The daily Alaskan., 1912-02-24
eoA,s OF ALASKA PENINSULA

Like great curved dagger, 12e mges h th3oSncss at the hit and trending south and west for a distance of nearly 500 miles. the AlaSSs PeniR- spa presents one of the most striS- ing of land formations. Beyond h streochos the chssa of the Aleutian Islands thousand mi1es farther. The cast Rne of Gae peninsula Is ragged and irregular, with snaUme0ahle in deatatsons and bold oifes and head Enas.
 The Ceosogy and Mineral Resous- ces os Parts os Alaska Pessasula" Is tAe tile Of & report by Wallace w, Atwood. rece0Gy issued by the Unit, ed States Geo1ortcal Survey. During the Russsan OccupstSOa og Alaska many facts conoeruiRg the geology of tAe peuinsula were collected, but the study Oy pan and BeeSe-. Of the Geo tosicsd Survey, ot the oosl and gold aepossts q Unga Island and Of some of the coal NsaS of the maialaai in lSS5 reprsseats the first attempt at systematic snvestcatSoa of the min ersl resoarees Martin, sa 1903 and ls04. made the first examination Of the petroleum seepsEes Meanwhile ogas- investigators had contributed to| the knowledge oS the general geo lcE,
 The prosecpaOs os the Surveys. general plan og investigating Jhe' cod rasoz7oes of Alaska led b MT Atpoo5's work. which iuSuded the three nost 5mpo-taat looal coal fields, the Chk1S. He,e25eea Bay, and Uara Irci6eaeal,y he collected con siderable information in regard to. the geaeN geolOE and nine-al re- su7oes oE 5ae entire peaiasula
 Naqp,ns was done an some deJa1 ia she surveyed coal fields and theI 7ssults are set fo-sh with cousidez- able confidence as Go their accuracy. Far less definite information vas CA- tasned as to the a-eal and strad- ErzpAsc geoiozy and mineral deposits. Of the eest os ae peasasula> IT funds are ava5laS3e. mo-e aesa2ed iavesti- ga5oas os the geology and mineral dePoSitS win be undertaken when 2e rltus-g advaaceueut seems to dez1an them. AS early as 1854 attempts were made to mine ooal on Cook Inlet Coal claims were saaked on Uuza Islan5 in the early seventies, and 70 yes-s laEer some systematic inning zt Elis and oshe- ioca1sties ia southwestern Nassza was begu2- The rspsd developmeut os the more ac- cssSble ooal fseks of CaAEo-lis- Washington, and TSzcouver Island. which began Sbout 1870. sgp7hed the west coast r1s-ket and from that tine uatl ve-y reoenuy Htae scten- ton has been given to Alss2a coal Nining to suFply local demand has, however. coatiaaed sa the peuansula Co tae present. day,
 The coal og AIasla Re1lnsua Is 10, oS ss high as Shas Of the Be1ng River and Ns;anussa fielas, but the fielis are uo4e accesssh3e. The fields de scri6ea sa uae sarvey repO~t are al near god ha-oors, e location that win give eaem an assvsatsse ovs- the hiEhev grade cosls os other Alaska fiesds, Noceover, tae5- close p-ox- sssisy to the great circle rCute srom Pzuret Sound to NoSohama VIII Ger tainly eventually acor1e to thesr beae- fit SAo4ght 5t musS be confessed that Sear immediate use foc trans Pacific shipment eces not seem p-ss tsosSle. On the otse- hand. Sniess pssrossum Is found. tAoy su-aisA tse ouey 1ocal soaroe Os oeN for Alssks Peasasaaa whioh Is without tgmSer
 Soue saEsas sor oa has eeea done oa tSe peasnsslA. bat is has not shown esaer the passeaOe CT the Sascnoe os comRSsslly va1uaSae pod. It appears AOweve-, that tae reoloeiS sata at haaa ve-usat the coaaausaoa og sAe search
 So far ss known esoaogsc ceaditsoas Hse tsOse oa Uaga FsaNas. where