For 1915-1916, Sumner Smith continued the reporting of mining information in two monographs entitled: The mining industry in the Territory of Alaska during the calendar year 1915[ -1916], issued as Bureau of Mines bulletins 142 and 153. At the same time, a Territorial Mine Inspector had also been appointed in 1915, and reports from this office were issued from 1915-1925/26 as: Report of the Territorial Mine Inspector to the Goveror of Alaska, etc.