Show alaska salmon puts gold in second place nobody except the alaskan Aln perhaps considers the salmon a goldfish to him the flash of its dripping flanks as it leaps in the sun Is a more significant ant alit glitter than that of genuine gold salmon runs in alaska are of greater value than gold mines it was gold that made modern alaska beginning with the famous klondike rush of 1896 millions of dollars worth of the yellow metal was mined the peak year was 1910 when mineral production totaled ten years later salmon exports for 1920 were valued at while mineral production had dropped to the golden harvest now Is gathered not from the earth but from the waters aters vii of the earth salmon production Is not dot always so phenomenal A normal year as in 1927 1 Is a only even so the salmon is a more valuable asset to alaska than the gold mine not so beautiful as the goldfish perhaps but more near nearly ly deserving of the title As tor for beauty what fish can surpass tile magnificent spectacle of a selmon leaping the merciless sur surge ge of a wa derfall ter fall dayton news |