. Reports of the Department of the Interior for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 1914. 1 lf. ALAS KA To accompany the if the Governor. 1914 From copperplate baseGeneral Land Office Map 1915. • / ^ REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR FOR THETERRITORY OF ALASKA. 445 REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA. Sm: During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1914, the mineral outputof Alaska showed a slight decrease. The decrease was caused largelyby the extremely dry summer in the northern part of the Territoryand by the exhaustion of many of the bonanzas of the placer the dry summ
. Reports of the Department of the Interior for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 1914. 1 lf. ALAS KA To accompany the if the Governor. 1914 From copperplate baseGeneral Land Office Map 1915. • / ^ REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR FOR THETERRITORY OF ALASKA. 445 REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA. Sm: During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1914, the mineral outputof Alaska showed a slight decrease. The decrease was caused largelyby the extremely dry summer in the northern part of the Territoryand by the exhaustion of many of the bonanzas of the placer the dry summer caused losses to many operators, it wasnot altogether without benefit, as it gave prospectors an opportunityto sink prospect shafts in stream beds that had not been dry enoughduring previous summers. Three new placer fields, the Chisana, the Nelchina, and the An-dreafski, were discovered and caused some stampeding. The mostpopular route to the Chisana, a branch of the upper Tanana, wasthrough Cordova, although it may be also reached through Fairbanks,Dawson, or Skagway. The Nelchi
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