The Cordova daily times., 1916-06-07
COAL LANDS OPEN TO LEASE.

Alaska coal under regulations promulgated June by the department of the interior is open to lease by person. company corporation
 mattes not that transportation has been provided by which coal be brought to market the fact that the has notified the public that the coal lands may be eaed w in the estimation of many persons prove that the and good government at Washington at last has pro vded for the mining of Alaska coal.
 In the Matanuska coal fieds to which the government IS building the raroad there nineteen leasing blocks In the Boring river coal fields to which the government refuses to build a railroad, there sixty leasing blocks.
 In its efforts to reach the nineteen leasing blocks in the Matanuska coal fields the government prepared to eXpend $100OOO0O while to reach the coal fields of the Boring river expenditure of not than $ooo0oo would be required In its description of the Boring coal fields the government the head of Transportation From the Boring River Coal FieId ," says:
 There are several possible outlets from the Boring river field. One is by building railroad to Controller bay and establishing shipping point Okalee channel north Okalee spit line from this point would run in norhey direction to crossing of the Berng river near the mouth of Saltwater creek distance of 20 miles, thence np Saltwater creek o the center of the coal de osits the distance from the Boring River Crossing being
 "A second possible route is by a railroad built from Katalla Junction, the Copper River NOrthwesten railway. Katalo Junction is about 38 miles from Cor dova From this junction to the point Shepherd, noted heretofore would be approximately 27 miles, thence to reach the other deposits it would be to build the 121% miles around Kushtaka lake and down Saltwater creek to Boring river"
 the above paragraphs the government tells possible les sors how it possible build railroad to the coal mines with which their product can be moved, yet 1t is
 Crowded further, that railroad common carrier shall be permitted take acquire through lease per init under this any coal coal lands of such area quantity may be required and used solely for it's own use'
 It is further provided that
 'I any the lands deposits leased under the pro visions of this shall be subeased, trusteed possessed or controlled by any device so that they form part or are in any way controlled by any combination the lease shall be forfeited"
 In other worlds after telling the prospective lessor how 1t possible build railroad to the coal fields then proceeds to tell him a railroad must not the ease must the lessor join with any others to make it possible to guarantee railroad tonnage if it does build he acquire than one leasehold
 Under the regulations in effect, the only way m which possible for the coal to be brought from the Berng river coal field is for company to lease block ot coal lands and then build a railroad to that one tract
 If government is sincere in it's expressed desire to get the of Alaska the market and does not wish to dscnn mate against Cordova the only logical thing can do build railroad from Kataa Junction the Copper River North western railway coal fields and then offer the coal lands for lease
 As it stands the giving of lease to coal lands n the Beng river field is joke there possible means of getting the market and furthermore there will be unless the government either builds railroad itself changes the regulations that railroad going into the fields will have assurances of tonnage enough to pay.
 
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