. Alaska + its history, climate and natural resources. h mission andschool, and a very considerable Eskimo settle-ment. This is one of the most prolific salmonstreams in Alaska, and from it a large number ofEskimos draw their principal food supply. Go-lovin Bay and Sound is a land-locked indentationof the north coast of Norton Sound, about sixtymiles north of St. Michaels. On Fish River, astream which empties into the bay, and naviga-ble by small steamers for a considerable distanceabove its mouth, is located, perhaps, the mostremarkable mine in the world. It is a vein ofpractically pure metal
. Alaska + its history, climate and natural resources. h mission andschool, and a very considerable Eskimo settle-ment. This is one of the most prolific salmonstreams in Alaska, and from it a large number ofEskimos draw their principal food supply. Go-lovin Bay and Sound is a land-locked indentationof the north coast of Norton Sound, about sixtymiles north of St. Michaels. On Fish River, astream which empties into the bay, and naviga-ble by small steamers for a considerable distanceabove its mouth, is located, perhaps, the mostremarkable mine in the world. It is a vein ofpractically pure metal, the waste in smelting be-ing not over 20 per cent, of the whole ore is a galena carrying from 75 to 85 percent, lead, with some gold, and from 150 to 250ounces of silver to the ton. This is called theOmalik Mine, and is in latitude 65 degrees north,longitude, 164 degrees west, about 1,500 milesfrom Sitka in a straight line. So far it is the mostnortherly mine on the continent, and is believedto be only a beginning in the development of a. \ 1 CLIMATE AND RESOURCES. 177 district unusually rich in the character and extentof its mineral deposits. The next point of interest in our progress tothe Arctic is King, or Ukivok, Island, which liesperhaps twenty-five miles southwest of CapeSpencer, at the entrance to Port Clarence. Thisinteresting island, except as to height, is a merespeck on the surface of the sea, being not overa mile long and half a mile wide; its shores, how-ever, rise almost perpendicularly from thewaters edge to a height of from 500 to 700 feet,presenting an altogether forbidding the whole of its coast line there is neitherbay, cove nor sandy beach, and it is thereforewholly inaccessible except by small boats, andthen only when the sea is calm. There is an Eski-mo settlement on the south side of the island, atthe only point, apparently, where it would be atall possible to construct habitations of any village is located on a rugged
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