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In 1897 a saltery was built on Takii Point, near the head of Taku 

 Inlet. In 1898 and 1899 it was operated by the Quadra Packing Co. 

 In 1900 the Icy Straits Packing Co. operated it. 



In 1897 a small saltery w^as in operation by Cyrus Orr at Point 

 Barrie, Kupreanof Island. In the same year Walter Kosmikoff 

 operated a small saltery at Shipley Bay, on Prince of Wales Island, 

 In 1900 he sold it to the Ic}^ Straits Packing Co. 



Fred Brockman in 1897 buUt and operated a small saltery on 

 Sarkar Stream, Prince of Wales Island. Mr. Brockman operated 

 this saltery intermittently until his death in 1915. 



In 1897 Banter & West were operating a saltery at Sukkwan, on 

 Sukkwan Island. In the same year Miller & Co. started another 

 saltery on Kassook Inlet, on Sukkwan Island, while Thomas 

 McCauley was operating a saltery on Whale Passage. 



In 1900 the Great Northern Fish Co. operated a floating saltery. 

 Its principal business was salting chum salmon for the Japanese trade, 

 and it operated only one season. J. E. Rice, of Whatcom, Wash., in 

 the same year packed chum salmon on Karta Bay for the same trade. 



In 1901 the Muir Glacier Packing Co. put up a saltery on Ideal 

 Cove, Dry Pass, near Wrangell. It has operated mainly as a mild- 

 cure station. It was closed down in 1903, but was opened in 1904. 

 It was then closed in 1905, 1906, and 1907. It was opened in 1908 

 by K. J. Johansen and operated in 1908 and 1909. 



The Seattle-Scandinavian Fish Co. built a saltery on Snug Harbor, 

 Tenakee Inlet, Chichagof Island, in 1902 and made a pack. It 

 packed in 1903 also, but shut down in 1904. The plant was leased 

 in 1905 and then shut down for good. 



The Alaska Fish & Mining Co. built and operated a saltery at 

 Revilla, on Tongass Narrows, during the single season of 1902, 

 while the Rice Fisheries Co., in the same year, built and operated a 

 saltery on Boca de Quadra. 



The United Fish Co., of Seattle, salted at Tolstoi Bay on the east 

 side of Prince of Wales Island, 1903 and 1904. 



The Alaska Fish & Development Co. built a saltery on Pleasant 

 Ba}'-, Admiralty Island, in 1903, and operated it from 1903 to 1905. 

 In 1907 it was operated by the Alaska- American Fish Co., but has 

 been closed since. 



Of recent years there have been but few new salteries started in 

 this section, while some of the old plants have been transformed into 

 canneries. 



PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND COPPER RIVER 



The great indentation known as Prince William Sound, and the 

 Copper River delta, a short distance south of the sound, were not 

 exploited as much as many other portions of Alaska until about 1915, 

 due largely to the limited means of transportation and the consequent 

 heavy expense of operation. 



The principal source of salmon supply is the Copper River, a glacial 

 stream about 300 miles long, which empties into the Gulf of Alaska 

 through a delta nearly 40 miles in width and extending upstream 

 about 25 miles. 



Owing to the constantly shifting shoals in the delta, special knowl- 

 edge is needed in navigating them, while special flat-bottomed vessels 

 are required as run boats. The gill net and dip net are the only 



