. Official proceedings . even after the broadmountain barrier which screens the greater part of the territ^ry Railway Routes in Alaska, and Report of Alaska RailroadCommission. 62d Congress. 3d Session. Document No. 1346. 290 has \k-cu l)rol<cii lliniunli. ll iiia\ l)c said ihal under the abovehmiliiii; cimditions th;. coastal terminations of rail\va_\s mustcome between Bristol Ua) on the west and L\ nn Canal on theeast. althoiiiL^h it has lieen placed I)et\\een Cook Inlet and LynnCanal, a much more limited distance. l<eavinu- out of consideration that ])art of Alaska whichlies north of
. Official proceedings . even after the broadmountain barrier which screens the greater part of the territ^ry Railway Routes in Alaska, and Report of Alaska RailroadCommission. 62d Congress. 3d Session. Document No. 1346. 290 has \k-cu l)rol<cii lliniunli. ll iiia\ l)c said ihal under the abovehmiliiii; cimditions th;. coastal terminations of rail\va_\s mustcome between Bristol Ua) on the west and L\ nn Canal on theeast. althoiiiL^h it has lieen placed I)et\\een Cook Inlet and LynnCanal, a much more limited distance. l<eavinu- out of consideration that ])art of Alaska whichlies north of a line extending- almost due eastward from thelower end of Kotzelme Sound to the international boundary line,as bein^ miiJrepared for railway trans])ortation. and dividin,G^the remaining territor\- by a line extending; almost due southfrom a ])oint on the ^ukon near Tanana to the west coast ofCook Inlet, we have the two lar^e districts into which railwavsnuist l)e built. ( )f these two districts, the one hino to the east. Coal Resources of Cook Inlet—Out-crops of Coal Beds on Bluffs. 291 has an area of 125,000 square miles and constitutes what isknown as central Alaska. It has produced in gold alone over$75,000,000 while over $5,000,000 worth of copper is annuallyshipped to the States. Further, it contains the great knowncoal fields of the Territory. A third district includes the wholeof southeastern Alaska or the so-called Pan-handle, which con-tains some of the largest gold mines in the world, having anannual production in gold of $4,000,000. Practically all of thetransportation lines so far planned for the territory have beenlocated within these areas. * The district lying to the west-ward is less well known, but gives promise of being a goodmineral producer. According to Alfred IT. Brooks, * ^lember of the RecentRailway Commission, the geographic features limit the routesto four zones which are as follows: ( i ) the Chilkat basin,(2) the Alsek basin, (3) the Copper ba>
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