THE SALMON AND SALMON FISHERIES OF ALASKA. 
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that about 2,000 redfisli were also taken. Mr. Miller states that Hessa formerly 
yielded about 12,000 redfish, but probably it would not yield that number now. 
The fishing for the cannery during 1890 was all done by its own men. The tender 
called at several of the small fisheries to make a single' load, and when the fish were 
discharged they were all entered as coming from one place, the cannerymen not being- 
interested in exact records. 
Below Hunter Bay is a small stream, called Tar, from which less than 1,000 cohoes 
are taken. 
NUTCiUA INLET. 
This is a wide, deep indentation, which makes into Prince of Wales Island, about 
15 miles north and Avest of Klinkwan. At the upper end of the bay, on the eastern 
side, are a saltery, a dwelling, and some shacks formerly owned by Mr. Miller, but 
which Avere sold to the Pacific 8teani W^’lialing Company. At the head of the bay, 
about li miles from the saltery, is a narrow bowldery iiassage, less than a mile in length, 
Avhich leads to a brackish lagoon. The level of this lagoon is a few feet beloAv high 
water, so the passage is a “skookum chuck,” through which the water runs in Avhirls 
and rapids almost constantly and Avith great velocity. The lagoon, or brackish lake, 
is 5 or 6 miles long by ^ mile Avide, and has at its head the mouth of an outlet to a 
lake, which is said to be several miles distant. This outlet, it is reported, runs over 
a sandy and gravelly bed. During the A'isit of the party it Avas impossible to take 
the launch through the rapids into the lagoon, and a specific examination could not 
be made during the limited time at onr disposal. 
In 189G the Hunter Bay cannery obtained from this iilace the following: During 
August, 150 redfish, 500 humpbacks, and 1,8()0 cohoes; during September, up to the 
20th, 700 redfish and 7,812 cohoes; a total of 850 redfish, 500 humpbacks, and 9,442 
cohoes. 
In 1897, 8,08G cohoes Avere taken from August 2G to September 2G. This probably 
does not represent the value of the locality, as it Avas not fished constantly during 
either season. It is essentially a coho stream, though the other species also occur. • 
The saltery was erected in 1895, It is about 80 feet long by 30 wide and is valued 
at IGOO; there are also 14 tanks worth $20 each, and some shacks valued at $200. The 
, barrels used are manufactured on the place, No bellies are salted. In 189G there were 
very fcAV fish of any kind salted, and in 1897 none were salted. For saltery purposes 
the fishery has a capacity of 400 barrels a year. 
HETTA INLET. 
Hetta Inlet is the next to the northward of Nutqna, parallel to it, and separated 
from it by the long, narrow peninsula which terminates in Lime Point. About (i miles 
from the latter point, and nearly midway up the inlet an indentation or bay on the 
eastern shore receives at its head the outlet from Hetta Lake. There is a shack at 
the mouth of the outlet, a house near by, and on the southern side of the bay a new 
house for the fishing crews of the KlaAvak cannery is located. The outlet runs east- 
northeast and west-southwest; it is only about one-fourth of a mile long from high- 
water mark to lake, and about 30 to 50 feet wide at low water, with an average depth 
of 8 inches. The bottom is rocky and the banks heavily wooded, as, in fact, is all of 
this country. There are several natural obstructions across the stream Avhich could 
readily be utilized as barricades. There are no barricades in the stream now, though 
it is said that until a few years ago it was barricaded every year. 
