PRODUCTION. r Jt J .1 i
As will be seen in the - mineral production tabulation of this
i8aue| Alaskan mineral production for 1956 took a beating* A drop
.oH|, 6,809,000, or nearl^O^,! from that ;of -1957 is estimated.*
' thd dbdiine was caused chiefly by the lack ef uranium ygtjflUctjibn \
andt the drop in coal, stone, and sand and, gravel production* Alsow
responsible was the lack’ of chrome production, the decline in
mercury production,-’And the decline in unit,.values (pr^lce) for
nearly everything* except goidv* .We flight, sum it up byksaying that
/about everything'dropped*-in production and price except gold**'"' i
whicjl vSppapantly^held steady* And let up. not be complacent* ahbout
goldfor a f ew more* years’ will see* Alaska1 s gold RrpduC'ti'bn* -< >
fM :^j;edUc^ed\i,to less than hal/rjits present., rate at the"present pOiCe1^]*
/aryt^cpst.1 .trends*, One reason for this Statement is/that the
Co .?,Alaska* s largest producer, .has announced pub li Cal Jr
th^.ty/its niajor^operations at Fairbanks and fJome will.’.not Continue
*. ^qyqnd 41963 or *1964 under the present economic, conditions*;' ; f
. The‘Chief hope of■ increased mineral. productidtji in'Ala Aka *
(^n addition to oil,tf course) is presently pinned tfc her] copper*
-tnickelt iron, and coal resources . Of the iron-and coal* the
possibilities of early development of new operations are contingent
on ihe.Japanese export market* However# if, and when nuclear reactors
0j/foh.i>6wer' are installed in Alaska# her present coal production will
js^be depleeted drastically* 'Copper and nickel production will
developp according to the vpni.ce^demand}... and incentives* which are
,ihslfficieat at present. ....... ,
‘ Statehood is *branging writers and celumunista'to Alaska in
drones, but most of the resulting publicity we are getting frCm
,t‘h'ede Ww6ek end'1 visitors, seems tA be anything but truthful4” -
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'Z ;' ' One of Alaskans ultra boosters was putting out some sjbeciaus
dop^'on the'"vast resources" of this 49th State* The Old Cynic
remarked that he was fr#m Missouri and would have t# be shSwn#
The booster replied*"You thick headed Missouri mules are too dumb
to be shown, no matter.how^convincing the evidence*" And he told
this'little story to proved his point*' * .
It seams that once upon a time there was a beautiful,tall
/girl with golden hair, big blue eyes and a winning smile#3he went
/to a,football game* She had no boy friend so she went alone. And as
:/ she walked rfome, feeling rather lonely, she ,wandered out int* the
If woQds when the ground was covered with the brown autumn leaves*
p^ . M. ViS she walked along a path in the woods she heard a voice
f i' right. In front of her say, "Please don* t step en me*" She looked
;,down among the leaves and saw a little toad* She said, "Here is Just
’ ta little toad and it ca. talk, isn*t that wonderful?". And the.1
. little toad said,"Yesj I can talk* I was once a big, handsome foot
^ ball player, but a* curse fell on our family and a witch turned me
into a toad* But this witch told me that if ever a beautiful*tall
.girl with golden hair, big blue eyes and a winning smile should
‘some day find, and if she would take me home with her, and put me
under her pillow aj^d sleep all nit^ with me under her pillow^ that
* • I would be turned back into a big, handsome foot ball player*
"t * / « So this beautiful,tall and generous girl with the golden
flair and big blue eyes and the 7/inning smile put the little toad
(« ■ in her purse and took it flame* It was rather late when she got home
»" but she went in very quietly and put the little toad under her
Vpillow* <knd sure enuf, the next morning, there was a big, handsome
/ foot ball .player right beside the beautiful’, tall girl with .the
golden hair and the big blue eyes and the winning smile*
But, do you know, the strangest thing is that hep mother
who came right out of the Ozarks just wont believe that stary*
v * Which goes to prove 'that you can11 show a Missourian
i nothin,*, no matter how big «ancf hansome the evidence*
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Alaskan Wildlife in 1947 was computed to be worth more
' than three times as much as the mining industry, twenty times as
much as agriculture, ten times as much as forestry and fifty
,‘i' times as much as «%iaskan V/ildlife*
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