MINING AND PROGRESS
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The following from The Min
ing Journal is of interest to all
these engaged in the mining in
dustry and is of particular in
terest to all Alaskans, for it is
certainly applicable to the pro
blems of the territory.
“It is interesting to consider
the effect of the mining indus
try on other industries in our
western states.
“In one state the mining pay
roll is one-third of the state’s
total. The supplies purchased by
the industry for company use
average $50,000 a day. The in
dustry is the largest home mar
ket for all other products and
services within the state and
does not compete with any of
them.
“The employes of the industry
°nend. annually. $15,575,000 for
food, $6,400,000 for rent and
homes and $4,750,000 for cloth
ing. A large part of them are
<<olid, home-owning, taxpaying
citizens of the state. In addition
the industry affords seasonal
employment to a great many. At
times one-third of the employes
ore from the state’s farming
communities.
“The progress of the mining
industry and the progress of
such a state are inseparable. It
might be said that its whole
future is dependent on the in
dustry, as the principal pur
chaser, taxpayer and employer.
There is an obvious moral in
this for those who have unthink
ingly advocated that mining be
over-regulated and overtaxed
for the ‘benefit’ of other indus
tries.”
We do not know the exact
figures concerning the percent
age of payroll, taxes and general
business for which mining is
responsible in Alaska, but we
are very certain that it runs
second only to the fisheries in
importance in dollars and cents,
.md that it far exceeds the fish
eries in its potential possibilities
for the development of the re
sources of the territory. It is to
the mines of Alaska that we
must look for the ultimate de
velopment of a market which
will justify extensive agricultur
al development, and it is the
mining industry which will
eventually furnish the steady
payroll which is the stabilizing
lactor in the development o: any
district.—Alaska Weekly.
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ALASKAN MINERAL OUTPUT
REDUCED
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Minerals valued at $13 602,
were produced in Alaska in
i930, according to preliminary
estimates of the U. S. Geological
Survey. This was almost $2,500,
100 below the value of minerals
produced in the territory in
i929.
More than $2,000,000 of this
reduction was accounted for
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