CONTENTS 
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Administrative report, by Alfred H. Brooks 1 
Introduction 1 
Progress of surveys 2 
General 2 
Southeastern Alaska 2 
Yakutat Bay 2 
Controller Bay 2 
Prince William Sound 2 
Cook Inlet 3 
Southwestern Alaska 3 
Seward Peninsula 3 
Yukon-Tanana region 3 
The mining industry in 1905, by Alfred H. Brooks 4 
Introduction 4 
Distribution of mineral wealth 5 
Auriferous lode mining 6 
Gold placers 7 
Copper 8 
Coal 9 
Lesser minerals 9 
Railway routes, by Alfred H. Brooks 10 
Introduction 10 
Geographic control of routes . 11 
Lynn Canal and Tanana Valley route 11 
Yakutat Bay-Alsek route 12 
Route from Cordova Bay to Eagle by way of Copper River 13 
Valdez Inlet-Marshall Pass-Eagle route 14 
Resurrection Bay-Sushitna Valley-Fairbanks route 15 
Routes from Cook Inlet to Yukon River 10 
Summary - 17 
Markets for Alaska coal, by G. C. Martin - 18 
Introduction - 18 
Present consumption of fuel 18 
Amount and sources 18 
Disposal 18 
Probable increase in consumption 19 
Local sources of supply - 20 
Anthracite and bituminous 20 
Bering River 20 
Matanuska River 20 
Other bituminous fields 20 
Lignite 20 
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