In richest Alaska and the gold fields of the Klondike; how they were found ..together with a history of this wonderful land from its discovery to the present day ..and practical information for gold seekers . n that, practically, allthe reindeer skins used by the Alaskan Eskimo comefrom Siberia. Lapland, with 400,000 reindeer, supplies the grocerystores of Northern Europe with smoked reindeer hamsat 10 cents a pound ; with smoked tongues at 10 centseach ; with dried hides at from $ to $ each ; withtanned hides at from $2 to $3 each, and with 23,000carcasses to the butcher-shops, in add
In richest Alaska and the gold fields of the Klondike; how they were found ..together with a history of this wonderful land from its discovery to the present day ..and practical information for gold seekers . n that, practically, allthe reindeer skins used by the Alaskan Eskimo comefrom Siberia. Lapland, with 400,000 reindeer, supplies the grocerystores of Northern Europe with smoked reindeer hamsat 10 cents a pound ; with smoked tongues at 10 centseach ; with dried hides at from $ to $ each ; withtanned hides at from $2 to $3 each, and with 23,000carcasses to the butcher-shops, in addition to what isconsumed by the Laps themselves. Fresh reindeermeat is considered a great delicacy, and Russia exportsit frozen in carloads to Germany. The tanned skins andhair are of great value commercially, and the best glue 364 A GREAT INDUSTRY. made to-day comes from reindeer horns. On the sametbasis, Alaska with its capacity for 9,000,000 head oilreindeer, could supply the markets of America withi500,000 carcasses annually, tons of hams and tongues,;and the finest of leather. There is on the face of it a;jchance for the reindeer forming the basis of a greatindustry in the not far distant -^,.
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