Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-02
saw. keirhikan and MOSCOW arc ON
about the same parallel

SAW kcichikun aud MOSCOW arc ON
about the same parallel
ALASKA Is AN unknown world as to
It's mineral resources. only about one
| fourth OF the country has been cN-
plorcd 10y our biologists and not ono
i hundredth OF II has Yet been touched
! 10y til" foot Of IN. proSp.ct"r. Never
thclcSS. it, placer mines have already
brought in more thuu >20O.U00. 0pu
worth OF gold. Dr. y a. i;roohs Of
our Geological survey estimates that
| there are several hundred million dol
lars worth OF gold dust and nuggets
still in The gravel of the Seward PENN
sula FIFTY million dollars worth
had been taken out Of that region up
To 1905. and during my stay 1T Nome
| saw them dredging and hydrauiicinS
quantities OF gold from the tundra.
Enormous drrdSr| are NOW workini; at
Dawson. and that region is still pro-
duciu. it's millions OF dollars year.
I spout some time on the gold drcdseS
there, and shall tell YOU how th"% are
turniu. over the icy gravel beds OF the
ki"nuilic To depth 1t from. thirty TO
sixty icei.
\ great future for Alasku viii bc
found in its quartz mines You have
all heard OF the Trcudwcll properties
and Of their -, oduct Of low grade gold.
Just opposite them. across the Gas
,ineau Channel. other mines are being
opened that are neutrality-suspicious. mil
lions, and will be producing miiii"nS
ror Il century to come. The gold re-
.ioms Of juneau promis" t" be second
only tu those OF south Africa IN their
great gold production.
The copper deposits are uukn"Nn
and uuprosp.cted. although some have
been opened which are already prouuc-
iur millions Of dollars per annum In
IL - .stt
on u steamer which had 100000 worth
of copper concentrated in its hold. ana
the MANAGER OF the mine from when
they came ,uld me his company woult
pay S6.ouO.cuu IN dividends this year,
Thire ar" new copper mines on an
island not far from seward ann t"P
per * bciu. mined at - profit on Fyincc
r Male. island in southeastern
Alusiia.
As TO the coal Of the territory. the
Matanusi>a fields are 10 he opened up
by Uncle Sans new railroad i"erc
is QUO patch not far from tn" route
winch is said to HAY" veins forty rect
tn!ck and To contain many milton
;ols. Some of our biologists have
figured the amount Of good coal III
Nlaska at !Jn.OO0.0oo tons. and others.
say that the country has enough coal
to last the human rae" more than 100
Years at the present rate of consump-
tom.
ALASKA is an unknown world rs 10
it's farming resources. stood on the
Ellis near Fairbanks and looked over
- million or 80 Of acres Of iillahlc soil
III The Tauana Valley. Tho whole ter
iitcry is said To have 5O,nuo,oo0 acres
oi possible farm lands, aud the Aleu-
tan Islands viii feed thousands Of
,atlir. Her and there visited the
UoucStcadcrs, aud stopped for some
time at all ct Uncle SANS expert
Tj"utal Farms. Upon on" of them The
Il:.iu which stood in the fields reached
10 the height of my head aud | SAW
them growing oats. barrie! aud hay. aud
even alfalfa SAN puiat" patches
thar were yielding four toms to the
|ci" and ON" potato h"id which, !
was told. had - crop ir III. ground
that will sell for S!Q.unn.
Another surprise was TIA. wild berries
that grow all over Nlaska, and another
!hc wild flowers that naN" tn. sides
oi the hills and lower Slopes, Of The
m"nniaims hla%cs Of color. found
plenty Of grass .>crywhcrr ami i'm
iiaccs Tia" weeds were ms hich rs n,y
head. saw fat stocl, ON the home
steals Of the Tanana VALLEY. aud yis
'eh dairieS which were suppl! iug hut
ter ana milk to the towns ANA mining
camps nearby. The Nlcuiian Islands
nave climate miidcr than Scotland.
ana an thr island OF Kodiak. which is
as ~" as Porto Rico, they arr. nov
ia'Nln2 Galloway ca,tl" ana lnur.
wooded sheep