The Red Cloud chief., 1902-11-07
For, Haml,n to Ko,.tbue sound, Alaska

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onnaissancc from Fort iiamiln To-
Ko,zebae Sound, Alaska. b. way o.
Dali Kauuti. Allen and kobuk rivers
Thi. reconnaissance -ay- Mr. t"l."-
hall. was carried out iu rur-una'. "i a
plan ,lich ha, Ja,u followed Sou -'H'
year 10y Che Cuital States N.".'-''
Survey iu thp tai.-rHl .i" aa'
lo.i, exploration ui -'. l..l. t...'
palt.of Ala k. and u .aa collects.
of such iufor alton a- wIl 10 Do.
tero,t not oily 90 the scientific World
bit to the pra-pct'o tn, miner An'
the trad + Lives ar be- ne toniIna
ally lost ecau-e the location and
character of trails. driluaG" ways
mountain range and passes az un
known. or because the knowledge
which a few possess il not IN a form
available for the ne of othcr- Cap
ital disappear, aud years are wasted
10y prospectors who push out beyond
the frontier aud pursue their search
for gold where gold does not exist
Gradua ly the great waterways and
mountain systems are being mapped
and reliab e information Is being ga'h.
cred concerning the distribution of
timber. the numbers and character Of
the native inhabitants and the pres
ence or absence of game all matters
Of vital iutere.t To the traveller who.
whatever hi, object. ven ures away
from tbs great central waterway Of
the Iukon or from the ~fur-trading
station, of other streams
The route wa, fir III Seattle. about
the middle of May, 1901, To Skagway
at the head Of Lynn Canal. thence 10
Dawson. Fort Yukon and Fort Hamlin
and on ny the Dali River TO Dali City:
thence across 10 and down the kanuti
River to bergman on the koyukuk:
thence into and ny the Allen River
and across the portage to the hobuk
River, down the kobuk To Kotzebuc
gouni, and back by steamer from
Nome 40 s attic about the middle Of
October The di-tan { travelled + ON
Fort YukoA on the Yukon Riyar, 10
Deering oh Kotzebue Sound wa, lj52
miles.
The region " der cuusii ration first,
becamef anit,,y known 90 European
throq/ the - LI.u0 u,..
eg/otzebue a rua. u H
sian Sc vice. ... wa. 'a ....-a.
of the br,f Rtris. J|.-'.,.r.l k.,...u.
Scum in l-l5 SINCE tn auaHa.r
OF expeditious along 'a. coast ana
iuto the Interior o the region hve
been mSte. including the remarkable
mid winter jouyn y Of loo mi e~frgm
the coast north Of Bristol Bay TO
Poi I Barrow. made in ls3I-2c by
L~ieuteuants Jarvis and Bertholf and
Doctor Call. u the revenue cutter
Bear. for the relief of whalers impris-
oned at Point Barrow.
Tn" most important physical fea-
lures of that part OF Al ska lying
north of the Yukon i a great noun
tain range. the Endicott Mountains,
FIR IN 3.Ooot 100 feet high, extending
from the Arctic .oa>t just north Of
Kotzebue Sound eastward ant north
eastward 10 aud beyond the iuterua-
tional boundary between the PorcU.
pine River and the Arctic Ocean.
North of this rluEe ID. cold arctic
storms may boz .E e'e. 30 ans '.rI.
throughout raa v south at H. o..
~luu.r- a-. a. % . .r-.
-har. Nor hu. ta. ..s. Oh. e.n.
try timber .- ..E.l .I. 30 t...-
NOR or less Abundant throughout ,..
river valleys. Ihe EuIlcutr I.a..
taiu~ form d general div, e. between
the arctic drainage proper and thc
rly r, flowing into Be-iu- Sea and
kotlebue Sound, the largest II which
i the koyukuk, about 200 miles long.
After discussing the local geography
aud the geology and noting that the
country between the Yukon and KUy.
ukuk i free ( ON al evidence, Of gla.
cial action, the report takes Up briefly
the economic geology of the region.
An eleveu-foot bed Of Ignite coal Is
found on Coal Greek, about | mile
above its entrance into the Dali River
of which 1 or > feet apparently of good
quality The outcrops of lignites
along the banks of the Kobuk are
from . inches TO , feet in thickness,
and are probably valueless economic.
ally The reports of the occurreuc,
of coal elsewhere in the region are IA,
yet uncontirmed, Prospec ing fol
gold on the Dali, the Allen, the Noatal
aud the Kodak rivers has 80 far failed
to develop any deposits OF value
Some 325,0l0 Of gold wa, taken out q.
the kotzebue Sound district .u "a,
late summer of 1901, hut another
soa' work wll tere.r ltn a'..
proper 80
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