Notes on a coal deposit on the Beluga River, Alaska

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Abstract

This report is based on a brief examination of a locality on the Beluga River, about 50 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska (fig. 1), that had been reported to contain a coal bed of exceptional thickness and quality, possibly suitable for large-scale strip mining. I visited the locality on August 21-22, 1954, accompanied by Mike Goggans, of Anchorage, who volunteered to guide me to the locality, and by Joe Schneller, of the Two Joe Fish Co. on the Beluga River, who furnished a boat and outboard motors and served as boatman. I wish to acknowledge the invaluable assistance of both men in making the trip possible and in assisting in the field work.

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Barnes, F.F., 1955, Notes on a coal deposit on the Beluga River, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 55-5, 7 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr555.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Notes on a coal deposit on the Beluga River, Alaska
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 55-5
DOI 10.3133/ofr555
Year Published 1955
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description 7 p.
Country United States
State Alaska
Other Geospatial Beluga River
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