Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1920 — Sulphur Deposits In Alaska. [ARTICLE]

Sulphur Deposits In Alaska.

Located in the crater of a snowcapped volcanic mountain on-Unalaska island, one of the Aleutian group, is a large deposit of sulphur, believed to contain from 10,000 to 15,000 tons. A claim has been filed for the location, and mining operations probably will start in the near future. Subterranean heat and a hot vapor, the latter issuing from cracks in the rocks, keep the deposit free from ice and snow, though these permanently cover nearly all of the remainder of the, peak, which is about 6,000 feet in height. Another sulphur deposit has been discovered on Akun island, in the same group, and a third near Stepovak bay, on the southern shore of the Alaskan peninsula.— Popular Mechanics Magazine.