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In 1779 a British expedition under Captain [[James Cook]] passed Prince of Wales Island. [[Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse|Comte de La Perouse]] led a French expedition to the area in 1786.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.pbs.org/harriman/1899/exploration.html |work= Harriman: History of Exploration|title=Exploration and Settlement on the Alaskan Coast |publisher=pbs.org |year=2011 |access-date=July 14, 2011}}</ref> [[Karta Bay]] is the site of the first salmon saltery in Alaska.<ref name="Office1893">{{cite book|author=United States. Census Office|title=Report on Population and Resources of Alaska at the Eleventh Census, 1890|url=https://archive.org/details/reportonpopulat01statgoog|edition=Public domain|year=1893|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=[https://archive.org/details/reportonpopulat01statgoog/page/n68 30]–}}</ref> |
In 1779 a British expedition under Captain [[James Cook]] passed Prince of Wales Island. [[Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse|Comte de La Perouse]] led a French expedition to the area in 1786.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.pbs.org/harriman/1899/exploration.html |work= Harriman: History of Exploration|title=Exploration and Settlement on the Alaskan Coast |publisher=pbs.org |year=2011 |access-date=July 14, 2011}}</ref> [[Karta Bay]] is the site of the first salmon saltery in Alaska.<ref name="Office1893">{{cite book|author=United States. Census Office|title=Report on Population and Resources of Alaska at the Eleventh Census, 1890|url=https://archive.org/details/reportonpopulat01statgoog|edition=Public domain|year=1893|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=[https://archive.org/details/reportonpopulat01statgoog/page/n68 30]–}}</ref> |
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On September 20, 1793, [[George Vancouver]] gave the name "Prince of Wales Archipelago" to all the islands of the southern Alexander Archipelago, which he suspected to have a single major island; the name referred to George, Prince of Wales, who would later become King [[George IV]]. By 1825 the name "Prince of Wales Island" was being used for the largest of the islands in Vancouver's archipelago.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dggs.alaska.gov/webpubs/usgs/p/text/p0567.pdf |publisher= United States Geological Survey |title= Dictionary of Alaska Place Names |last= Orth |first= Donald J. |page= 777 |access-date=21 February 2020}}</ref> |
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Settlers began [[mining]] of [[gold]], [[copper]], and other metals on the island in the late 19th century, as European Americans entered the area to exploit the natural resources. Gold production came from underground [[Gold mining in Alaska#Lode (hard rock) mines|lode mine]]s exploiting: gold-bearing [[quartz]] [[Vein (geology)|vein]]s in [[metamorphic rock]]s (such as the Gold Standard, Sea Level, Dawson, Golden Fleece and Goldstream mines); [[skarn]]s (at the Jumbo and Kassan Peninsula copper-gold mines); zoned [[mafic]]-[[ultramafic]] [[pluton]]s, as at the Salt Chuck silver-gold-copper-[[Platinum group|PGE]] mine; and [[Volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposit|VMS deposits]] such as Niblack. [[Uranium]] was mined at [[Uranium mining in the United States#Alaska|Bokan Mountain]] in the 1950s and 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dixon Entrance quadrangle |url=http://ardf.wr.usgs.gov/ardf_data/DixonEntrance.pdf |website=Alaska Resource Data File}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ucoreuranium.com/bokan.asp |title=Ucore Uranium {{pipe}} Bokan Mountain, Alaska |access-date=2008-08-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705225824/http://www.ucoreuranium.com/bokan.asp |archive-date=July 5, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> |
Settlers began [[mining]] of [[gold]], [[copper]], and other metals on the island in the late 19th century, as European Americans entered the area to exploit the natural resources. Gold production came from underground [[Gold mining in Alaska#Lode (hard rock) mines|lode mine]]s exploiting: gold-bearing [[quartz]] [[Vein (geology)|vein]]s in [[metamorphic rock]]s (such as the Gold Standard, Sea Level, Dawson, Golden Fleece and Goldstream mines); [[skarn]]s (at the Jumbo and Kassan Peninsula copper-gold mines); zoned [[mafic]]-[[ultramafic]] [[pluton]]s, as at the Salt Chuck silver-gold-copper-[[Platinum group|PGE]] mine; and [[Volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposit|VMS deposits]] such as Niblack. [[Uranium]] was mined at [[Uranium mining in the United States#Alaska|Bokan Mountain]] in the 1950s and 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dixon Entrance quadrangle |url=http://ardf.wr.usgs.gov/ardf_data/DixonEntrance.pdf |website=Alaska Resource Data File}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ucoreuranium.com/bokan.asp |title=Ucore Uranium {{pipe}} Bokan Mountain, Alaska |access-date=2008-08-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705225824/http://www.ucoreuranium.com/bokan.asp |archive-date=July 5, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> |
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