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Show RICH CO1 Party of Experts to Examine the ALska Fields Seattle. Wash, May 18 G.E. Martin, Mar-tin, Theodore Chapln and F. J. Katt of the United States geologlal survey, sur-vey, arrived in Seattle vesteday on their way from Washington, I C., to Alaska, where they will sfieid tho summer making an examlnaion of the Mfctanuska coal fields wlch the Alaskans say contain the rlchst coal deposits in tho north. , The geologists will bend i party which will organize at Sewad They will Bull north Friday on th steamship steam-ship Perth a. G. E. Martin, who is In ekirge of the pirty, said la.st night hat the miner to be undertaken duing the sumner was not the reBtilt of the populir interest In Alaskan lelds. "Tils examination was planted two yean ago," said Mr. Martin, i "Soar prellninary work has been dme, btvt not ?nough to disclose the claracter or extent of th deposits. Ve shall put In four months, ' going hto the matter thoroughly, and wo slall get out a map of the rc-flon next winter. We propose surveykg all the land in the region which Is underlaid with "oa, so lhat the public may be IuIIt Infcrmed as to the value of the deposits." de-posits." , The Matanuska fields will iie tarped by the Alaska Northern railway rail-way when the land Is released by tho governrcent. |