New-York tribune., 1867-05-28

To II las Tpened at Kodiak. Iheft
Garden vegetables which have become domesticated;
tke reports that at sitka potatoes ourish so t1e an
have enough. Lancsdork reports the same OF KODIAK
There are also radses, eabbages canlow@S, nm @ Py%s'
and caTrOts-makng very respectable list me SAINT
hear Of radishe beets and cabbages Even far north
Fort loukon on the paraile OF o. & IL, P, tr
nips unfit for tho table, being rotten at e eAls
recent resident reports that there are no frt treSs
and even raspberry bush, and that he l0st all Ills
potatoes during season by frost IN tne atter oS
Of July but do not forget that tese POTATOES 'no
4 profitable commerce in timber has already begun at
Puget sound by the oela fes nt oi lVO ~
places, in which find Victoria. Honolulu Cauao, la, %
Canton Valparaiso adelaide Hong Kong Pr Syt6ey S
Calcutta, IIilo. Cape Town, Cork Quay mas ana eii
shps go barks brgs % sohoorers, and 10 steamers.
The value OF the lumber and spars exported M
over half million dollars, while than four times
that amount was shipped coastwise But the coasts of
Russian-Amerca darker with trees than thoSe iul
flourish as low Puget Sound. N0rthWard, they
arc numerous and easily accessible. ...a,. .,,t
8 Mineral PTOdiciS.-It ls not entirely certain tnaU
Iron has been found in this region, although frequently
reported The evidence points TO tne snarcd sGI5 " bg
| the Russian engineer Doroschin although IL d9es
s RGt sPRfar h Tor ere IS saw
lent iron, reported TO be from bed IN the
wood for reduction Then again on KotZeDues SOUND
specimens have collected AT CG 3 KotzeDne round
the disturbing influence "iron' resident on ioukon
thinks that there is iron in that neiglborhood. ,.
sian engineer who reported iron there and IKE the ro
in sufficient quantity to pay Tor me %orklng iort "a
goysn the lower part OF the Kwicbpak but IL Is o
Conner IS found on the banks of the Copper River
called by the natives Mjednala meaning copper ana 1i llo
afluent, the Tshtachitna In masses sometimes AZ 9iBc
as forty pounds OF this there can he little doubt 1t is
mentioned by Goowin In the Archir OK Ernan as tte US
1893 was undoubtedly this negbborhood that the
copncr was obtained which arrested tho attention OF
carly navlgaors Traces of copper also found IN
other places the coast also IN the mountains near the
| Youkon, where the Indians use 1t for arrowheads
Coal seems exist all along the coast; according 10
Traces of are reported the islands Of the sitk1n
archipelago and this r. extremely proDaDe ioT i ~ na
Iti also found the Kcnaan peninsula, Alaska the
island OF Ungn belonging 10 the Shumagtn group Ouna
laa ana far to the norh Of Beaufort Al inc atte pSce
! n is slaty burning with pure iame ana RAPID con
s1mp,cn , nnu ~ y, onalty For an ac
this coal refer 10 the scientific illustrations or
interior on the Kwichpak The coal of Onnalaska and
| probably OF Alaska is tertiary and not adapted Tor
tics are divided That of the Kenaian peninsula IS me
best most extensive. II is found on the eastern sac
Russian settlement OF ST. Nicholas IN veins three quar-
ters Of yard or more IN thleAnes am dagihs ~ I,S g
TO authority, these coal veins extend ana hlitau
ana ana @ rcp more Dian once sent oa6ra for
trial. aud that 1t was there pronounced good altce
Since then It has been mined by the company, not Only
for their own uses, but also fer export to California IA
making these statements, rely particularly upon COLO
in the AFchir Of Eman, aud alsO upon inc saDiIts
voId OF GTeWngk IN the TIansact0hs OF INC Mlhelo-
gica Society OF Petersburg fOr 1913 ad leiy u ll1l'
where Will be found special map oil the hehalah PENN
Gold has been found in the mountains Of the stilnne
River but not any sufficient quantities reasonably ac-
cessbe. But failure III one place VIII DC no
ment IN another espectauy as aC'c - 70 'nu ~ - o.c
that the mountains mere contain so,, -
auIerous deposits which have become 80 famous ihther
south. The Sierra Nevada chain oI CaHIorlla ie'eHcS
Traces Of gold been observed at Other points One
report places dcrosit hot lar itoil aikh &c ] snc
writer who reports iron there also reports lhl uuls
the last year he piece of gold rs large as marble
Trr DoTsehin furnishes tetmnony more precise. lie
reports gold in 80 least three different loeae each Oh
the uorih OF Cooks Inlet and extending into Aask con-
ssng principally Of clay slate with pcrmeatnS veins or
Doritc the latter being known "a god bearing fock
lie observed this In the summer or lb1l AhOut thc sap
time certain Indians from the Bay Of Jakulat not far
from Mount st. Elias. brought him specimens OK Dorite
found lu their uci ghCIOCd, mahnE tAclclolt sttoi
deposit n the summer OF 1855 tho sam" engineer found
gold on the southern eide OF Cooks Inlet n the noul-
taius % lAc kcuay Peninsula Sltisl{lis ~ h,,;
that the bank occupied by The rcdoubt % 81 Neh9lar t
The mouth Of tie kahnu iaycrls ES & wS
induced to follow the development OF )ollle ID theupPr
valley Of The I.Scr, and as he ascenuru io,u u
ing alylOn gradually increasing, Wih scales OF go.d Dc
coming Coaiser and coaser Instead OF being scarcely
:. Iasa. according to statements q Won wGangel
adopted by Wauius in his 0co0phc, thc company
from 1920 10 1853. o OF seven years. eApol.H .!y l
sns 81 g . a. m ]M ]M % % @ 90, Gl, y o lama S o
tcrs 6.23 black loAc' no black bcltd foxes, l6jj Id
foxes, 2,t,0 polar fox, - ;tNgS, s3' @ @ % 10
mutlpts 1870 seals 30 pJod, OF wbalcboue, LOO
hoods of walIus ivory aud ,.i1! sacks of castorcum
Nhpt was their value does not appear sir George sWp
CON The Governor I'M chief Of The Hudson Bay Company
Who was 40 ska In 1874. represents the return Of TIE
COMPANY for that year as follows: 1000 fur seals, 100
sea otte- 800 land 0crg and 2O0o warus teeth, VIII
out including foxes and martins There Is sun one o'sr
youngsea oitcls, 2Fis common oitc li l"r soa' iS @
bears 1890 beavers, wolves. ios sahlt 2j nNt. ltj
mooskrs IIDs bags of CasOrcum, C5 black foxes, loo
foXcf, OLA red loXcs, 2sJ bue Acc ioAcs 90
white Arctic foxes, aud also VI foxes called White, per
! haps AlbinOs.
beside these reports for special years am enabled to
present hom the Russian tables " Can't Go'owin
another ooyorlg the period from ls,- 10 1880 inclusive
being follows: -jCOl ottcrs, Gs2J "oitca prooa
BY ryer otie lo Oi2 beavers iJti i9Ac7 So ~ Al,'c
foxes, 2,2sJ bcair 6tj DnXcs 23I sabcs, 800 musk
rats, xoe uisne sca, .J5o hsH S,',i'' p"'s @ u5
beavers tails. Here s an mcNlICabc absence ~ seal
n not 90 kcIico are n,cIitioucd Ie st i, IN sian
and perhaps onDi urs from tho Asiac islands OF
From competent source learn that the value o. skins
at 5ltha during the last yeu Wd5 substantially as IooW
fox 500 silver fox si6 cross fox S25 red fox. g.
cent Puce Current IN Etwiork gives the pccs tncf9 IN
So rod iox, 81 to 81 .O otter - TO 80, MINK - 10 ~
bear 81 To el2 dark maren s. to 500 These NcwYork
prices vary fiom those OF S!tka Tho latter Hil be The
which VI courso must bo subject deduction Tor the
pcusf Of the Company OF the latcr say nothing now,
~ have considered them IN speaking Of the existing
T. Tifaics-I now come the Fisheries the last head
of this inquiry aud not inferior TO any other in import
auce pclaps Tho Ilost important Of nll. -,
Here elsewhere, In the endcayOr to estimate the re-
Of this region there vaeeneSS ana ice cetahiy'
Information at least Is wanting and yet we nre not e.
Nolhlny IL cltitf ll'Aii m kS"
abundance aro taken everywhere the coast, around
the islands, In tho bays, ana throughout me a9'echt
seas on tiis head the evidence Is constant ana com
plcte Here are oysters CLANS crabs, and dainty ltuc
sh Of the herring tbe called the oolachan, contributing
10 the luxury OF the table, and rich I'm its oily nature
that the natives said To use II sometimes as "a
candlc." Beside these those great staples OF com
merce and mainstays OF daily subsistence the Salmon,
the Herring the lalibut, the Cod aud, behind all the
Whale Ths short list IA enough, for Il Offers constant
feast, with the Whale at hand for light Here the best
that the affords for the poor the rich FOR daily
se or for the fast days Of o church Here. also, Is
sure support, at least 10 tc Inhabitants OF tc coast
Undoubtedly there arc Infinite numbers of iGh on this