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AI.ASK'S Hl'.ST VI AK IN
MINKUAL t’KObl'CTKN
In 1910 Alaska mines made a min
eral pntduction rained at #.')0,!H)(i,liOO
These are advance ur.-s issued t>y
the lulled States Geological Survey,
Department of the Interior, and are
hast d on estimates mad** hy Alfred II
brooks Theou*put(f Alaska mines
lit lt'l >, whleh list greater than that
of anv previous year, had a value of
.i:jJ,N.'iO,(IO(i, and the increase m 1010
Was therefore over el per cent. It
was the product of (he copper mines
that so treatly swelled the mineral
prodiu-tioti f the year. I'lnsamount
ed to 120,So0,000 pounds, valued at
a.jo {00,000. There wras als s however
an no reuse in gold output, which in
PUO wasjlT.Odo.O00 and in 101o was
a lit. Too,(too. Of the gold produced in
#10 (110,000 is to be credited to the
placer mines. Alaska also produced
in I01(i silver, lead, tin, antimony,
tungsten, petroleum, marble, gypsum
and coal to the value of £1,300,000.
Durii t 31 years of mining Alaska has
produced f3")l.ooo,000 in gold, silver,
copper, and other minerals Of this
amount #'2TH,o<x>.oao represents the
value (if the gold, and #68,000,000
that of the copper.
The Alaska mines are believed to
have prodneed gold to the value of
about .<17.050.000 in 1916 This makes
the total value of fh<* gold mined in
lh#» Terri irry about 5277,500,000. In
19b*. about 120850,000 pounds of
copper was produced valued at about
•5 ^2. j 00.000.
The total copper production to date
i* ^4o,7<x),ooo pounds, valued at
865 300,000.
The value of Alaska’s lesser miner
al products in H)H> was about as fol
lows: Silver, $950,000; tin, *120,000;
lead, *iu\chk ; antimony, .
tungsten. / y■ < « < : c» ul, I v»,«t< ; p»‘t
roleum marble, gypsum etc.,
ouo.
Rk« .m i s At.ask in History
The uniform of the Russian soldier*
at the garrison <»f Sitka, Alaska, dur
ing the Russian occupation, enn**ist*-i!
• »f a necktie, pant* and cloak. I lies,
articles were furnished by the mill
tary commander of Siberia; if th*
soldier needed more clothe* he had to
pay for them. In contrast, the Rus
sian armies fighting on <h»* eastern
war front in Europe are the be*o
•lotl.ad soldiers iu the conflict
This information is contai .e*l in an
article by C. L Amlrew* on “Alaska
I’nder the Russian,” appearing in
the October number of the Washing
ton Historical Quarterly, just off the
university press. Prof. Edimnd S
Meany of the history department is
managing editor of the magazine.
— Seward Gaiexcay
I)k.\th of thk Skcoxii Cuikt
On Jan 10th Wanka LiiUp passed
»«Hy. Ilia rial name was Vanks
Amiknok, an is often the ease with
the people here, he was ealleif 1 v hix
father’s yiven name, which w-as I uk<
Tha native people have two chi* fx
tile first or head chief ami se >nd.
Wanka was the X'eoiul Chief. He wax
a strong pow erfully hnilt inanity..'
hunter anil excellent seaman.
About a week before his death, re
turning from Kodiak in a severe
storm it was with yreat difficulty that
he reached land. When within a few
yards ■ f shore he jumped overboard
to keep the b at from lieinv eapsiznl,
US he WHS wall!! from rowing, th'x
sudden chill brough on pneumouioi.t
which he died. He left a wife and
two children.