{"1": {"fulltext": "/Ts\\ny\\n{j\\nAx\\nPROSPECTUS\\nOF THE\\na Coat Cflntpttg\\nIncorporated September 21st, 1871, under the\\nLaws of the State of Calif ornia for the pur\u00c2\u00ac\\npose of Coal Mining and Trading in\\nthe Territory of Alaska, and\\nTransporting Coal\\nto Market, and, Selling the same at wholesale\\nand retail.\\nCapital Stock,\\n5 000 000\\nOFFICE, ROOM 63,\\nMerchant\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Exchange, California Street,\\nSAN FRA A CISCO, Cal,\\njS an j 17 f v ancisco:\\nWOMEN\u00e2\u0080\u0099S CO-OPERATIVE PRINTING UNION, 424 MONTGOMERY ST.\\n1871.", "height": "4358", "width": "2623", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "PROSPECTUS\\nOP THE\\nhustut $0\u00c2\u00bbl C^oiujiitug.\\nIncorporated September 21st, 1871, under the\\nLaws of the State of Calif ornia; for the pur-\\npose of Coal Mining and Trading in\\nthe Territory of Alaska, and\\nTransporting Coal\\nto Market, and Selling the same at wholesale\\nand retail.\\ni i ii\\nCapital Stock, $5,000,000.\\nOFFICE, ROOM 63,\\nMerchant\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Exchange, California Street,\\nSAN FRANCISCO, Cal.\\njSAN FRANCISCO\\nWOMEN\u00e2\u0080\u0099S CO-OPERATIVE PRINTING UNION, 424 MONTGOMERY ST.\\n1871.", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "o.m.\\nOFFICERS.\\nN 805\\n~Lg!\\\\\\n3\\nPRESIDENT,\\nW. A. ALDRICH.\\nVICE PRESIDENT,\\nWM. H. TAYLOR,\\nTREASURER,\\nWM. H. SEARS.\\nDIRECTORS,\\nBENJ. M. HARTSHORNE, WM. H. SEARS,\\nW. A. ALDRICH, B. H. RAMSDELL,\\nWM. H. TAYLOR, JOEL CLAYTON,\\nchas. e. McDermott, marks zellerbach,\\nJAMES T. HOYT.\\nSECRETARY.\\nJAMES T. HOYT,\\nOFFICE, room:\\n63 Merchant\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Exchange California St-\\nSAN FRANCISCO.", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "PROSPECTUS.\\nWhen Alaska was acquired by the United States, the\\npeople of the Pacific Coast, and especially of San\\nFrancisco, hailed the acquisition with great satisfac\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion, as specially advantageous to our commercial in\u00c2\u00ac\\nterests. They had none of those misgivings respecting\\ntl|p value of the purchase which were, to a certain ex\u00c2\u00ac\\ntent, entertained by political economists East of the\\nRocky Mountains.\\nIts known wealth of furs, fisheries,* coal and timber,\\nand supposed extensive mineral resources, presented an\\ninviting field for the enterprise of our citizens. Afield\\nwhich only required development to insure abund\u00c2\u00ac\\nant and profitable returns.\\nThe explorations made in that country since its\\ntransfer to the jurisdiction of the United States, al\u00c2\u00ac\\nthough comparatively meagre, have demonstrated its\\ngreat value, and proved its capacity to more than realize\\nthe expectations of the Pacific public.\\nThe fur trade is a source of large and constantly in\u00c2\u00ac\\ncreasing public and private revenue.\\nThe fisheries, especially cod and salmon, engage quite\\na fleet of vessels from this port, and as they are practi\u00c2\u00ac\\ncally inexhaustible, they will, at no distant day, be\u00c2\u00ac\\ncome an important element in our commerce.", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "I\\n4\\nThe coal interests which are really of as great, if not\\ngreater prospective value than the furs or fisheries,\\nhave not yet received the attention they deserve, al\u00c2\u00ac\\nthough they have not been overlooked by the govern\u00c2\u00ac\\nment.\\nThe Commissioner of the General Land Office, in his\\nreport, made from information communicated to his\\ndepartment by government Engineers and scientists,\\nuses the following language respecting the\\nALASKA COAL FIELDS.\\nProminent among the mineral deposits of Alaska\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009care extensive beds of coal of excellent quaility, gen-\\nerally bituminous, but often of the purest anthracite.\\nThese beds are formed in many of the islands, a#d\\nnear the sea-coast on the main land, in close prox-\\nimity to excellent harbors, thus promising our com.\\nmerce convenient and inexhaustible coaling deposits\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009cin the North Pacific, an advantage which is magnified\\nin view of the unequalled fisheries and the impor-\\ntance of the fur trade of that great region. Consider-\\nu ing the ease with which the coal will be conveyed\\nfrom the mines to the harbors on the coast, it is\\nprobable that they will soon become an important\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009carticle of export.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2THE ALASKA COAL COMPANY.\\nThe coal deposits possessed by this Company have\\nall the advantages of accessibility and natural facili\u00c2\u00ac\\nties for shipment referred to by the Honorable Com\u00c2\u00ac\\nmissioner, to a greater extent than other coal mines\\ndiscovered on the Pacific Coast.", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "5\\nSITUATION OF THE\\nCOAL MINES.\\nThey are situated on an island contiguous to the\\nmain land of the Alaska Peninsula, in latitude 55\u00c2\u00b0 24\\nIhe coal veins are exposed in the face of a precipitous\\nbluff six hundred and eighty feet in height, immediate\u00c2\u00ac\\nly on the shore of Coal Harbor.\\nCOAL HARBOR.\\nThis harbor is entirely land-locked, easy of entrance,\\nand perfectly safe at all times it bears from 12 to 21\\nfathoms of water in the channel, and 5 fathoms within\\n250 feet of the shore, at low tide. There is sufficient\\ndepth for the largest vessels within 300 feet of the\\nbeach.\\nCOAL VEINS.\\nThe reports of the mining Engineers and Experts,\\nsent by the Company to examine the mine, show that\\nthere are four principal veins of coal.\\nThe first is situated twenty feet above high-water\\nmark, and is five feet in thickness.\\nThe second is thirteen feet above the first, and six\\nfeet in thickness.\\nThe third is two hundred and forty feet above the\\nsecond, and four and one-half feet in thickness.\\nThe fourth is four feet above the third, separated by\\na bed of clay, and is three hundred and eighty feet\\nabove high-water mark. This is a splendid, well de\u00c2\u00ac\\nfined vein, nine feet in thickness. The veins lie paral\u00c2\u00ac\\nlel, one above the other, and dip into the mountain\\nwith an inclination of about two inches to the yard.", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "6\\nThe farthest vein is only 800 feet from the point of\\nshipment in the harbor a tramway of that length, and\\nthree hundred feet ol wharf, will be all that will be\\nrequired for the delivery of coal on shipboard from the\\nmine, consequently the outlay necessary for the econ\u00c2\u00ac\\nomical handling and shipment of the coal will be com\u00c2\u00ac\\nparatively small.\\nThe natural advantages possessed by these mines are\\nunequalled for, in addition to their situation on the\\nshore of an excellent harbor, they can be worked by\\ndrifts in the face of the bluff, and drained through the\\ntunnels, thus saving the great expense of hoisting the\\ncoal through shafts and the constant expenditure for\\npumping.\\nAlthough the distance of these mines from San\\nFrancisco is somewhat greater than to the coal mines\\nin Puget Sound and on Vancouver Island, it is be\u00c2\u00ac\\nlieved that vessels can make as many round tripsin the\\nyear to Coal Harbor as to Puget Sound; as for three\\nfourths of the year, they will carry a fair wind direct\\nfrom Coal Harbor to San Francisco. Coal Harbor is\\neasily accessible at all times. The difference in dis\u00c2\u00ac\\ntance is more than balanced by the delays which ves\u00c2\u00ac\\nsels trading with Puget Sound encounter from the Fogs,\\nadverse winds, and currents of the Straits of Fuca.\\nThe fact that vessels can be chartered in this port\\nto bring coals to San Francisco from Coal Harbor, at", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "7\\nthe same price per ton as from Puget Sound, places\\nour mines on the same footing with respect to thn cost\\nof transportation to market as the mines of Washing\u00c2\u00ac\\nton Territory and British Columbia.\\nEXTENT OF THE DEPOSIT.\\nThe extent of the deposit is very great. The veins\\ncrop out and are distinctly traced on the lands pos\u00c2\u00ac\\nsessed by the Company, for a distance of four miles\\nalong the shore of the harbor they preserve a uniform\\nthickness and are well defined. The indications are,\\nthat the deposit underlies the whole Northern portion\\nof the island at all events, to use the language of one\\nof the Experts of the Company, who spent several days\\non the ground, carefully examining the veins, there\\nare millions of tons in sight.\u00e2\u0080\u009d In many places on the\\nshore there are tons of excellent coal that have fallen\\nfrom the veins in the overhanging cliffs. Since the\\nexplorations were made by the Experts of the Company,\\nin April last, letters have been received from the\\nCompany\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Agent on the ground, that he has discovered\\nother veins of equal richness\u00e2\u0080\u0094one nearly at the water\u00e2\u0080\u0099s\\nedge on the shore of the harbor, from which fifty tons\\nwere taken to coal fishing vessels that dropped in there\\nfor fuel.\\nQUALITY OF THE COAL\\nThe coal is semi-bituminous, resembling Cannel Coal\\nin appearance and fracture. It is a bright, clean coal,\\nentirely free from slate, 11 bone\u00e2\u0080\u009d or sulphur. It burns\\nwith a long clear flame, without smoke or soot, and\\nleaves a very small per cent of ash. For domestic pur-", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "8\\nposes, parlor grates, cooking ranges and stoves, it is\\nsuperior to any other coal found on the Pacific Coast.\\nIts remarkable cleanliness and purity make it especi\u00c2\u00ac\\nally valuable to the housekeeper.\\nIt is confidently expected that this coal, owing to its\\ncheapness and superiority, will be in great demand for\\ndomestic uses. Although it burns freely, with a strong\\nheat, it lasts well, and is an economical coal in that\\nrespect. There is no waste, as every particle is con\u00c2\u00ac\\nsumed.\\nAS A STEAM COAL.\\nFor steam and other purposes the coal is equally\\nvaluable.\\nSeveral tons of the coal were brought to this City,\\nand, for the past three months, practical tests have been\\nmade to determine its value for various purposes.\\nAlthough the coal used in these experiments was\\nmostly taken from and near the suface, none of it being\\nmore than sixteen feet under cover, and none beyond\\nthe influence of the atmosphere and surface-water, it\\nhas proved to be equal to coals found in other mines\\nat considerable depths, and entirely superior to any\\nother coal found so near the surface. Judging from\\nthis it is fair to suppose that when the veins have been\\nopened to a reasonable depth, the quality of the coal\\nwill increase in the usual proportion; in which case it\\nwill not be surpassed by the best imported coals.\\nTESTS.\\nThe coal has been tested at the Golden Gate Mills,\\nthe Pacific Rolling Mills, and by various well-known\\ncitizens, who used it in parlor grates and ranges. It", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "9\\nhas also been analyzed by competent assayers of this\\ncity. The results have been highly satisfactory, as the\\nfollowing testimonials will show:\\nLetter of Horace Davis, Esquire, Proprietor of the Golden\\nGate Mills in this city, to W. H. Sears, Esq., one of the Direc\u00c2\u00ac\\ntors of this Company, respecting the test made at his mills:\\nSan Francisco, July 29th, 1871.\\nWm. H. Sears, Esq .\u00e2\u0080\u0094Dear Sir: I tried the samples of\\nAlaska Coal sent to the Golden Gate Mills by you, for the\\npurpose of testing its qualities as a steam coal.\\nI ran the mills with the coal three hours and fifty minutes,\\nconsuming 4,310 pounds of coal.\\nThe amount of flour made was 80} barrels.\\nThe power of our engine is 185 horse-power, carrying five\\nrun of stones.\\nThe coal burned with a clear strong flame, keeping steam\\nsteadily at 90 lbs pressure, with no perceptible smoke coming from\\nthe stack\\nIt apparently has no sulphur, and leaves no slag or cinders.\\nThe samples tried by me were evidently croppings, or\\ntaken from very near the surface.\\nBespectfully yours, etc.,\\nHOBACE DAVIS.\\nI witnessed the test of the Alaska Coal at the Golden Gate\\nMills, referred to by Mr. Horace Davis in the foregoing letter*\\nHis statements respecting the same are entirely correct.\\nCHAS. C. BEMIS,\\nU. S. Inspector Boilers.\\nThis test showed a consumption of 53 lbs of coal in\\nthe manufacture of a barrel of flour, which is a splendid\\nresult, when we consider that the samples tried were\\ncroppings taken from the surface, and that the furnaces\\nof the Golden Gate Mills have perforated sheets for\\nburning screenings instead of grates, which the Alaska\\nCoal requires for economical consumption.", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "IO\\nLetter from William Hall, Foreman of the Forge De\u00c2\u00ac\\npartment, Pacific Polling Mills, to Mr. J. T. Dougine, the\\nMining Engineer who examined and reported on the Com\u00c2\u00ac\\npany\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Mines t\\nSan Francisco, July 29, 1871.\\nMr. J. T. Dougine \u00e2\u0080\u0094Dear Sir :\u00e2\u0080\u0094The sample of Alaska Coal\\nyou brought here for me to test was evidently croppings, and\\nbeing such, it is the best I ever saw. When I first started the\\nbusiness of working old iron in this City, I tried every brand\\nof coal discovered on this Coast; none of it would answer my\\npurpose.\\nI believe that when you get in on your coal it will be equal\\nto any of the Sydney Coal. Your coal burns well, with an ex\u00c2\u00ac\\ntraordinary amount of flame It is free from sulphur, and\\nleaves no slag or clinker, and very little ashes. I have seen\\nnothing on this coast that bids as fair to become as valuable\\na coal for working iron.\\nI brought a sack of your coal to my house, and burned a\\npart in my grate, and some in my stove. It gave entire satis-\\naction; it burns clear and bright, free from soot, and produces\\nvery little smoke.\\nThe ashes are very light, and a very small percentage. I\\ndid not weigh them, but should judge there is about 5 per cent.\\nWILLIAM HALL,\\nForeman Forge Department, Pacific Rolling Mill.\\nLetter of J. Y. Cornwell, Foreman Pacific Polling Mill.\\nSan Francisco, July 31, 1871.\\nMr. J. T. Dougine Sir: I have tried the sample of coal,\\n(Alaska) you sent me, and find that it works well in my stove;\\nin fact, better than any of the other coals that belong to this\\nCoast. It is free from clinkers or cinders, and has scarcely\\nany or no soot. I think it could be made to w T ork iron well,\\nwith a little experimenting from what I have seen of it.\\nVery respectfully yours,\\nJ. Y. CORNWELL, Foreman Pacific Rolling Mill.", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "Letter from G. W. Fogg, Esq., Superintendent of the Pacific\\nFoundry:\\nSan Francisco, August 8, 1871.\\nJ. T. Dougine, Esq\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Dear Sir: The sack of Alaska Coal that\\nyou sent me, as the croppings of your mine, I have burned\\nin my stove and in my grate, and paid particular attention to\\nit, and find it to be a superior coal for domestic use, more so\\nthan any other coal produced on this Coast.\\nWhen I speak this, I speak knowingly. In my position as\\nSuperintendent of the Pacific Foundry and Machine Works,\\nI have had experience with every brand of coal produced on\\nthis coast, and as yet there has not been any introduced that\\nwill answer for working iron in either Forge or Furnace.\\nYour coal is free from sulphur, and produces very little ashes,\\nburns with a bright clear flame, and makes little or no smoke.\\nWhen you get a hundred feet or so from the surface I think your\\ncoal will improve, and be found very valuable for working\\nwrought iron. As a domestic coal, it has no equal on this\\ncoast.\\nYours truly,\\nG. W. FOGG.\\nAmong several well-known citizens who have tried this\\ncoal in their parlor grates and cooking ranges, and who cer\u00c2\u00ac\\ntify to its superior excellence, are the following:\\nL. B. Benchley, Esq., W. A. Aldrich, Esq.\\nGenl. M. D. L. Simpson, E. F. Northam.\\nClaus Spreckels, Esq. E. E. Rice.\\nReport of J. T. Dougine, Esq., Mining Engineer, who visit\u00c2\u00ac\\ned and examined the Company\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Mines.\\nTo President Alaska Coal Company\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sir: As per agreement\\nI visited the Coal Mines of the Company which are situated\\non one of the islands belonging to Alaska. Our vessel arrived\\nin Coal Harbor, where the veins are situated, on the 24th of\\nApril last.\\nThe Bay is five miles in length, and about two miles in\\nwidth. It has deep water at the entrance, as well as inside.\\nAt a distance of 250 feet from high water, there is 20 feet of\\nwater at low tide, which rapidly deepens to 5 fathoms.\\nThe Bay is land-locked, well protected and sheltered.\\nThe coal veins are situated 800 feet from the high-water", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "line of the shore. The height of the mountain in which the\\ncoal veins are situated is 680 feet perpendicular; the forma\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion is sandstone.\\nAbout 880 feet below the top of the bluff is a splendid\\nand well-defined vein of coal, 9 feet in thickness; on the foot\\n#all is four feet of hard fire clay, resembling the Storbridge\\nclay of England. Beneath this stratum of clay is another\\nvein of coal, 4J feet thick, of superior quality.\\nAt a distance of 240 feet below, is another vein, 6 feet thick,\\nand 13 feet lower is another vein, 5 feet in thickness. The\\nlatter vein is about 20 feet above high-water mark. The coal\\nin all the veins is nearly alike; in fact I could discover no\\ndifference. We took out about 13 tons, and brought it to\\nSan Francisco. It was taken from all the veins, and is the coal\\nwhich was tested at the Golden Gate Mills,\u00e2\u0080\u009d and other places\\nin this City. The two upper veins are very prominent; they can\\nbe seen from the harbor for a long distance, cropping out\\nlike a huge black wall. Nature has prospected those two\\nveins for five miles; they show an even and uniforn thickness\\nthe entire distance. We ran a small drift 16 feet in the nine\\nfoot vein from which we took ten tons; the other three veins,\\nwe faced down, and took samples from each.\\nThe veins possess great natural advantages for working at\\nsmall cost. The construction of a tramway, 800 feet long, and\\nand a wharf, 300 feet long, are the principal improvements\\nnecessary. Hoisting and pumping works will never be re\u00c2\u00ac\\nquired; the veins have a pitch to the west into the mountain,\\nof two inches to the yard. I have a plan for working these\\nmines by means of tunnels, for drainage and outlet for the\\ncoal, and air-shafts for ventilation, that can be constructed at\\nsmall cost, which will expose millions of tons of coal. The\\nveins are regular and of uniform thickness. The harbor in\\nwinter is free from ice, and snow seldom remains long on\\nthe low lands.\\nThere is abundance of grass of very superior quality, cover\u00c2\u00ac\\ning the low lands and hills of the island. Cranberries are\\nfound in great profusion in the vicinity. The lands will pro\u00c2\u00ac\\nduce potatoes, barley, oats and rye. At the south end of the\\nharbor, there are three fresh-water streams emptying, which\\nare famous for salmon. The \u00e2\u0080\u009cAlieuts\u00e2\u0080\u009d come from the neigh\u00c2\u00ac\\nboring islands to this place for their winter supply of fish.\\nAlieut laborers, hardy and intelligent, can be obtained, if\\nrequired, at low wages.\\nI regard it, in all respects, the most promising coal-field\\nI have seen on this Coast.\\nJ. T. DOUGINE,\\nMining Engineer.\\nSan Francisco, Sept. 26, 1871.", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "J 3\\nThe foregoing is the report of the Engineer, sent\\nfrom San Francisco to examine the Mines. Mr W. Howe,\\na practical coal miner from Mount Diablo Mines, who\\nhas had forty years experience in the coal mines of\\nEngland, Pennsylvania and the Pacific Coast, was sent\\nup to examine the mines with regard to the practica\u00c2\u00ac\\nbility of working them, and the character of the veins.\\nMr. Howe returned to San Francisco in June last, and\\nreported to Messrs- Hoyt Sears, two of the Trustees\\nof the Company, as follows:\\nLetter of Mr. W. Howe.\\nSan Francisco, June 8, 1871.\\nMessrs, Hoyt Sears\\nGentlemen\u00e2\u0080\u0094I have examined your Coal Mine in Alaska,\\nand find it situated on an Island on the shore of a good bay\\nfor shipping the Coal.\\nThe Coal crops out, four or five miles in length, along the\\nface of the mountain and can be mined to advantage.\\nIn addition to the veins from which we took the coal (sam\u00c2\u00ac\\nples of coal brought to San Francisco,) there are three or\\nfour veins that crop out about 20 feet above high tide, that\\nlook to be equally as good as the others, but we did not do\\nmuch work on them. The vein that we took the coal from\\nis on the side of the mountain, about 280 feet high.\\nOur drift that we took the coal from is only about 16 feet\\nunder cover, and it is more than one-half pure coal; already\\nit is better than 4J feet thick. There is another vein of coal\\non the top of the clay (which clay is about 4J feet thick) nine\\nfeet thick, which looks fully as well as the one underneath; we\\nhad time to do butlittle work on it. The coal is of good quality,\\nand,will get more combined and pure as it penetrates the moun\u00c2\u00ac\\ntains and gets more co ver on it, as all other veins do that I\\nhave ever seen.\\nThe coal dips westerly, about one inch to the foot.\\nW. HOWE.\\nThe following letter from an employe of the Company, who\\nhas just arrived from the Mine, relates to the discovery of\\nanother vein of coal at the Company\u00e2\u0080\u0099a Mines", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "4\\nSan Francisco Sept. 19, 1871.\\nW. A. Aldrich, Esq., President Alaska Coal Co.\\nSir\u00e2\u0080\u0094I have to report that I left the Company\u00e2\u0080\u0099s\\nMines at Coal Harbor, on the 16tli of this month, and was 11\\ndays on the passage to San Francisco. I have been employed\\nat the mines since the 6th of July last. In addition to the\\nmines which were opened last Spring, and examined by\\nMessrs. Dougine and Howe, we have opened a new mine, dis\u00c2\u00ac\\ncovered by iis about the middle of July. It is situated about\\n150 feet above high-water mark, and 150 feet back from the\\nwater\u00e2\u0080\u0099s edge.\\nThe vein is three feet in thickness, solid coal, very hard,\\nbright and glossy, better than the best samples before shipped\\nto San Francisco. We have traced the mine three hun\u00c2\u00ac\\ndred feet along the face of the mountain and taken out about\\nfifty tons. This vein is favorabty situated for working. Sev\u00c2\u00ac\\neral fishing schooners called there during my stay, and coaled.\\nThe weather when I left, was as fine as it is now in San Fran\u00c2\u00ac\\ncisco. All well at the mine.\\nYours Respectfully,\\nDANIEL WUELLER.\\nThe island is hilly and mountainous, with low lands\\nalong the inlets, rivers and bays.\\nThe scenery is pleasant. The hills are covered, in\\nsummer, with luxuriant grass, affording fine pasturage,\\nwell adapted to grazing sheep and cattle. There are\\nthree fine fresh-water streams that discharge their\\nwaters into Coal Harbor. These streams are noted\\nsalmon-runs. (See report of Mr Dougine). The har\u00c2\u00ac\\nbor is also noted for its fine cod-fish, halibut and other\\nfish common to Northern waters. There are also liv\u00c2\u00ac\\ning springs, furnishing abundance of pure water near\\nthe Company\u00e2\u0080\u0099s houses, and convenient to the point\\nwhere it is proposed to erect the wharf. Potatoes\\nand other vegetables can be raised there, sufficient for\\nlocal consumption.", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "15\\nCL] MATE.\\nThe popular idea respecting the rigor of the climate\\nof this portion of Alaska is very erroneous. The\\ncomparative climate of the coast along the peninsula\\nand the contiguous islands, is of nearly equal temper\u00c2\u00ac\\nature with the Atlantic coast of New England. The\\nmeteorological observations, taken for a series of years\\nat Sitka, show a mean winter temperature the same as\\nPhiladelphia, but a mean yearly temperature the same\\nas Portland, Maine, the thermometer notrisingso high\\nin summer nor falling so low in winter. The location\\nof these mines is farther South than Sitka, with a cli\u00c2\u00ac\\nmate equally mild.\\nThe explanation of the comparatively mild temper\u00c2\u00ac\\nature of this portion of Alaska, notwithstanding its\\nhigh latitude, is found in certain well-known geograph\u00c2\u00ac\\nical facts.\\nThe latitude of Coal Harbor, 55\u00c2\u00b0 24 is about the\\nsame as that of the Southern boundary of Scotland,\\nfarther South than the North of Ireland, and over a\\ndegree South of the latitude of Edinburgh. The por\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion of Scotland analagous in latitude to the Peninsula\\nof Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, supports a dense\\npopulation, and a civilization equal to that of more\\nSouthern climes in fact, it has been the home of a\\nhardy enterprise that has extended its influence\\nthroughout the world, and impressed itself upon lands\\nsituated in more favored zones.\\nIt may be said that the climate of Scotland is modi\u00c2\u00ac\\nfied by theinfluen.ee of the Gulf Stream, which gives it\\na climate natural to a lower latitude. Granted that\\nsuch is the case, the Aleutian Archipelago is blessed\\nwith a like influence from the great Japan current of\\nwarm equatorial waters. The Pacific Gulf Stream is", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "as strongly marked as the Atlantic current. It flows\\nthrough the China Sea, past the island of Niphon, and,\\ntrending to the Northeast, crosses the Pacific to the\\nAmerican coast, midway between Vancouver\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Island\\nand Sitka, and flows thence Northward and Westward,\\nalong the shores of the Alaska main.\\nA branch of this great oceanic current\u00e2\u0080\u0094the Kam-\\nschatka current\u00e2\u0080\u0094flows Northwardly along the Asiatic\\ncoast, through Behring Straits, the narrowness of which\\nprevents strong reactionary currents from the frozen\\nregions of the North hence, the Southern shores of\\nAlaska get the full benefit of the warm Japan current,\\nwithout perceptible abatement. These facts show,\\nby analogy, that the rigor of the climate of this por\u00c2\u00ac\\ntion of Alaska ought not to be greater than that of\\nSouthern Scotland. The meterological observations\\nof the Russian authorities, for a long period, de\u00c2\u00ac\\nmonstrate that such is the case\u00e2\u0080\u0094in fact, that the\\nNorthern deflection of the isothermal lines is fully\\nequal to that of the European coast, if not greater.\\nThe experience of mariners, fur-traders and Govern\u00c2\u00ac\\nment officers, who have spent years in that country,\\nhas confirmed the deductions of science, and demon\u00c2\u00ac\\nstrated that this portion of Alaska, so far as climate is\\nconcerned, is fitted for a population equal in density to\\nthat of the most settled portions of Scotland.\\nMost of the fur-bearing animals of the country are\\nplentiful on the island and the mainland, which is only\\ntwo miles distant. Ducks, geese and other water-fowl\\nare found in vast numbers in all the surrounding wa\u00c2\u00ac\\nters. Grouse are abundant on the uplands.", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "1 7\\nCOST OF COAL\\nAs soon as facilities are established for handling the\\ncoal at the mine, it can be mined and delivered in\\nSan Francisco at a cost of from $5.50 to $6.00 per\\nton, with transportation at the present rates. No\\ndoubt a material reduction can eventually be made on\\nthose figures. This will leave a large margin of profit,\\nas the quality of the coal is such that it will always\\ncommand a good price in the market.\\nVALUE OE COAL MINES.\\nt\\nThe value of accessible coal mines on this coast,\\nproducing a good quality of coal, that can be economi\u00c2\u00ac\\ncally handled and marketed, cannot be over-estimated;\\nespecially a mine like this, producing a superior coal\\nthat will supply the place of many imported kinds.\\nThe large and constantly increasing consumption of\\ncoal on the Pacific coast, which will be greatly ex\u00c2\u00ac\\ntended as our manufactures increase and the country\\nbecomes populous, will always keep a demand equal\\nto the supply consequently, there is no investment of\\ncapital that can be made that will be more likely to\\nbe permanently and uniformly profitable than in an\\naccessible coal mine, like the mine of this Company,\\nwhich shows a vast measure of coal that cannot be\\nexhausted .in a generation.\\nNO ASSESSMENT.\\nin order to avoid the necessity of levying assess\u00c2\u00ac\\nments for the expense of opening the mine, building", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "NOV 9 1900\\n18\\na tramway and wharf, the Company has set aside 10,000\\nshares of its capital stock to be sold for working\\ncapital. The proceeds of sale of this stock, it is esti\u00c2\u00ac\\nmated, will be sufficient for that purpose, thereby prac\u00c2\u00ac\\ntically making the stock unassessable. No assessments\\nwill be levied, unless it shall become necessary, after\\nexhausting the proceeds of the sale of the stock\\nreserved for working capital, a contingency which is\\nnot anticipated. The Directors and Officers of this\\nCompany are men whose connection with large and\\nsuccessful operations on this coast, is a guaranty of the\\nsuccessful and energetic management of this enter\u00c2\u00ac\\nprise-\\nA portion of the stock reserved for working capital\\nis now offered for sale by the Company, at prices\\nwhich make it an attractive investment.\\nAs the amount offered is limited, and presents the\\nonly opportunity that will be afforded to obtain an\\ninterest in this promising enterprise on original terms,\\nthose who desire to avail themselves of it will do well\\nto apply at the Company\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Office without delay. Room\\n68, Merchants Exchange, California street, San Fran\u00c2\u00ac\\ncisco, where maps, plans and samples of the coal, and\\nfull information on the subject can be obtained.\\nSan Francisco, October 2nd, 1871.", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "it\\nL", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "I\\n1\\ny", "height": "4318", "width": "2319", "jp2-path": "prospectusofalas00alas_0024.jp2"}}