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MILD CURING 



Salmon mild-cure operations in Alaska showed a decided increase 

 in 1927, the production being the largest in the history of the industry. 

 The business was carried on almost exclusively in southeastern 

 Alaska, where an unprecedented run of king salmon, together with a 



Fig. 9.— Salmon gill-net boats leaving for fishing grounds, Bristol Bay, Alaska 



good catch of cohos, contributed to the success of the operations. 

 Employment was given to 1,769 persons (1,432 whites and 337 

 natives), or 220 more than the number employed in 1926. 



The Baranof Mild-Cure Co.'s floating plant Comet sank after hav- 

 ing struck a rock in Hole in the Wall on the northwest coast of Prince 



Fig. 10. — Purse seining for salmon, southeast Alaska 



of Wales Island, but was later refloated. The loss, including the 

 value of 49 tierces of cohos, was $19 960. 



The total output of mild-cured salmon was 7,043,200 pounds, 

 valued at $1,570,841, as compared with 4,569,600 pounds valued at 

 $1,070,316 in 1926, an increase of 2,473,600 pounds in quantity and 



