The Massett-Graham
Island Coal Company

Controls Ten Square Miles of
Coal Lands

The property consists of 6,400 acres, five miles of which
are on salt water frontage on Massett Inlet, an excellent
harbor, with deep water to the shore line. The biggest
ships in the world can go in and out with safety and load
at all times. There will be no railroad needed. Working
shafts can be constructed near the shore line on the Inlet
and from there the coal dumped into the ships. We have
the markets of the world before us.

The Company’s Coal Fields are Close to
Prince Rupert, a Hugh Market
for Coal

It has been known for a score of years that Graham
Island was one of the finest coal fields in America. All the
Canadian Government reports go to bear out this state-
ment, but it is only during the past two years since the
establishment of the Terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacific
Railway at Prince Rupert that the true value of these
fields has become apparent and fully realized.

From these mines we can supply coal to all Alaska
points. Prince Rupert is 80 miles east from Massett Inlet.
A fair-sized steamboat can make the trip across the Strait
from Prince Rupert to Graham Island in about five hours.
With ocean-going barges and a strong tugboat we can
transport our coal from the Island to Prince Rupert and
supply the market there and adjacent points. During this
next year one of the greatest mining regions in British
Columbia will be opened up at Portland Canal, and one or
two large smelters will be built, requiring thousands of
tons of coal and coke, which can be supplied from these
mines, as well as to Skeena River and points along the
Grand Trunk Pacific. These markets alone are good for
at least 500,000 tons a year, while the Alaska market: Nome,
Dutch Harbor, St. Michael, Seward, Juneau, Treadwell,
Sitka, and many other points will require approximately
one million tons a year.

From these Graham Island collieries we can ship coal
direct to San Francisco and to any port in the South Ameri-
can Republics on the Pacific slope; we can ship the coal
to Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Vancou-
ver BG. and: Victoria.

The cost of transportation in ocean-going barges for the

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