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INDEX. 
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Moose Crook (Matanuska Valley), name of. 88 
Mo ran, M. F., on gold mining in Kobuk 
River region 8 
Mosquito Fork, gold placers on 126 
Mount Andrew copper claims, work on 47 
Mount Vesta .gold claims, work on 4:5 
Mount Wrangell region, copper deposits of, 
age and character of 6 
Mummy Bay, copper prospects near 85 
Murder Cove, coal beds at 59 
N. 
Nabesna River, railway route to 12 
tin on, reports concerning 157 
Naphtha, use of, as fuel, in Alaska IN. 19 
Napoleon Creek, gold placers on 126 
Nevada Creek, gold deposits near 39-40 
Newton Gulch, gold mining at 135 
New York copper mine, ores at -">1 52 
Niblack Anchorage, copper deposits near .. 50 
Niblack Copper Company, mines of, ores at . 50 
Nickel, Prince William Sound 86 
Ni/.ina dist rid . placer gold mining in 7 
Nome, coal at. price of KIN 
Nome region, gold mining in 133-135 
Nome River, auriferous gravels on 133 
North Star claim, tin mining on 152 154 
North Star ditch, description of 143 Mi 
Northern Bell gold mine, operations at 32 
Northern Light gold mine, operations at.. . 33 
Norton Bay, gold mining on t ributaries of. . 7 
Nowell Mining and Milling Company, opera- 
tions of :;:; 
Nugget. Creek, gold mining on 45, 136 
O. 
O'Brien, W. J., discovery of tin by 140 
See also Crim, Randl , ami I PBrien. 
Oil, prospecting for 9 
Old (dory claim, work on 44 
Old Glory Creek, gold mining on 140 
tin on 1 57 
Oligocene rocks. Herendeen Bay 102, 103, 10 1 
Matanuska Valley 89 
Oliver, R. B., work of 3 
Omega Creek, gold placers on 126 
Ophir claims. Juneau disl rid . deposits in. . 33 
Ophir Creek, gold mining on 138 
Orca, copper prospects near 84 
railway route from 13-14 
Orca series, Prince William Sound 80,84 
Oregon chum, mineral deposits at 54 
Oregon Creek, gold mining on -... 136 
Oro Fino, gold mining at 136 
Otter Creek, auriferous gravels on 133 
P. 
Pacific coast, coals from, analyses of 28 
gold mining along 7 
Pacific Coast Gypsum Manufacturing Com- 
pany, operations of 59 
Paige, Sidney, report by, on copper prospect 
near Drier Bay 85 
report by, on Herendeen Bay coal 
field 101-108 
work of.. 2,3,78,85, 101 
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Palache, Charles, fossils collected by 104 
on rocks of Chichagof Cove 104 
Panhandle. Sec Alaska, southeastern. 
Peacock copper claim, work on 47 
Pearl 1 la rhor, gold prospect s near 30 
Pedro Creek, gold placers on 118 
l'eluk Creek, auriferous gravels on 133 
tin on 150 
Penelope Creek, gold mining on 137 
Penny River ditch, description of 142 
Peters Creek, gold mining on 7 
Peterson Creek, gold prospecting on 30 
Petroleum, competition of, with coal 21-20 
prices of 20 
production of, in California, 1895-1904.. 21 
prospecting for 9 
use of, as fuel, in Alaska 18, 
19,21-26,108,135,137,138, L56 
Ya kut at Bay region 63 
Pinnell River, gold mining on 140 
Pioneer Creek, gold placers on 126 
Pioneer Mining Company operations of 135, 
141,142 
Placer gold mines, age of terrancs worked 
by o 
operations of 7-8 
Set also Gold and Gold mining. 
Platinum, prospecting for 04 
Poor Man's copper claims, Ketchikan dis- 
t rict , work on 48 
Porcupine Creek, gold mining on 45 
Porcupine district, placer mining in 7 
Port Chatham, prospecting at 6 
Port Clarence limestone, occurrence of 140, 147 
Port Dick, prospecting at 6 
Port Fidalgo, gold near 80 
Port M oiler, description of 101 
Port Snetti Sham, gold mines and prospects 
at 40-41 
Port Valdez, nickel near 80 
Portage Bay, description of 101 
Portage gold claims, location of 40 
Portland Alaska Cold Mining Company, 
operations of 33 
Port land Canal, gold deposits near head of. 45 
Portland gold mines, location of 41 
Potato Mountain, elevation of 145 
Preacher Creek, description of 129 
gold mining on 131 
name of 13] 
President gold claims, location of 40 
Prince of Wales Island, copper deposit s and 
mining on 5,8,46 53 
lead ores on 53-54 
marble production on 56 57 
silver ores on 53-54 
zinc ores on 53-54 
Prince William Sound, copper and other 
mineral resources of, report 
on 8,78-87 
copper ore, shipments from, 1905 78 
description of 78 
explorations of, 1898-1905 78-79 
fossilsof 80 
geologic work ni'ii r 2 
geology of 79-80 
gold lode mining near 
