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Show """Ives awed by volcano r V" wt of Cook Inlet In Alaska Mapped by Geological 8urvey. Nome, Alaska. The volcanoes of Alaska are not all dead, and those that smoke are held l:i dreadful awa by the natives. When the Indians living on the west shore of Conk Inlet first beheld a sniokebelchlng steamer Hearing their village they fled precipitately, QrKt closing their houses so that the "Onion of the volcano," which they believed was approaching, might bo Induced to pass by. As late as 1SS3 Mount Augustine, a volcanic cone which, rises Olio feet out of the waters of the Inlet, was in ! violent eruption, and Mount Illamiwi and Mount Itedoubt, about lO.uou feet high, towering above the coast range, r v 1 ! r -r- 1 iff-,-"" :- v ' - - 4 :4 ' 4 " . . 4 liv-r WW An Active Volcano. were In eruption In lB.'it and 1902, respectively. re-spectively. That Vulcan Is still active within these mountains Is attested by the per-fclstent per-fclstent clouds of steam rising from their summits and by occasional light showers of volcanic dust. The natives say that Illamna Is the name of a great demon fish w hich lives In Lake Illamna and Is ever on the watch to destroy the unwary, so that the native who risks himself on Its waters In his frail craft Is accounted ac-counted venturesome. The lake Is, however, the largest fresh water body in Alaska, and Is frequently fre-quently swept by terrific gales. It Is M) miles long by 8 to 20 miles w ide somewhat larger, perhaps, than Long Isliiftdt sound. Its bottom la far below sea level. North of the tributary to Illamna lake Is Clark lake, more than f0 miles ! long, but narrow. This lake Is 220 feet ; above the ocean tides, but In pliKes , Is more than COO feet lerp. j The region containing these Inter ( estlng volcanoes and lakes was the j scene of very early missionary endeavors endeav-ors and trade exploitation by the Hus-I Hus-I slans. Nevertheless little exact knowledge knowl-edge of the region has been acquired, and that has teen largely Inaccessible to the public, so that the recent Investigations In-vestigations by the United Sintes geological geo-logical survey, a report on which has Just been published, should be welcome. wel-come. This report describes the geographic and geologic features and the mineral resources of an area covering more than 5,000 square miles lying went of t ook Inlet. The geology H treated at considerable length, and also the j prospective mineral resources, which I are copper, golj, silver and petroleum, j None of these riilneruls have yet been shipped from this district, but the region may nevertheless some day j become important commercially. |