Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-31

many placer deposits When n
cester visited 1t he wae 49, pean Wor
yves that they could tetl ~ the ma
place where there was e nm 10
mat II would dazzle M much gol
fer "N1eplel their 81
MINES WHICH PRobr-cr
WORTH OF GOLD a W w Eooa
There are mines IN I.uzon NH,
produced considerable gold y, S'l th hav
me spanish government k@r,' ne past
OF their mining Operations ~ record
.ohg time certain percentss"3 i,f
the gold mined went 10 ,s ms OF al
spain. According 10 tba wy r hlhS Of
l am told. the mines al Manu- 81
produced weekly as mpcb ''ulu uncl
ounces, This at the rate IVY
ounce, would be $4,000 wor,b ~ AZ
per week These mines w. vi solo
by the Indians before tts worried
es,n. anu later on by the spnnisr5,
ana oy an English syndicate / ' r, a,ui
ssand the English could not eel , S,'' 'I
yves TO cooperate with them snd "a, 4,
lhelr mining was for this reaso- ' W.. nav
cessiul' II Is said. IN fact thstI rSll'
OF the attempts by foreigner o., -on'
ing IN the Philippines have usi5 ,l.n'
man. VINO was one OF the bast o,,,y,'
ues, estimates that 81 300 O00 no. W.
spent In vain experiments MI C,s
ana another and that SO far r.,,inll
has been made. '"' "o-llls
That there Is gold In msry o.
however. there Is no doubt WI -
spaniards first took ndssesslor 10 "a.
Islands after the discovery n, r W.
nand Magellan they sent homo ,,.H ',
quantities Of II IN the shane 10 IA
bracelets, chains and ornaments ny
vi lhelr SHIPS We're captured bv 81,
francis Drake, and the booty was ~
great, II Is said, that Drake fitted mn,
his vessel with silken sails and sis
ropes and thus sailed into London "
HOW THE NATIVES MINE
The mining now being done bv r.
natives Is of the rudest character Thu
use wooden bowls to wash the gold fro,,
the gravel They pound the ARC,
pieces OF gold-bearing rock -
pieces on anyils and then grind tbsro
10 dust between mllstones. the en-, es
being pulled around by water bu0sloo.
In the few mines OF Luzon the wste-
Is taken out By hand by the natives
who pass II up from one 10 another In
buckets OF palm leaves. Each buoko,
holds about two gallons. and II takss
hundreds OF natives TO make the human
chain which thus drains a mine.
POINTS FOR AMERICAN pros.
PECTORs.
i hesitate to advise Americans n
come out here to prospect. As far AZ
present indications 60 II Is all a gam.
BILE and the man who comes risks every.
thing. The field may however. soon De.
velop into one Of great possibilities.
Just now nothing In the interior can he
done from lack OF roads and facilities
for getting machinery into the noun.
tains. There are some placer regions
near the sea, but II there are quartz
veins they are probably In the noun.
tains some distance back from the
coast. II would, for the present. at
least, be best for men 20 20 IN COM
panIes OF a dozen or more. well armed
and ready TO fight In companies they
will be able 10 go almost anywhere.
both against the sayages and the Ia.
drones or Filipino bandits They WIN
find the climate OF the mountains
healthful and braclng, and the country
In the winter at least delightful one
for travelling and prospecting.
OTHER MINERALS
am not yet prepared TO write Of the
frhaVn Inn
told. large beds OF coal on many Of the
Philippines. and that both anthracite
and bituminous, The deposits exist
chiefly on the Islands which are near
est the east, but there are also cyl
dences OF coal near Zamboanga In the
far south.
Capt. Bachelor saw many indications
OF copper and some evidences OF petro'
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