42 FISHERIES OF ALASKA IN 1907. 



Employees in the Salmon Mild-Curing Industry in 1907. 



Investment and output. — There Vv^ere 14 mild-curing plants (12 in 

 southeast Alaska and 2 in central Alaska) in operation. The indus- 

 try is new in the latter section, the San Juan Fishing and Packing 

 Company sending a large outfit to Kenai, on Cook Inlet, while the 

 firm of J. Lindenberger, Incorporated, had a man at Orca, to prepare 

 the king salmon caught by the fishermen for the Orca cannery. The 

 total investment in the industry was $104,145. 



The output amounted to 1,596 tierces (containing about 800 pounds 

 each), all of king salmon, and 243 barrels (containing 400 pounds each) 

 of coho, dog, and humpback salmon. The value of the total pack 

 amounted to $106,334. The pack of 1906 amounted to 1,103 tierces 

 of king salmon, valued at $65,747. 



Vessels, Boats, Apparatus, and Shore Property Employed, and the Products 

 Prepared, in the Salmon Mild-Curing Industry in 1907. 



APPARATUS, ETC., EMPLOYED. 



