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end through a narrow valley leading to a glacier. We had no means for reaching 
this stream, but at a distance it appeared as if there were considerable areas of flat 
land around its mouth. The banks around the southern end of the lake, and on either 
side as far as could be seen, are steep and rocky, and the bottom bowldery, shelving 
rapidly to deepwater. The spawning-grounds are probabty around the feeder at the 
head of the lake where, it is said, the bottom is sand and gravel. The water is quite 
cold and whitish, like all glacial waters. 
The only probable site for a hatchery is near the large feeder, where water by 
gravity and ripe fish could be obtained. The water would probably have to be 
filtered, and the question of freezing might be an important one, and can only be 
solved by a series of observations over an extended period. 
KILLISNOO. 
The Alaska Oil and Guano Company 1 s works at Ivillisnoo were again visited. 
Tlrnyy were described in ray former report, pages 121 to 125. There has been no 
change in the plant since our previous visit. The large trap in Hootznahoo Inlet 
has been abandoned, as the results were not commensurate with the expense involved. 
The herring taken in this locality are very rich in oil, and when salted have attracted 
the attention of the eastern market. A large order was placed with this company 
for the salt product, which, however, they were unable to fill. Fishing commenced 
this year on May 26, a date much earlier than heretofore. 
There were employed 20 white and 10 native fishermen; for factory and beach 
hands 27 whites, 38 natives, and 13 Chinese. Their rate of pay is given in my former 
report, page 122. The company used two purse seines, 150 fathoms by 15 fathoms, 
value $ 1,200 each; one drag seine, 250 fathoms by 20 fathoms, $2,000; 3 lighters, 
$800 each; 8 seine boats, $125 each; 6 strike boats, $75 each; 20 dories, $25 each. 
The following vessels were employed on the fisheries. Their crews are included 
in the numbers given under the hands employed. 
Class and name. 
Tons. 
Crew. 
Value. 
Chartered or 
owned. 
Steamer Dolphin 
60 
18 
$10, 000 
Chartered. 
Steamer Favorite 
42 
16 
5, 000 
Owned. 
Launch Louise 
5 
3 
3,000 
Do. 
The following was the output in 1898, 1899, and 1900: 
1898. — 45,240 barrels of herring, making 165,500 gallons of oil and 886 tons of guano; from June 27 to 
November 19. 
1898. — Salted 1,800 half-barrels of herring and 25 half-barrels of humpback bellies. 
1899. — 36,800 barrels of herring, making 128,000 gallons of oil and 714 tons of guano; from July 5 to 
November 5. 
1899. — Salted 1,650 half-barrels and 200 barrels of herring, and 31 half-barrels, of humpback bellies. 
1900. -60,300 barrels of herring, making 172,000 gallons of oil and 1,194 tons of guano; from May 26 to 
November 5. 
1900. — Salted 185 half-barrels and 100 barrels of herring, 5 barrels of king salmon, 8 half-barrels and 
210 barrels of redfish, and 523 half-barrels of humpback bellies. 
