Handbook of Alaska; Its Resources, Products, And Attractions
Handbook of Alaska; Its Resources, Products, And Attractions
A W Adolphus Washington Greely
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The Arm, however, is an important base for the placer-mining operations to the north in the watershed of the Susitna and Yentna. The hgnites of the Kachemak Bay region are in Digitized by Googk A 3 ^ "3 'c c •3 I 15 - cJi I Digitized by Google Digitized by Google SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA 205 large quantities and furnish a coal fairly good for steam- ing purposes, but imder existing labor conditions its exploitation is not economically attractive. Later, with the extension of the Alaska Central Railr...oad, the high-grade coals of the Matanuska Valley will prove profitable (Chapter XIII). COOK INLET NATIVES The natives of this region are of various tribes, and thus the visitor is able to contrast the characteristics of the different types. On the extreme northern coast the interior Indians, the Athapascans, are foimd. On the southern shores are the Kodiaks, of an Esqui- maux type, and at the end of Alaska Peninsula are scattering Aleuts. In addition there are Creoles on the west shores of Kenai Peninsula, of mixed Russian and native blood.
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