Buckr CONTENTS 
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Letter of transmittal 11 
Administrative report, by Alfred H. Brooks 13 
Introduction 13 
Progress of investigations 15 
General 15 
Southeastern Alaska 15 
Controller Bay region L6 
Copper River region 16 
Turnagain Arm region 16 
Kachemak Bay coal field 16 
Southwestern Alaska 16 
Seward Peninsula 16 
Cape Lisburne coal field 17 
Yukon-Tanana region L7 
Placer mining in Alaska in 1904, by Alfred H. Brooks 18 
Introduction . 18 
Seward Peninsula L9 
Introduction 19 
Winter operations 20 
Summer operations 21 
Solomon River region 22 
Bluff region 22 
Casadepaga River 23 
Council region 23 
Kruzgamepa region 23 
Kougarok region 24 
Port Clarence precinct 24 
Fairhaven precinct 24 
Goodhope precinct 24 
Kobuk district 24 
Yukon district 25 
Rampart region 25 
Fairbanks district 25 
Bonnerville district 28 
Birch Creek district 29 
Forty mile and Fagle regi< >n 29 
Koyukuk district 30 
Cook Inlet region 31 
Copper River basin 31 
Southeastern Alaska 31 
Methods and cost of gravel and placer mining in Alaska, by Chester 
Wells Purington 32 
General statement of Alaskan condition!; 32 
Classification of alluvial gold deposits in A laska 33 
Mining methods and conditions '^'> 
Mining costs 41 
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