Hearings Held Before the Committee on the Public Lands of the House of Representatives January 27 and 30 1911 on H.R. 32080 to Provide for the Leasing of Coal Lands in the District of Alaska and for Other Purposes.

<p>This volume contains the official record of hearings held before the Committee on the Public Lands of the House of Representatives in January 1911 concerning H.R. 32080 a bill to provide for the leasing of coal lands in the District of Alaska and for other purposes. The hearings offer insight into the legislative considerations and debates surrounding the management and development of natural resources in Alaska at the beginning of the 20th century. They provide a valuable primary source for researchers and historians interested in the history of U.S. public land policy Alaskan development and the interplay between Congress and natural resource exploitation.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>