The Cordova daily times., 1916-12-27
RECOGNIZING VALUE OF ALASKA.


 Until years the United government well AS the people the states generally looked upon Alaska being of slight the was regarded perhaps desirable fu edible fishes known to habit the waters of the northand known that gold and other minerals and metals existed in the big territory The people the United States knew these things general only They lacked specific knowledge the subject because they did not take the trouble to obtain the very of Alaska suggested and always associated with land of perpetual and ce scarcely fit for habation coming from Alaska regarded especially something of a curiosity
 But things fast changing People the United States beginning to realize that Alaska big having within It's connces vast undeveoped that needed and that will greatly enrich the nation thought of the people of the United States reflected activities of the heads of departments at Washington with respect Alaska The development of the of the territory formed the feature of Secretary Lanes annual repor came in for due consideration the reports of the departments agrcu ture the postmaster general and the the gen era land oce 1t well for the nation and for Alaska the true situation be known the states desirable for the people of the United States to know that in Alaska Uncle has possession of potential possibilities
 The waters of Alaska compose the greatest fisheries in the possession of the United States Canned salmon value of $2OOOOOO annually taken from the waters ada cent to this territory No other possession under dominion of the United States anywhere this salmon produc tOn 1t apparent then that Alaska leads in the production salmon
 Alaska is the only possession of the United States that even attempts anything in the way of the reindeer industry This terrtoryha m parts of it particularly adapted to ths industry which is of more importance than people realize.
 Alaska has great undeveoped fields In the opinion Of some coal experts they the greatest in world The government slow to realize the wealth in these coal measures but engaged merorious effort to open them by constructing owned railway system to the Matanuska and Nenana fields although Boring fields adjacent to COrdova, lie in dormant We cannot claim that Alaska leads coal production but venture the prediction that within the next 20 years the coal the territory will be producing substantial part the total pro duction in the United States.
 While the figures hand showing the placer gold production Tn the various states of the unon we safe in asserting that Alaska produces gold the virgin form than single state in the unon annual prOduc tOn is in the neghborhood of twenty million dollars If e are not in the lead placer gold production up among the Mgh-liners.
 As to lode mining, Alaska long enjoyed the reputation ot possession of of the great lode the world The readWe mnes rank with the COmsock the New and the South African mines gold producers copper there other copper in the world that is in the same class AS the famous kenneco The Keecot produces vast amount of chacocte ore commonly called copper glance This very hgh grade as to copper content yielding from per cent copper An interesting story told with reference o this great property when the possession of the ocators One of them, old timer named Amy took snec mems o the ore to the states effort interest capital Naturally he called upon the big copper of the He went to William A Carks office Butte showed his rich specimens and told o the big deposit that nature had Clark examined the specimens noted that they ehacocte and handing them back to Amy said You been in Alaska too long my friend You'll be all right after being in the states awhe' "What do you mean? said Army ''I mean that you re erazy said the copper king Those specimens that you show from great depth-probablv from my United Verde mine That character of copper ore never found the surface Of Amy could do nothno with Clark, because o the then prevailing opinion in mining circles that such high grade copper did on the that they were found at great depth
 
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