RI 4932 Preliminary Report: Nonmetallic Deposits Accessible To The Alaska Railroad As Possible Sources Of Raw Materials For The Construction Industry ? Summary

[An a part of the United States Department of the interior program for the development and use of Alaska raw materials, the Bureau of Mines is conducting an investigation of deposits of nonmetallic minerals accessible to the Alaska Railroad for use in building; materials is In the Alaska Railroad-belt area. The results of the investigations, to date, indices that raw materials for the preduction of brick products are in plentiful supply as cloy in the Anchorage area, as fire clay at Sheep Mountain, and as shale in the Healy Creek coal formations near Healy, Alaska.]