246 
GRAVEL AND PLACER MINING IN ALASKA. 
[BULL. 263. 
cable line was completed between Sitka and Valdez, which, with the 
Sitka-Seattle cable, completes the American telegraph service to all 
parts of Alaska. Through 10-word rates from Seattle are as follows: 
Telegraph rates from Seattle to points in Alaska. 
Sitka $2. 50 
Juneau 2. 75 
Skagway 3. 00 
Valdez 3. 50 
Nome 4. 00 
Eagle «3. 00 
Rampart «3. 50 
Fairbanks «3. 50 
DISTANCES AND COST OF SUPPLIES. 
Tables Nos. 27, 28, and 29 give approximate distances in Alaska. 
Table 27. — Distances, in miles, between towns in Alaska, excluding Seward Peninsula. 
i 
N 
03 
2 
> 
a 
'3 
W 
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o 
CO 
6 
a 
o 
M 
i 
O 
M 
o3 
'6 
03 
1 
>> 
E 

580 
100 
1,880 
1,140 
963 
203 
1,268 
1,423 
878 
745 
695 
647 
600 
1,300 
1,720 
1,543 
1,783 
1,848 
2, 003 
1,458 
1,325 
1,275 
1,227 
St. Michael . . 
1,900 
1,249 
864 
984 
1,049 
r 1,204 
I &920 
779 
646 
596 
548 
485 
990 
750 
685 
} 840 
1,075 
1,208 
1,253 
1,298 
505 
265 
200 
355 
590 
723 
768 
813 
240 
305 
455 
85 
218 
263 
308 
Fort Gibbon 
65 
220 
325 
458 
503 
548 
Fairbanks 
155 
270 
523 
568 
613 
Circle 
cl50 
c283 
328 
373 
Eagle 
135 
180 
225 
Fortymile 
45 
90 
Dawson 
45 
a 35 cents each additional word. 
& Taking trail at Circle. 
■By trail. 
