The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-26
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 500,000 barrels of petroleum and petro 1eum products. This does not include oil consumed by steamers running tC Alaska ports. The information af forded by seepages indicates that there are five oil fields in Alaska which could probably be made productive So far as known the Alaska petroleum 1S hlgh-grade refining oil for which there is at present a great need Therefore the development of the Alaska petroleum fields is not only of great importance to the Territory but also to the entire nation.
 Incidental to gold and copper mining considerable silver and some lead have been produced from Alaska ores. Galena ores, some of which carry a high percentage of silver, are widely distributed in Alaska and are now re- ceiving considerable attention. Both placer and lode tin have been found in the York district of Seward peninsula Placer tin has also been found in some of the Yukon camps. So far as known there are no large reserves of placer tin in Alaska. The outlook for lode tin mining in the York district is rather hopeful.
 Platinum and related metals are be- ing mined in Alaska. During the war Alaska produced antimony, chromite and tungsten. The know reserves of these metals are considerable Quick silver mining has been carried on in a small way for many years in the Kus- Eokwim region and will no doubt con- tinue. Molybdenite and bismuth ores are rather widely distributed in Alas ka, and nickel ores have been found in the Territory
 There is considerable graphite in Sew in Southeastern Alaska, and marble quarrying is increasing. Gypsum has long been mined in the Sitka district. Sulphur deposits occur in the A1eutian islands and are now being developed. There is considerable graphitein Sew ard peninsula and some of this min
 FISHERIES
 The total value of the Alaska fish cry products up to the close of 1919 is $418,042,000. Measured from the standpoint of value of annual product and men employed the fishing indus try is the most important of the ter ritory. It was especially prosperous during the war, the value of it's total output increasing from $15,739O68 in 1918 to $59, ,144,859 in 1918. The num- Der of employees rose from 24,263 in 1913 to 31,213 in 1918 Much the larger part of this output is canned salmon, the value of the cannery out put in 1913 being $13 3,531604 and $51,- 041,949 in 1918. Of the total employees in the fishing industry 16,513 were employed in the salmon canneries in 1913 and 26,5O2 in 1918 The canner- ies are operated for only few months in the year and much the larger part of the labor is imported The total investment in the Alaska salmon canning industry increased from $31,- 341,670 in 1913 (79 canneries) to $63,- 9O1397 in 1918 Q35 canneries).
 Though the size and value of the Alaska salmon catch overshadows all the rest of the fishing industry, yet notable increases were made during the years 1913 to 1918 in the halibut cQxl, and other Alaska fisheries.
 The Alaska salmon catch has pro- bably reached it's maximum and any effort to a more intensive develop ment of these fisheries would lead to their rapid depletion. Given proper safeguards against everlasting, the salmon fishing industry of Alaska can be made to yield a large and contin- uOus annual return.
 Without drastic protection tne Alaska halibut fisheries and of the adjacent seas will soon be depleted AS many of the halibut banks lie without the three-league limit their protection is only possible by inter- national agreement. The herring and the cod fisheries of Alaska are enor- nous, and the present annual yield is but a fraction of the fish that could be produced There are many other Varieties of fish in Alaska waters which will eventually be developed as part of the commercial fisheries.
 FARMING AND STOCK RAISING
 Alaska contains extensive areas of farm lands suitable for raising the Lar i,,o1rSipor rrvboof nofa