The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-11
TO NINE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
English Syndicate sends nm Expert
to the Malay ArcAfDeI,ro

without tine even 20 say gooi-by 10 his
FAMILY at st. Louis. Z. NJ Hand a MIN
Ing engineer or Butte, has been ordered
posi- haste by London company 20 iuves-
usate the mineral resources of the Malay
archipelago and the Philippine islands. He
arrived IN the city on Friday. Jus. IL time
10 naiss Gloss connections for Vancouver.
WHERE ne VIII take thu Empress steamer
ior Hongkcng, and therefore had 70 remain
IN seattle 70: a day. In talking to a Post
iHleiAgencer representative AZ the Butler
he said.
Il am going 10 explore the mineral re-
sources OF Java. Sumatra. Borneo ana aft
erwafds OF the Philippine islands. but shall
devote my time principally TO Borneo. /,
VIII Dc pretty rough work. for / shall have
10 go into the mountains of the interior
winch are Inhabited largely by cannibals
and hea9-huntefs. There IS q great deal
OF placer gold in tha. island. and consid-
erab.e quartz, quite d number OF stamp
mills having gone in during the last two
years bat The interior is practically un-
known. The Island is divided between the
English and Dutch, the English holding
the northern part, and The government Is
good. Java, which ] have visited before
Is one OF the most densely populated cour-
titles in the world having about q 90 900
people IN an area of SQ,00a square miles
do not know anything about the minerals
mines and quite 4 number OF stamp mills.
Il also went into the Philippines on my
former trip, but could not get into the in
terror. 1t Is astonishing. the number OF
foreign and United States compan MES which
are looking up the minerals OF the Phil
ippines. 4 gEea. deal OF English capital
IS going there.
Il have no fear OF the climate for mos:
OF my work viii be in this mountains.
where 1t Is perfect. and though they have
fever or the coast. I know sow TO live 50
as 10 escape IL II our soldiers could have
been sent 10 Cuba a month OF six weeks
before they had % begin fighting and be-
come accustomed 20 the country and taken
good care Of themselves, they would have
come ONT all right. The trouble is that m
those coUn;i.s men get ID drinking too
much-three or four times as much as they
would al home. and K affects their liver
and kidneys. Three or four drinks Of rum
or brandy a day would be positively bene-
fcial, bu. they cannot stop at that, and
can drink much more than in the north
without becoming intoxicated
Daring the last ten years have been
through Mexico. Central America and
South America, examining mining prop
erty. Their methods there are very crude.
The great troubl, in all tropical countries
g. the scarcity OF labor. There are plenty
Of people. but they Will not work. because
tGey can I'VE SttAoEt. 4+ag! need NafIAt
any clothes, and in an hour or two man
can gather enough food 10 last him TWO
weeks When he wants 70 get drunk. re
gets a couple OF green coc0Anuts, pours
the juice fato a gourd and lets il ferment.
Then he drinks x and gets as drunk as
man in his country could get for SO.
washington = getting quite a name SIS
a mining state. both IN this country and
IN the old country. It's mineral resources
- SgNHFnA I
have no personal knowledge Of them. FOR
/ have never been in this state before.
though / have been in every other state
OF me Union. In Butte times are better
than ever, and The output CT tie mines Ia
increasing al tie time