ALASKA SALMON INVESTIGATIONS IN 1900. 
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The cannery obtained fish from Quadra, George Inlet, Ward Cove, Carroll Inlet, 
Thorne Arm, Kah-Shakes, Duke Island, Smeaton Bay, Hassler Harbor, Point Alava, 
Annette Point, Dalis Head, Bostwick Inlet, and Fish Creek. 
The following are the statistics for 1900: 
Hands employed: 34 white, 38 natives, and 3 Japanese fishermen; 6 white and 50 
native cannery-hands, and 50 Chinese. 
Fishing gear: Eight purse seines, each 175 fathoms by 10 to 12 fathoms, 3-inch 
mesh, $3 per fathom; 2 drag seines, each 160 fathoms by 6 fathoms, 3£-inch mesh, 
$1.75 per fathom. 
Boats, lighters, etc.: Three lighters, $75 each; 2 lighters, $225 each; 2 scows, 
$20 each; 12 seine, boats, $70 each; 8 dories and skiffs, $30 each. Steamer Delta , 
59 tons, crew 6, value $6,000, chartered. 
No salting was done at this cannery. The following was the pack of canned 
salmon in 1900: 
Species. 
No. of 
cases. 
No. to 
the ease. 
Date. 
Redfish 
I 1-437 
[ 2 1,573 
1 11.5 
July 10-Aug.31 
Cohoes 
| 3 4, 389 
I M70 
= 112 
1 10 
July 13-Sept. 8 
Humpbacks 
1 3 250 
i 8, 425 
\ = 6, 175 
1 19.3 
July 13-Sept. 8 
Do^ salmon 
1 3 5, 135 
>304 
8.5 
Aug.. 24-Sept. 8 
1 1-pound tails. 2 3-pound flats. 3 One-half pound flats, 96 per case. 
NAHA STREAM AND LAKES. 
This stream was referred to in my former report, pages 94-97, and described as 
far as the falls in the stream connecting Hake No. 1 and Lake No. 2. On September 
1, Lieutenant Rodman and Ensign Kempff, with an Indian guide, examined lakes 
Nos. 2, 3, and 4 as far as any fish can ascend, and from their report the following is 
condensed, reference being made to the sketch accompanying this report: 
Stream connecting Lakes Nos. 1 and 2 . — From the falls above Lake No. 1 the 
stream maintains its volume and flows over a rocky and gravelly bottom; it rises 
gently to Lake No. 2. Just below this lake is a series of small cascades, none of 
which is over 2 feet in height or forms any obstruction to the ascent of salmon. 
One or two small tributaries enter the stream on the northern side, but they are 
unimportant. The stream throughout its length was full of humpbacks. The dis- 
tance between Lakes No. 1 and No. 2 by the stream bed is about 2^ miles, but by trail 
along the northern side the distance from the falls to Lake No. 2 is materially less. 
Lake No. %. — Altitude, 50 feet; temperature of lake and stream, 55° F. This 
lake is gourd-shaped, with a rather rounding basin about half a mile in diameter, 
making its length, with the long narrow neck on entering, about three-fourths of a 
mile. The shores, except the western side, are rocky and gravelly, and the lake 
generally has a very clear appearance. But few pond lilies and little grass were 
noticed anywhere. 
