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Miller; crivk, trilmtary to Sixtymile creek, fmm tlie west, near longitude 141°. 



l^ocal name, from Al)ercronibie, 1898. 

 Miller; lake, at iiead of North arm, IMoria sound, Prinee of Wales island, Alexander 



archipelago. So named by Clover, in 1885, perhaps after his wife. Has 



been printed erroneously Mitten and Mitter. 

 Millerton; village, in the Nushagak enumerating district of the Eleventh Census, 



1890, «"ontaining a population of 165. Location not discovered. 

 Mills; creek, tributary to Canyon creek, from tlie east, Kenai peninsula. Prospect- 

 ors' name, from Becker, 1895. 

 Mills; islet, in Krestof sound, north of Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. Named 



Krugloi (round) by Vasilief in 1809. Renamed Mills by Moore, in 1897, 



after a prominent merchant at Sitka. 

 Milne; jKMnt, somewhere on the Arctic coast, east of Colville river. So called l)y 



Dease and Simpson, 1837, in their narrative (p. 129). Location not dis- 

 covered. 

 Mine; harbor, in Herendeen bay, Alaska peninsula. So called by the Fish Commis- 

 sion in 1S90. A coal mine was opened here in 1888. 

 Mine: point, in Kootznahoo inlet. Admiralty island, Alexander archipelago. So 



named by ]\Ieade, who in 1869 opened a coal mine near this point. 

 Mineral; creek, tributary to Nome river, from the east, in the Nome mining region, 



Seward peninsula. Local name, published in 1900. 

 Mineral; creek, tributary to Port Valdes, from the north, near Lowe point, Prince 



William sound. Presumably a local name; puV)lished in 1898. 

 Mineral; point, on the southern shore of San Antonio bay, Bucareli bay. Prince of 



Wales archipelago. Named Punta de Mineral by Maurelle and Quadra 



in 1775-1779. 

 Miners; bay, in Unakwik inlet. Prince William sound. Local name, reported l)y 



Glenn in 1898. 

 Mlium; cove, in Gastineau channel, near the town of Juneau. Local name, published 



by Dall in the Coast Pilot (1883, p. 171), where it is written Miner's. 

 Miners; point, on the eastern shore of Portland canal. Name published by the 



Coast Survey in 1897. 

 Miners; river, triljutary to Miners bay, Unakwik inlet, Prince AVilliam sound. 



Local name, reported by Glenn in 1898. 

 Minerva; mountain, in the southwestern part of Revillagigedo island, Alexander 



archipelago. So named by Nichols in 1883. 

 Minett; islet, in Jamestown bay, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. So named 



by United States naval officers, in 1880, presumably after Lieut. Henry 



Minett, U. S. N. 

 Mink; bay, indenting the southern shore of Boca de Quadra, southeastern Alaska. 



So named by the Coast Survey in 1891. 

 Minook; creek, tributary to the Yukon, from the east, near longitude 150°. 



Apparently identical with Klanachargut (Klana-kakat) river of Raymond 



in 1869. Has been spelled Mynook and Munook. Named, presumably, 



after a Mr. Minook, the interpreter at Fort Reliance. 

 Mint; river, tril)utary to Lopp lagoon, Seward peninsula. Name from Brooks, 1900. 

 Mintok; lake, somewhere in the region south of Minook creek, draining to the 



Tanana river. Native name, from Raymond, 1869, who spells it Mintokh. 

 Minx: islands, at head of Thorne arm, Revillagigedo island, Alexander archipelago. 



So named by the Coast Survey in 1891. 

 Miraballes; jwint, in eastern part of Bucareli bay, Prince of Wales archipelago. 



Named Punta de Miraballes (point of white plums) by Maurelle and 



Quadra in 1775-1779. 

 M'miiidd, volcano; see Iliamna. 



