SECOND GREATEST RIV R IN
ALASKA OPENED TO COMMERCE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.', Set-r>•tar*
of Commerce Hedfield made the olln ial
announcement today that a practical
navigable channel from the Bering son
into the mouth of the Kuskokwim rivet
had been discovered by Captain I,likens
of the Const and Geodetic Survey.
The Kuskokwim is the second great
est river in Alaska. It is 9 miles wide
at Its mouth and navigable for over <100
miles inland. The great submerged
flats of the delta of this river extend
100 miles out to sen. and it was through
this uncharted delta that the surveying
steamer "Yukon" made the discover*
of the channel which means so mind
to the commerce of that section of
Alaska.
The Kuskokwim is one of the three
great Alaskan rivers emptying into ihe
Bering sea which has been opened to
commerce as a result of the charting
operations of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey The mouth of the Yukon was
surveyed in 1999 and In a few years
that river became one of the greatest
commercial arteries of \laska In Iiai9
and 1910 Nushngak Hay was charted,
and now the Kuskokwim, by far the
most dreaded and unknown of those
rivers, will no longer he a menace or
a mystery to the navigator who lias
one of the new charts of its entrance
about to be Issued by tiie Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Some Difficulties of the Survey.
The survey of the Bering Sea in the
vicinity of thi* Kuskokwim was started
in 1911 and continued Ihe following
summers of 1912 and 1913 But it was
not until the past field season that a
surveying vessel succeeded in tracing
and charting channels through the
great area of the submerged mini flats
which make up the delta of ihe Kiisl.
okwim.
In making the survey, Captain I.li
kens reports he took 14.2'iii soundings
covering an area of over 100 square
miles. This in Itself is quite an achieve
ment when considered in connection
with the customary hail weather in
Alasku and the fact that in some in
stances it was necessary to locale
soundings by observations on imum
tain peaks more than 00 miles distant
The whole working season was con
fined to S3 days and in .Inly alone 2H’a
of i hese days were lost on account of
the weather being either had or not
sufficiently clear to see the distant
surveying marks
Commercial Resources of the
Kuskokwim.
When the new Coast and Geodetic
Survey chart, allowing the newly dis
covered channel is issued, it will ho
possible for steamship companies ’
send vessels to the l\ nskokvv un
thus initiate the development «>t the!
latent mining, fishing, ami tgic . I
i uinl resources of that region.
The Kuskokwim valley covers man> '
thousands of square mile. , .am no uhe j
can predict with certainty what tins
practically v irgin teritory will develop j
when it is thoroughly prospected, but it !
is not unreasonable to suppose that the
near future will see the Kuskokwim!
river of commercial import une coin
parable with that of the Yukon river.
Mining Operations Expected
it iias been known for some tune that I
there were large areas of mineral lands
along Uie Kuskokwim with promising
prospects of mercury In n ing ciniuu.u
gold bearing quai l/., placer grounds and
coal la mis, whose successful develop
incut only waited a reliable means of
trails porta lion, such as is now promts
ed by tiie newly discovered channel.
Raising Rear) deer.
c ontiguous to Uie Kuskokwim \ alley
.there are many thousands oi square
nuies suitable tor reindeer gracing.
C<i plain Lukens repoi is Uiai already
the small initial government hciu has j
grown uiilii there are now about o,ouo
reindeer in tins vicinity, lie says that
the cost of raising reindeer is very
small. Three men can take care ol
1,U0U. The animals subsist on the
ccuntry Uie year round, hived in the
winu i when tne ground is covered With
snow, no extra iced is required ior
thorn. The meat of the reimhei is
Comparable lo that oi our western beef,
liven with llie small market afforded at
pi esent, Uie nalive held owners are;
m coining prospi lulls, and now bcifei
transportation is promised by ships
that will use Uie hew channel unue is j
every reason to believe that tin.-' count
ry will fumisii many thousands of
pounds of tills exeoellent m« . t lor slap
ment lo the ITiited states.
The Salmon Fisheries.
Like other large rivers of Ibis part of
Alusku, the Kuskokwim Inis a large
salmon run. Captain Lukeng states
that now reliable transportation is at
hand, the canning companies art 1
ranging t*» extent! their *»i»■ rations into
this region, but that tin extent of this
industry can not 1m* forecasted until
after a year of actual fishing
New Steamer Lines to be Established.
Arm mg other things given out in his
announcement of the results of Impor
tant charting operations in Ma ke
■.g .mi: .■ sr ,’s-=
He.-n-i ti\ Redficld .stales that |»aii
art- In ing mail* in Seattle t«*i Lie* » **h
struct ji»n h> different rompanie,, of i v\.*
la.'lit draft s«*ssels designed eSpeeia Uy
to take ear** • f the <*V|MM l.-d d»‘\ elnp
m* nt «*f the rormnerce >i the Knsko
kwim river, and th.it still another ship
ping firm has already niinonru ed all
ings to the Kuskokwim at tla- • peni’ig
of navigation in tin- < ••niing spring.
WEATHER REPORT
Nome, Alaska, March 10. 1915
Temperature-—Max. 22, Min. 14.
t ’arometer 29 66 inches.
Weather < Tear.
Wind North 16 miles, mux 32 miles
\ eiviL'. 20 milts per hour.
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lifts thousand more nun during tin
next two months in order to plaee tie
fi»-et in condition to meet my nm a
the German war fleet. The gi •* tt vsar
lord states that it is his opinion that
tlie Germans will nndouhtodlv nok- an
attempt to break through the lintish
blockade some time dnritig tin* spring
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CHROEFVF VIEW OF NOME. THE FARTHEST NORTH AMERICAN ( I TV i E i •JCl i ,AM ON BERlNO st \
dA In order to convince the public of Nome that the statements <>i
tlie Nuggfit, as to the tourist question were not mere vaporings. ilia.
W thfre would indeed be a serious attempt to divert to Alaska a portion
g of tfiat vast army of sightseers who will visit the Pacific Slope during
A the coming summer, the Nugget has taken special pains to ascertain
with certainty the full extent of tin movement and also to learn the
opinions of those best qualified to kn >\\ to its probab
That the statements published at interv als in the Nugget are m >t idh
^kd buncombe, that it is an absolute and irrefutable lact that a in..
■ tremendous movement with a hacking which practicalh assures it
J success, lus been started, and that, without a question of a doubt. ■■
vast number of sightseers will journey to the-lion - of \Iaska dm in
dd the coming season, is attested In the following facts obtained b\ tli
W Nugget'- Seattle correspondent undet in
^ such data as was absolutely reliable ami such opini. n- a- wen w.rtli
d of careful consideration.
The following arc the results of the Nugget'- im e-tigati. m
Pile Alaska and Pacific Coast Steamship compand arc both makin
concerted efforts to increase the tourist trade, not ..nlv to Southeast
cm Alaska but to Seward Peninsula as well.
The Alaska Steamship Company has already amiounced that
Md the Victoria w ill make special excursion trips June _‘8, Julv jo, - ulim
to Nome direct and returning via the inside pas-age and is otlVrin
\ greatly reduce^ rates for the round trip.
d The Senatfr will make no -pccinl trip- but will olid r special
indiic.emtlits to tliose desiring to make the round trip to tin- section
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are maintaining booth- am ml-- .a •• *n Imuar
cisco and San Diego Expositions.
All lines to Southeastern Alaska point- an- p‘1
increase in sor hut travel, ami ar<- alreadx making an .mg:
handle it.
Mr. Manx IJrandt, Central \getit of the I'am he * i-t
ship Company . states that he expects a great! r imTv.t- •
the inside passage, doxvn the Yukon and outside via Y-am
Traffic Manager Zipf. of the W hite I’,!—, predict- unp. ■ chin,
i ix er travel during the summei.
E. t‘. McMiken. acting San I i.anci-co ag-mt '■ White i'a
\x ho will he remembered a- an oh I No cite, -tat. hat tin m
Pass promises lb rough rates via Nome. pr«>\ ibed la - c. • p. 1 can
make the desired arrangements xxith the nex' m tier .a
Corwin.
Tile agents 0f all steamship eompanie- handling |tn-ka tr..m
assert that arrangements will he made wherein <■,mi
enabled to stop in Nome it*>tu 04 1 > 50 hours at h as
Everett Clark, Assistant Pas-eitga-r Agent of tin Mask 1 St .
sliip Comp.an v sax s with eiEtliusiasm that it "look- ' k -*• in
x ear for Nome and his compum will cooperate xxith th ' .
boosting the tourist travel to Seward Peninsula,"
Here is the evidence that sound. level headed business nu n, m 1
who calculate both words and actions, are not nnlx i-<>iilidcnt ' b
Northland will be an immense attraction during the coming -ea-.ui
hl}t are also showdug their faith bx spending large sums in advertisin'.;
the attractions offered. "