The Nenana daily news., 1920-07-13
Report of the Alaska
 Advisory Committee APPOINTED BARTON PAYNE SECRETARY THE INTERIOR, APRIL SUBMITTED JUNE 

oh CoHsumeu Dy StedIHeIS TunHlHS to Alaska ports. The information afforded by seepages indicates that there are five oil fields in Alaska which could probably be made pro- ductive. So far as known, the Alas ka petroleum is high-grade refin- ing oil for which there is at present great need. Therefore the devel- opment of the Alaska petroleum fields is not only of great import ance to the Territory, but also to the entire nation.
 Incidental to gold and copper mining, considerable silver and some lead have been produced from Alas ka ores. Galena ores, some of which carry a high percentage of silver, are widely distributed in Alaska and are now receiving con- siderable 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 re- serves of placer tin in Alaska. The outlook for lode tin mining in the York district is rather hopeful. Platinum and related metals are being mined in Alaska. During the war, Alaska produced antimony, chromite, and tungsten. The known reserves of these metals are consid- erable. Quicksilver mining has been carried on in a small way in the Kuskokwim region, and will no doubt continue. Molybdenite and bismutn ores are rather widely distributed in Alaska, and nickel ores have been found in the Territory.
 There are large deposits of mar ble in Southeastern Alaska. and marble quarrying is increasing. Gyp- sum has long been mined in the Sitka district. Sulphur deposits oc- cur in the Aleutian islands and are now being developed. There is con siderable graphite in Seward penin- sula and some of this mineral has been produced.
 Fisheries.
 The total value of the Alaska fishery products up to the close of
 1919 is $41s,O42, 1000. Measured
 from the standpoint of value of an
 nual product and men employed, the
 fishing industry is the most import
 ant of the Territory. It was espe-
 cially prosperous during the war,
 the value of its total output increas-
 ing from S15,739,O6S' in 1913 to
 $59,144,S59 in 1918. The number
 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
 output in 1913 being $13,531 ,604
 and $51,041,949 in 1918. Of the
 total employees in the fishing indus
 try, 16,513 were employed in the salmon canneries in 1913 and 26,. 502 in 1918. The canneries arc 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 ,67O in 1913 (79 canneries) to $63,9Ol,397 in 1918 u35 can. , neries).
 Though the size and value of the Alaska salmon catch overshadows ll the rest of the fishing industry, yet i; notable increases were made during l the years 1913 to 1918 in the half !; but, cod, herring, and other Alasks fisheries.
 The Alaska salmon catch has !, probably reached its maximum and 1 any effort to a more intensive de Ivelopment of these fisheries would