The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-19

OF great works al Mambulao-the name
s%ignifying Place OF Gold-which once
produced large quantities OF the metai
from pounded quartz. The regular outo
put, according TO records, was l'VVo
ounces weekly.
II is known that there Is a great deal
Of gold in the province Of Benguet' zen
trail Luzon. and also in Northeas!sth
Surigao. on the island or Mlndanao. Inc
| streams in Surigao are particularly men.
| Mindanao is the least known and ieast
settled Of the islands, though II Is near
iv as big as Luzon. Portions OF II are
controlled by Malay sultans' VINO arc
exceedingly independent, having heNtl
acknowledged any allegiance 10 spain
These sultans have piratical inclina-
tons. and IL is not unlikely that the
TINTED states government will have TO
deal with them pretty sharply before
long. 1t is believed that the aurlterous
formation from which the gold OF the
7 streams is derived continues Throughout
the range OF mountains that forms the
backbone. 80 to speak. OF Luzon. lnese
mountains have never been eNploteu "
any extent. though sometimes heaNS
nuggets are brought down from tl'Hl.
one reason why so little Is known OF
the gold Of the Philippines Is that mere
has never been any official control OF
the output. or any tax upon ~ ihe
miners mostly live I'm isolated distrlctS'
and communication between villages
Is rare. The universal man OF business
is the omnipresent Chinaman, peranlp-
ulating peddler or s~torekeeper WIN ~
cd abode. VIII peuctrates the distant
settlements. buys gold with his wares
and sends II out Of the country to Hong
Kong, Annoy, or elsewhere. Hls DUST
ness is 10 keep the extent ana VoIutls
Of his trade a secret. Paracale gold
dust is well known I'm Manila, thouEh
favr Manilesc know where Paracale IS
IL Is a prosperous village ana lts Out
NM Of dust is melted into tiny ingots'
small sea-shell serving as a mold' SO
that each ingot shows the shape OF tne
shell. Each ingot also bears the marx
~ tho testing augur of the Chinese
3 merchant.
In Mindanao the people generally
carry gold about i'm little bags ana use
Il as money. IL is said that noWhrlt
In the world outside Of the Philippines
: the Treadwell mines Of Alaska except
ga. Is nav ore found within a few nun
dred wards Of the anchorage OF sea
going vessels. In one place on the Ia
Ci6c coast Of LuZon a narrow peilnsu-
Ia iuts ont into the occan- headllne
80 white and elittering quartz. This II
a vast deposit Of gold ore. ana al we
e nresent time is being prepared Tor the
h reception OF a crushing plant and ap-
. purtenances.
y Tho methods Of gold-seekinE adopt
d ed by the natives are. as might be eN-
pected. exceedingly primitive. my
4 wash the sand and gravel or the
II streams in wooden bowls, seeking 'he
re- yellow specks which fall TO the bottom.
Is Elsewhere they crush the lochS "
he powder. treating the latter In a similar
Uav. Some Of their mines are honey
k combs of pits dug i'm the ground, inc
Pc soil being a rubbish Of decomposeu
10 fragments Of rocks. The holes are az
much as 30 feet deep. At three ieei
hollow the surface of the ground goio
ne occurs. and increases i'm quantity usu'
10 auy To a depth Of IS feet. The pieces
- ~ rock are carried out Of the pits "
+, baskets, the miners using ladders !"
bamboo. Water is carried out IN w
- same way. in pals, hut during IN
O. .. rainy season the holes cannot be KEEP
II free from water, and work has to d
- discontinued.
~ The pieces Of rock thus obtained ar
-. crushed by means Of the pfithlllNn g,,ii
90 ~trivance known as the 'arraslra' IN,
On apparatus consists of a block OF roe,
= moved by buffalo power, like the nn'
stone on a neither block. Water belh,
added. the result is a fine muu, WnlcI
is washed by women who kneeI btlnI
a wooden gutter filled with water
lie Each woman has a washing board. oN
n or which water from the gutter now
Of through "A small outlet. The ware
washes away most of the Hght san
and other detritus. and TIE iesliue
treated in a fat wooden DOW anu ii'
ally in a. GOGtafllA Eilflls y ''
ouantitv Of the Shiny juice or the &c
60 n leguminous plant Of the fores
10 added 10 the water Of the last Wasf
ing for the purpose OF Keeping 'hS SUI
e11snendcd The washing board an
wooden bow are of great antlqull
and conspicuous among the househol
utensils I'm all the native villages
the gold region.
= OF course. most OF the gold aciual
: contained in the SAND or i,uI l. -,
\ during the process described. Ihi
J which is obtained is poured, in u
' shape Of dust. into a small blval'
shnu and is covered with a pinch
two OF charcoal. The shell containii
gold and charcoal is placed In a IRA
ment Of n broken pot. ana a Woihs
blows through a little barnnoo tupS u
on the kindled charcoal, nus mellii
The gold into q small lump. In N
form IT is bought by the dealers ~
In OF these nuggets, tested in a chemic
laboratory. was found to contain
per cent. Of gold. 10 per cent OF ;
yer. 3 per cent. Of earth and l per c,i
~ iron. II has been ascertained IN
the native miners readily adapt the'
selves TO the civilized methods Il
make excellent workmen. IhuS II
expected thai there VIII be no dlHncul
l. IN deyeloping the mineral resources
u6l the Philippines SO TAR as TN" iap"i 81
ply is concerned.
one OF the most important Items
y the wealth Of the philippines Is eopI
Of which metal there are great oep
its. n natives have long mao COP
utensils for their own use, and the z
rotes who inhabit the trackless cent
shk- mountain range OF LuZon. have carr
on copper mining for centuries. II
, used to make copper kettles three an
= half feet in diameter. and copper NJ
/ sis OF their manufacture have oeen
common use in Manila for more u
-. -.,frrfna They introduced
metal into az early as
and extensive excavations indicate
activity Of their operations In
times. Many people believe that
Ygorrotes are descended from chin
deriving from them their oblique 2
..-.,g, gRg1a uh{rh they worship,