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INDEX. 
Page. 
Rodman Bay, mines at, character of and 
developments at 58-59 
rucks at 57 
Ruby ( reek, developments and methodson . 114 
rocks on . 109, 1 1 1 
Russian American Co., investigations by. .. 90 
Russians, prospecting by 90 
S. 
Sabine Cape, coal near 179-180 
Salmon Rivei', developments and methods 
on 52 
Sand P.oint, placers near 101 
Sawmill Creek, lodes on 98-99 
Schaller, W. T., analysis given by 171 
Schists, occurrence of 48, 109 
Schrader, F. C, on Cape Lisbnrne coal 
field 173-174, 180, 184 
Schwerin, R. P., coal mining by 152 
Sealevel, ores at 51 
work at 65, 67- 68 
Seattle bar, location and character of 116 
Seldovia, port at 9'j 
Serpentine River, gold on 24 
Seward Peninsula, cost of mining in 15, 19, 43 
ditches in, construction of 21 
dredging in, cost of 44 
gold fields of 19 
investigations in 15, 16 
methods in , 20, 21, 40 
placer mining in, account of 19-24 
placers of, character of 19,35-36 
production of 18, 19 
tin of 120 
transportation in '. 19 
wages in 20, 21 
water supply in 19, 21 
winter work in 20 
See also Nome; Bluff, Council, Kougarok, 
Kruzgamepa, and Solomon Riv- 
er regions; Casadepaga River: 
Port Clarence, Fairhaven, and 
Goodhope precincts. 
Seymour Canal, ores at 56 
Shakan, marble near 68 
Sheep Creek, coal on 159 
gold ore at 50 
work at 53 
Shepherd, F. H., analysis by 146 
Shepherd Creek, coal of, character of 146, lis 
ci tail on, section of 145 
Shi la k, lake, location of 92 
topography at 94 
Shirley Bench, location and character of . . 118 
Shovel, steam, limitations of 44 
Shovel Creek, work on 22 
Shoveling in, character of 34 
cost of 11, 15 
Shuck River, gold at 51 
Shumagm Islands, coal of 167-168 
location of 100 
mines of 100-101 
Shumagin mines, location, character of 101 
Silver, occurrence of 61 , 114, 124 
production of 48 
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Sil ver Bay, mines near 57-58 
Silver Bow basin, gold ores in 50 
Silvertip Creek, location and character of . . 92 
Sitka mining district, developments and 
methods in 57-59 
gold in 50 
Sitniak Island, coal on 163 
SixmileCreek, location and character of. 91-92,94 
placers of 96-97 
Skagway mining district, mines of 51-52J 
Skookum Creek, water from 115 
SlateCreek ( Copper River region), work on. 31 
Slate Creek (Rampart region), location 
and character of Ill 
slate Creek (Turnagain Arm region), lodes 
on 98-93 
Sla tes, (diameter of 71, 73-74 
occurrence of 48-49, 87 
Snake Valley, mining in 211 
tin in 127 
Snettisham, gold ore at 50, 531 
Snow River, location and character of 92! 
Solomon River, bridge over 22] 
Solomon River district, methods in 22j 
production of 20 
placers of, character of 35 
South Coast province, character of 37^ 
extent of 42 
placers of , character of 35-S 
Spencer, A. C, on Juneau district 49,5a 
on Pacific Mountain system 85i 
on Treadwell ore deposits 50, 53, 69-87 
we >rk of 16 
Sphalerite, occurrence of 61, 82, 91 
Spruce Creek, gold ores on 5(1 
Spurr, J. E., analysis given by 14fl 
on Rampart series 109 
on Yukon district 104 
Squaw Harbor, mines at lOt 
Stanley-Brown, J., on Yakutat Bay sands . . 83 
Stanton, T. W., work of 16, 154. 161 
Stca m shovels, use of 19, 21 
Steiger, George, analyses by 169-173 
Stetson Creek, placers of 98j 
Stewart mine. See Cache mine. 
Stillwater Creek, coal on 1431 
Stone, R. W., on coal of southwestern 
Alaska 151-171 
work of 16 
Strawberry Harbor, oil wells at 131' 
Stripping, cost of 45, 4a 
explanation of 34 
Sullivan, E.C., analysis by 146 
Sumdum, mining at 53j 
Sunrise, location and character of 91,93 
Sunrise district, placers of, character of 36 
Sunrise series, occurrence and character of. 93-941 
Sunset Creek, ditch to 24 
Sushitna basin, coal in 151 
T. 
T Harbor, work at 54 
Xanana basin, drainage of 108-lOi 
Tanana- Yukon region. See Yukon-Tanana 
region. 
Tellurium mine, developments and meth- 
ods at 5a 
