Show LARGE AMOUNT OF COAL the nenana benana coal field alaska will be tributary to the government railroad now under construction from seward to fairbanks though the coal of this held is lignite mid hence of low grade yet it lias has gnat value as a source of fuel and power for fairbanks and other placer wacer camps the field is about 60 30 miles south of fairbanks it is estimated b the united states geological survey ve department of the interior that the nenana benana field contains some ten billion tons of lignite enito li the nenana benana coal field lies in what is known as the bonnifield region which also con bains some gold placers that haie lime been mined in a small way for the last 10 years this district is de scribed in a report entitled the bonnifield region alaska bulletin E 01 01 which can be obtained on application to the director of the geological survey washington D C |