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Mr. Curtis is employing only a few men and the work he is doing is of the nature of exploration.  The development of the property will depend on the results of the experiments with the coal.
The Alaska Coal Co. which owns all the other claims within the spit on the bay.  They have put in two tunnels which are reported caved in and the station is not now occupied.  A Mr. Cooper living at Ninilchik is the agent but only occasionally visits the buildings here.  [[strikethrough]] The Central Pacific Co. [[/strikethrough]]  New York parties sent an Expedition under Lieut Schwerin U.S.A. to explore & test the coal for locomotive purposes (in 1891?) but did not find it advisable for such use.  Their coal was taken from McNeil canon, next beyond Cottonwood next below Eastland.