The Daily Alaska empire., 1930-02-13
Some Taku Details.
(Prince Rupert Empire. }


 pr. Jos T Mandy, in his report to the Gov ernment on the Taku mining areas, says in part:
 The mouth of the Taku River is about 140 miles northwesterly of the Stikne River mouth. It empties into the head of Taku Inlet about 25 miles northeast of Juneau, Alaska and about S2o miles north of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The British Columbia Alaskan boundary crosses the riv- Ter about 20 miles from it's mouth throwing the important extent of the in Canadian terri tory east of the Alaska Panhandle. The area is reached by direct and frequent steamship connec- ton from Prince Rupert or Vancouver to Juneau, and thence by launch and riverboat up the Taku River.
 It must be stressed that the Taku River area is totally unsurveyed geologicaly no geological maps exist relative to the Unfortunately the Geological Survey of Canada has hitherto not been able to extend it's work to the Taku River trough. The nearest work in which geological survey work has been carried out is in the Stikine River area lying about 40 miles southerly. In the B C. Min lster of Mines annual report for the year 1923 is the first recorded opinion relative to the mineral potentialities of the district. Now that the region has shown definite promise of important bodies it is hoped the Geological Survey of Canada will take steps to systematically map the area and correlate it's rock formations which those Of the southerly lying Stkine River area
 The is as yet unserved by roads trails, but it is very easily accessible by water route from seaboard. The nearest settlements Atlin, about 143 miles north of the mouth of the Taku River, and Juneau Alaska about 30 miles by water route southwesterly An efficient transportation system has been inaugurated by the Taku River Transpor- tation and Trading Company. This made necessary by the 1929 discoveries and the devlop ment operations undertaken by the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company and the United Eastern Mining Company in the vicinity of the Tulsequah River, the most important tributary the con- tact-margn zone, This transportation system en- anates from Juneau by launch to the mouth of the Iaku River, and thence by river boat to the mouth Of the Tulsequah River With good connections and tidal conditions the Taku River bar it is possible to make the journey from Juneau to the mouth of the Tulsequah River in one day The situation of the the westerly fringe of the interior plateau dry belt excludes severe or abnormal climatic influences. To the west the high attitudes and extensive ice-felds of the Coast Range assume the role of watershed and obviate any excessive precipitation in the bordering region to the eastward Field observation indicates that rain and snow precipitation is moderate, consider ably less than in the coast to the west and de- creases steadily to the east. The timbered areas are comparatively free from underbrush. The win ters cold and dry the summers moderately warm and sunny. About the beginning of November slush-ice begins to form in the Taku River, and navigation is mpeded by about November 18th Towards the beginning of May the lowlands are reported to be free of and river navigation becomes possible again.
 The topography of the country embodes gen. erally those topographic features which common with other parts of the Pacific slope and the eastern contact of the Coast Range bathoth The terrain is however, in general not so rugged and rough as that of the Kitsaut Bear, and Sal mon River Valleys in the Alice Arm and Portland Canal sections to the southward
 The Taku River area east of the International Boundary is well supplied with game Moose ire quent the neghborhood Of the Tulsequah River and the slough and bench northward along the Taku River towards Atn. Geese frequent the slough and reported to nest in these localities The large slough west of the con- fuence of the Tulsequah River with the Taku River is an outstanding beaver region, featured by innumerabe dams and colony houses Black and brown bear often along the river banks In the higher attitudes mountain goat abound