| Summary: | Bradley Lauds Alaska Highway: Would Open Canadian Mineral Areas And Invite Tourists, Says A. I. M. M. E. Head. BRADLEY LAUDS ALASKA HIGHWAY Would "Open Canadian Mineral Areas and Invite Tourists, Says A. I. M. M. E. Head. FAIRBANKS, Alaska (/P)—Alaskan miners are predicting even greater mining activities If the proposed Seattle to E*airbanks highway is built. Frederick W. Bradley, president of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, predicted that such a highway not only would open the mineral wealth of the region, but would aid greatly in permanent settlement. "This proposed road strikes me as an excellent idea," he declared. "The highway, running through northern British Columbia and back of the Alaskan panhandle, would open up an Immense, well mineralized district to development am would well repay the Canadian and United States governments with th resources It would tap. "Development of the Alaskan-Juneau and Treadwell-Yukon mines, is progressing rapidly. The district is destined to be one of the foremost of the American continent. With a highway connepting the region with Canada and the United States, development would be rapid as to be almost mlraculou." Alaskan residents look on the proposed road as a first step into great network which would spread over the territory. It is seen here as a means of folding the beauties of Alaska to a great army of tourists that would doubtless follow the opening.
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