goff district reports come thru
that indicate that this famous
mine is getting back into rich
pay. All of which portends a
new era of optimism in the min -
eral development of the First
Division.
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PRODUCTION OF GOLD IN
ALASKA
Alaskan mines produced $13,
812,000 worth of minerals in
1930 against $10,066,000 in 1929,
bringing the total mineral out
put of the Territory since 1880
to $629,313,000, the Interior De
partment recently announced.
Gold and coal were the only
minerals which increased in
output during 1930 as compared
with 1929, the former record
amounted to $8,476,000 against
$7,761,000, and the latter $631,
000, against $528,,000.
Copper production fell in 1930
from $7,130,000 to $4,244,600;
silver from $252,000 to $157,000;
and lead from $166,000 to $136,
300.
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WILL RAISE FOXES
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The silver fox is going to re
place the caribou as a means cl
livelihood for the Tetlin Indian-*
This plan has been published t-v
the Department of the Interior.
This change will be made to
relieve the Tetlin Indians who
have depended too long on ca
tou for income and food as their
herds have been growing sm tier
and smaller until they are n »w
faced with a caribou depression.
Dr W. Carson Ryan., Jr., di
lector of education of the ohf cc
left for the Tetlin reservation
where he will introduce silver fox
as a surer and more profitable
means of livelihood for the Tet
lins.
Dr. Ryan will also inaugurate
a school course to teach the In
dians the art of raising the sil
ver foxes.
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ALASKA-JUNEAU PROFITS
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Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining
Company reports June profit of
$158,800 after interest and out
side development charges but
before depreciation or taxes,
against $145,400 in May and
$83,000 in June last year. June
profit brings the total for the
first six months of this year to
$847,450 against $434,850 in the
like period of 1930, an increase
of $412,600 or almost 95 per cent.
Attention is called to the fact
that this company pays, under
the new law, 2 per cent on the
net profit in excess of $500,000,
while the salmon canners pay a
tax on their operations whether
or not they have a net profit or
go bankrupt. In the First Di
vision a bond to cover taxes is
required of salmon packers but
such a bond is not required in
the Westward sections.
The salmon packers have no
one but themselves to blame for
this situation as they have been
allies of the miners during the
legislative sessions and were, a5
a rule left in the lurch by the
miners when it came to the fin
al showdown.
TROLLERS ASK OPEN SEASON
IN FALL FISHING
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When Henry O’Malley passed
through Ketchikan recently,
Capt. Erik Johnson, Cupt. E. II.
Frederickson, representing one
Alaska Trollers Union, and J. E.
Berg, representing the Mailyn
Fish Company, requested tiia*
there be a relaxaton in the re
gulations this fall to permit
trolling. They pointed to the
closure during the months of
June and July during which
time an effective closed season
has been maintained by the
strike of the fishermen.
Mr. O’Malley advised them he
would take the matter under
advisement and give them an
answer about August 15th.
He declared that the closed
season order was imposed “be
cause of numerous flagrant in
fractions of the law against
fishermen invading creeks and
taking spawing cohoes.”
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DID YOU EVER ASK
How much certain influential
men wire paid during the last
election to divide the Indian
vote in the First Division? The
powers that be have some sense
of shame when they are twitted
with their dirty vote buying at
tempts. More of this will be
shown later, especially when the
vote is being garneied in the
Westward Divisions.
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