THE MINING INDUSTRY IN 1006. 21 
Value of gold production of Alaska, with approximate distribution, 1880-1906. 
Year. 
Pacific 
coastal 
belt. 
Copper 
River and 
Cook Inlet 
region. 
Yukon 
basin. 
Seward 
Peninsula. 
Total. 
1880 
$20,000 
40,000 
150,000 
300,000 
200,000 
275, 000 
416, 000 
045, 000 
815,000 
860,000 
712, 000 
800, 000 
970, 000 
833, 000 
882,000 
1, 569, 500 
1,941,000 
1,799,500 
1,892,000 
2, 152, 000 
2,606,000 
2,072,000 
2,546,600 
2,843,000 
3, 195, 800 
3,430,000 
3,500,000 
$20 000 
1881 
40,000 
150,000 
1882 
1883 
$1,000 
1,000 
25,000 
30, 000 
30, 000 
35,000 
40,000 
50,000 
100, 000 
110,000 
200, 000 
400, 000 
709, 000 
800,000 
450.000 
400, 000 
500, 000 
650,000 
550, 000 
800, 000 
1,000,000 
1,300,000 
6,900,000 
10,400,000 
301,000 
1884 
201,000 
1885 
300,000 
1886 
446,000 
1887 
(P5, 000 
1888 
850, 000 
1X89 
900, 000 
762,000 
900, 000 
1890 
1891 
1892 
1,080. (KM) 
1893 
1,038,000 
1894 
1,282,000 
1895 
$50, 000 
120,000 
175,000 
150,000 
150, 000 
160, 000 
180, 000 
375,000 
375,000 
500, 000 
500,000 
400,000 

2,328,500 
2,861,000 
2,439,500 
1896 
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1897 
$15,000 
75, 000 
2,800,000 
4, 750, 000 
4, 130, 700 
4,561,800 
4,465,600 
4,164,600 
4,800,000 
7,500,000 
1898 
2,517,000 
5,602,000 
8, 166, 000 
6,932,700 
8,283,400 
8,683.600 
9, 160, 000 
15,630,000 
21 , 800, 000 
1899 
1900 
1901. 
1902 
1903 
1904 
1905 
1906" 
37,465,400 
3,135,000 
25,481,000 
37, 262, 700 
103, 348, 700 
<• Preliminary estimates. 
The silver production of 1906 is estimated to have been about 
170,000 ounces, compared with 132,000 ounces in 1905. In 1906 the 
copper production is estimated to have been somewhat over 7,600,000 
pounds, compared with 4,800,000 pounds in 1905. The output of 
other mineral products will be discussed in succeeding pages. 
Estimated value of Alaska' s mineral production in 1906. 
Gold $21, 800, 000 
Silver 120, 000 
Copper 1, 200, 000 
Coal 20, 000 
Miscellaneous, including tin, marble, etc 10, 000 
23, 150, 000 
transportation. 
Transportation problems are still in the forefront throughout 
Alaska. Steamboat service, both on the rivers and oceans, is being 
rapidly improved, but with the exception of a few short railways over- 
land transportation is still very primitive, 
In Seward Peninsula two railways, referred to elsewhere (pp. 144, 153) , 
have been extended, giving a total length of about 100 miles. In the 
Yukon region the railway from Fairbanks to Pedro Creek is doing a 
noteworthy service to the mining interests, but needs -to be extended. 
On the Gulf of Alaska two railways are being constructed, one from 
Resurrection Bay and one from Cordova Bay, and other projects arc 
