Arizona republican., 1899-04-11

per cent and Egypt 10 per cent of the
leaf tobacco. OF the manufactured
tobacco, 20 per cent goes to China and
Singapore, 10 per cent to England, and
5 per cent to Spain. Cacoanuts are
grown in southern Luzon and are used
in various ways The products are
largely consumed in the islands, but
the exports in 1894 were valued at
So 400 600.
Cattle, goats and sheep have been in
PRODUCED from Spain, but they are not
numerous. Domestic Digs and chick
ems are seen around everywhere in the
farming districts The principal beast
CT burden is the carabao, or water buff
falo. which is used for blowing rice
fields as well as drawing heavy loads
on sledges or on carts. Large horses
are almost unknown but there are
great numbers Of native ponies from
nine to twelve hands high. possessing
strength and endurance far beyond
their size.
Gold is found in vast number of
localities in the archipelago from
northern Luzon TO central Mindanao.
In most cases the gold is detrital, and
found either in existing water courses
or in stream deposits now deserted by
the current These last are called
"alluviones" b. the SDa1iards. 1t is
said that in MinGanao some Of the
graveIs are in an elevated position
and adapted to hydraulic mining.
There is no data at hand which
intimates decisively the value of any
of the placers They are washed by
natives largely with cocoanut shells
for pans, though the batea is also in
use
In the province of Abra. at the
northern end of Luzon, there are
placers, and the gravel of the river
Abra is auriferous In Lapanto there
are gold quartz veins as well as grav-
els. Gold is obtained in this province
close to the copper mines. In Benguet
the gravels of the river AgnO carry
gold There is also gold in the prov
ince 10 Motoc and in Nueva Ecija. The
most important of the auriferous prov
townships of MambulaO, Paraca.e and
Labo are especially well known as
gold producing localities. Mr.. Drasche.
a we'll known German geologist, says
that there were 700 natives at work on
the rich quartz veins of this place at
the time of his visit about twenty-five
years since At ParacaIe there are
parallel quartz veins in granite, one Of
which is twenty-fest in width and con-
tains a chute in which the ore is said
to assay thirty-six ounces of gold per
ton. One may suspect that this assay
hardly represented an average sample
Besides the localities mentioned, many
others of this province have been
worked by the natives. The islands of
Mindoro. Catanduanes. Siluyan, Panay,
Zebu and Bohol are reported to con-
tain gold, but no exact data is avail
able. At the south end of the small
island of Panaon, which is just to the
south Of Leyte, there are gold quartz
veins, one of which has been worked
to some extent. 1t is six feet in thick
ness. and has yielded from Sc to S.
per ton. In the island of MinC1nao
there are two known gold bearing dis
tricts-the province CT Surigao, where
Placer and other townships show
gravels and veins, and the province of
Misamis Near the settlement of I'm
ponan and on the Gulf of Macajalar
there are said to be many square kilo-
meters of gravel carrying large guam
titles of gold with which is associated
platinum The product of this dis
trict was estimated some years since
as $50 ounces per month, all extracted
by natives with bateas or cocoanut
shell dishes
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