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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Typical Mining Operation on Engineer Creek near Fairbanks. Small Black Spruce in the 

 Foregroun-d; Partially Fire-Killed Birch and Aspen on Slope in the Background. 



budget, in which all Alaska funds can 

 be reported and accounted for on a 

 single page. A detailed statement of 

 Alaskan receipts and expenditures for 

 1913, not including those of the terri- 

 torial government, is contained in the 

 report, which shows that the receipts 



were $802,613.65 and the expenditures 

 $5,029,980.37. The expenditures in- 

 clude $314,051.49 for the Treasury De- 

 partment, $54,224.37 of the Navy De- 

 partment, $2,247,494.13 by the War De- 

 partment, $552,898.82 by the Post Of- 



Typical Flume and Sluice Boxes used in Placer Mining for Gold in the Fairbanks District. 

 Much Lumber and Many Poles are Required for these Purposes. 



