56 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1918. 
DRY SALTING OF SALMON. 
The dry salting of salmon in Alaska is a business of comparatively 
slight importance, being limited to the activities of a few operators in 
southeastern and western Alaska. In the southeastern district the 
F. C. Barnes Co., at Lake Bay, dry salted a small quantity of coho 
salmon, and A. H. Humphries, operating a floating plant, prepared in 
like manner a few thousand pounds of humpback salmon. In the 
western district the Kuskokwim Fishing & ‘Transportation Co., at 
Apokak, dry salted a considerable quantity of coho, chum, king, and 
red salmon, and the Carlisle Packing Co., at Andreafski, similarly 
prepaced a limited quantity of cohos and chums. 
INVESTMENT IN THE Dry-SALTING SALMON BUSINESS IN ALASKA IN 1918. 




















Items. as Value. Items. Plea fe Value. 
IPTANES Fi eaesSc ee tance bene ele eee $10::000: || Bartes-. 3... so5 can scten eee 1 $2,000 
Operating capital... ...-- strane 15,000 |} Purse seines (140 fathoms)... .-. 1 5, 000 
iMaces paid< = 22> 25. ck... 16,700 || Gill nets (1,560 fathoms).... 39 4,000 
eaunCheseAe jose tos 4- = 222; eee 2 1, 750 el 
OW DOatSsap eer net coe soos cee eee 17 895 Total coc 2632 see Soc scen eee eee 58,345 
Rcowssee <n --55- 52 Pee Seee Meas 1 3,000 : 
1 
Prrsons ENGAGED IN THE Dry-Satting SALMON BusINEss In 1918. 
Occupations and races. Number, 
Fishermen: 
a ee et ee ee ere ene er Stee ee hee te Le ree. Le OR see seas chr 22 
INUIV OS ce wie Sec cs = oo ws 20S iets musicians oe OS Se et Se eee ee 47 
DOtAL sets fac ois sews Shncd fa one poe eise Skene aeeee col ees cee ees seer cer eee eee 69 
MN OTESIN EN) WiNILES stm sa Shoes toee ce on mic eee see se Sects = Claes eile oR a ae ae a eee eee 4 
AETALISPOULLCES: Vy LLCS osetia wee ce emanate cals ce wicls eae ainle pe etcetera = See ae eee ee eae aa ee 3 
Grand totalis2¢ 222.5 seeeaeceenits Se Sse sete eRe sete cecee aooee Ceeece sec seec cee eeaeesae 76 
Propucts oF THE Dry-SaLtiInag SALMON Business IN ALASKA IN 1918. 
Species. Pounds. | Value. 
Southeast Alaska: 
Coho Salmons). sssse~ 5 soa dee oe cme cece eee eee eee eee eee Seana 3,000 $300 
Humppack salmon... 2222222. ooo eae ne emis se tem eee eee seen] = ee =a 15, 600 1,170 
A Me) rR et nee pee ie MN ae Se ye Seas Ae a eA Ae te ase apes aa se 18, 600 1,470 
Western Alaska: 
Coho Salm ones. 25.c52esdeneece cee een ke C ane eae eee bets eee eee 312, 560 30, 916 
Chum salmon 2 cocoa ces = seston nies le sess e See eater eieeteiane ee nee 95, 085 8, 193 
King salmon =: ages see cs icd SSeS eae ct Ste ee Sense eee 61, 845 4,366 
Red salmion.s 26-2220. cc coce cd teneceeee ceca te eee eee anor Gat eieainee ehh eeisteenier 28, 885 2,599 
TOGA. oaiseicc snide deh rec eeu mc caeen mee eee ee Com cien Semmens erences ete eet 498, 375 46,074 
Grand total... b2.tccussoscccpeccse ss cele wenelcene eee nae rs ae Meee eee 516, 975 47, 544 

DRYING AND SMOKING OF SALMON. 
As a commercial undertaking the drying and smoking of salmon 
for export appears to have been discontinued. It is noted elsewhere 
in this report, however, that a considerable quantity of salmon was 
dried by the whites and natives of the Yukon River region. A conser- 
