Show TELLS OF ALASKA COAL Charles E. E Weaver of Geol Geological Geological gi- gi I cal Survey Speaks of New f Discoveries ries I c I Berkeley Berkeley Feb 3 After After explorations I lions In Alaska tons which occupied the tine whole open season Charles E E. Weaver el M. M 1 I. I S. S a graduate of of ot the tho I University with wih the class clas of or 1904 I has returned to io 0 Berkeley and Is completing com corn work hero In tho the Interest of or orthe the tine United States geological sUre survey which h Is expected to bo 10 of oC great Interest Interest interest inter Inter- est to the the- the people of or the Pacific coast Weaver cr was s sent nt to Alaska b by the I government go to hunt out the coal deposits de do- posits in the territory and from his statements of or tho the discoveries made b by his party parl the Pacific coast cannot want vant for Cor the tine In inn the future heat giving Man Many of the commodity deposits according u o to Weavers Weaver's e lers ler's statements arc located in Isolated parts of or th lh the frozen froien north and are almost sible Ible Railroads which arc rapidly being pushed to 10 the tho veins will wi soon open the rich deposits to the tho world however d tj I I Although Weaver ea cr could make maleo no estimate of oC the price of coal hero after shipment from Alaska he thou thought ht 6 would bo an easy 1 matter In San Francisco co Because of oC tho the demand of oC the gold goJ miners for fuel to melt mel out the frozen ledges es tho government go sent Weaver arid and uld three a associates to the tine frozen north to el discover er co if It possible coal beds heds that would prove e satisfactory I If properly worked Coal was known to exist In tho the territory but because of local local 1 conditions and difficulty of or transportation it 1 was almost sible The report of ot the explorers fully Cuy confirms the stories that had been told b by prospectors of the vast extent and immense value of the tho coal fields felds of ci Alaska A large part of ot tho the work o of the tIne commission has not been com corn Chemical tests of oC coal from Crom thu various deposits arc are sU still plate From tho the reports of oC the scientists the coal In Alaska Alaska Is o of o nearly all aB sorts sorts and ranges in character from bituminous to anthracite The fields eJde according to tho the report extend over o el territory I fully 1200 miles mies long and anel vo oo miles wide covering co the entire entre va valley e of or the Yukon Yulon The Tho geological Investigation indicates that man many more deposits than have ha e been heen discovered discos discos' ered lie le under tinder the veins already dis US- covered co Then ThC coal fields felds of or southern and and southwestern Alaska Include the Cooks Cook's Inlet re region ion Kodiak and say sev- cral near by islands Islands Coal is wl widely ely distributed In these provinces pro am anti ant varies arles in quantity from Crom lignite to high grade anthracite Up to the present mining has been carried on only at a a. n limited extent und and the demand de tic- mand has Inas been confined to local u use lisa e. e In the tine Controller Bay Day district In southern Alaska development de work t. t Is progressing rapidly and nd tine the mine promises to become a remarkable producer as soon as the tine railroad I which is Js now being constructed Is completed This Tints Held fIeld lies les 20 miles mies from Crom i-em i tide water the town of or on tho the mainland being tho the chief port port A railway aI wa is Js to in connect with wih the 4 Alaskan laskan askan North Northwestern western A According to tot t i-c i mir cy c n H l coil thoro ro VH is ol ot belter beiter grade fralc thAn IVian on the tho Pacific 1 coast la is high In heating qualities and has few Impurities Some Somo of or the tho veins arc are enormous There arc are other l. l Important coal districts in the north I on n the Seward peninsula ula |