Alaska Coal-Leasing Bill (Volume 1) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1914 Excerpt: ... ALASKA COAL-LEASING BILL. Committee On Public Lands. House or Representatives, Monday, February 83, 1914 The committee met at 10 o'clock a. m., Hon. Scott Ferris (chairman) presiding. The Chairman. We will hear first this morning, gentlemen, from Dr. Brooks, whom we were interrogating when the last hearing closed. STATEMENT OF DR. ALFRED H. BROOKS, OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY--Continued. The Chairman. Do you wish to refresh your memory, Dr. Brooks, in regard to what you were saying when the last hearing closed? Dr. Brooks. I have it here before me, Mr. Chairman. The Chairman. Then you may proceed. Have you anything you desire to state in an affirmative way? Dr. Brooks. Mr. Raker asked for a.statement in regard to the areas of the Alaska coal fields. The Chairman. That is. of the Matanuska field and the Bering field? Dr. Brooks. As I understood the inquiry, it was to cover all of Alaska. The Chairman. Have you that with you, Dr. Brooks? Dr. Brooks. I have it here. I desire to say, first, that this refers only to the areas of the actual Government coal lands. The coal fieldSj of course, are much more extensive, and. until they have been examined in detail, we do not know what percentage are coal lands. The coal fields, as we figure them, are about ten times this area. The Chairman. Unless there is objection, you may put that in the record at this time. Dr. Brooks. The total area, which does not cover the entire field, is 28.8 square miles, making 18,432 acres. On some bituminous, the same field is 15.5 square miles, making 9,920 acres. The total area of the surveyed portion of the Bering River field is 44.3 square miles, making 28,350 acres. I want to emphasize the fact again that there are coal fields lying in that area which are not included. Mr....