Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1902 — Resources of Alaska. [ARTICLE]

Resources of Alaska.

More discovery of the riches ot Alaska has been accomplished this season than ever before. The latest discovery is large deposits of tin. It Is beginning to look as If this far-away and inhospitable region Is to prove an El Dorado. Many railroads are being projected through Its wilds in order to get at its immense wealth, says the Wlnloek Pilot. With Its furs, fish, timber, gold and other valuable minerals this region that was once thought to be next to valueless is coming to the front with great rapidity. Its resources are sure to add grhatly to the wealth of the -nation. Uncle Sam made a lucky venture when he bought the land of snow and Ice.