THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF ALASKA 71 
 
Table 3.—Indicators ~f Alaska business activity 
 
 
1966 
1967 P 
Change, 
 
 
 
percent 
Population thousands~ 
 Civilian do~ 
 Military do.~ 
Personal income: 
272.0 
241.0 
31.0 
279.0 
247.0 
32.0 
+2.6 
+2.5 
+3.2 
Total millions~Per capita                                          
$907.0 
$3,421.0 
 $897.0 
$3,629.0 
—1.1 +6.1 
Construction: 
 
 
 
 Payroll millions Highway work completed do.~ 
Resource production: 
$88.8 
$38.8 
$95.8 
$44.2 
+7.9 
+13.9 
   Agriculture do~   Fisheries do.   Forestproducts do.~   Mineral do --
-Gross business receipts do - --   Construction do   Retail sales do~   Manufacturing
do~Foreign trade:   Exports do~~   Imports do~Factory payrolls do ~Annual
average labor force and employment:   Totallaborforce thousands~   Unemployment
do~~ 
$5.5 
 $197.3 
 $73.0 
 $82.7 
$1,375.0 
 $310.5 
 $462.0 
 $83.0 
 $43.3 
 $10.1 
 $56.2 
91.6 
8.3 
$5.5 
 $132.5 
 $77.7 
 $134.1 
$1,506.4 
 $325.9 
 $489.1 
 $93.0 
 $47.4 
 $11.6 
 $55.9 
94.0 
8.3 
—32.8 
+6.4 
+62.2 
+9.6 
+5.0 
+5.9 
+12.1 
 
+9.5 
+14.9 
— .5 
 
+2.6 
Employment: 
 Construction do 
5.9 
5.8 
—1.7 
Aerospace i do~Lumber and wood products do~~Food processing do~Ailmanufacturing
do~~Allindustries do. 
2.0 
2.3 
3.4 
6.6 
83.3 
2.1 
2.4 
2.8 
6.1 
85.7 
+5.0 
+4.3 
—17.7 
—7.6 ±2.9 
P Preliminary. 1 Air transportation. 
 Sources: Survey of Current Business, State Department of Labor, Agricultural
Crop and Livestock Reporting Service, State Department of Highways, State
Department of Revenue, State Department of Economic Development. 
 
 Total value of mineral production in 1967 was $134.1 million, an increase
of 
62 percent over the figure for 1966. Crude oil and natural gas production,
$91.2 million and $3.6 million respectively, made up 71 percent of the total.
Value and physical volume of sand and gravel both rose appreciably, although
the unit value was relatively unchanged. Tonnage of coal decreased by a fraction
of 1 percent; value, reflecting the continuing unit price increases of the
past few years, rose 5 percent to $7.3 million. Gold continued its downward
trend; value of output, slightly more than $800,000, was only 23 percent
of the 1963 figure. The last 5 years have seen a steep and unbroken decline
in gold production, and an appreciable decrease is anticipated in 1968. 
 
 Legislation and Government Programs. 
—A new agency, the Alaska Power Administration (APA), took over the
duties and functions formerly exercised by the Bureau of Reclamation in Alaska.
In announcing the change, Secretary of the In- 
tenor Udall stated that APA was charged with developing soundly based methods
of providing the power needed to stimulate development of Alaska's rich potential.
The new administrator immediately proposed revival of negotiations. for the
Yukon-Taiya hydro-project first proposed in the 1950's. 
 The proposal, a joint project between the United States and Canada, would
involve damming the upper waters of the Yukon River and conveying them through
a chain of lakes that constitute the headwaters of the Yukon to the Taiya
Valley north of Skagway. An 11-mile tunnel would deliver water under an 1,800-foot
head to a generating site near Skagway. The Taiya project could also tie-in
with the proposed North American Water and Power Alliance (NAWAPA) project.
Under this proposal, surplus waters of Alaska, the Yukon Territory, and British
Columbia would be diverted to the Canadian Plains, the Great Lakes, Western
United States, and Mexico.