The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-09
MANCHUR|A'S
MINERALS
Gold Mines May
Be Of Great
Value.
| RUSSIA WILL HOLD
ON TO DISTRICT
Intense Feeling Exists Between
That Country and
Japan.


try" said Mr. L. w. Smith, of San
Francisco, last evening, in discussing
the East, at the Hawaiian Hotel. Mr..
Smith is q Californian, whose connec-
ton with the Russian Fur Company
has taken him to Northern Siberia dur
! ing the past year, and who, on his way
home has stopped here to look into
the conditions of sugar and labor.
Continuing, he said: There is no way
to estimate the mineral wealth of that
country, for the whole of it has not
been exploited as yet.
1.-The mines of Korea will yet sur
prise the world with their wealth. In
conversation with a member of the
engineering staff of the American COM
pany which has the concession in the
north of Korea, just a few miles from
the boundary line of Manchuria, he
expressed the opinion that the develop
ments in that section of the country
would be very great, and that when
the Manchurian mineral was develop
ed there would be found even greater
wealth. The ores are not of high grade.
| but it is the belief that the Lodges
when they are found will be of i'm
mense extent. His description of the
country leads me to believe that there
is simply a succession of low, rolling
hills, lower even than the California
| foothills, and he said that in every
valley there is found some gold in
the stratum above the bedrock. So
far this is not worked, as the stratum
is light, and there is no way to tunnel
for this gold, the ground being simply
| light soil, which gives way in the pres
sure of rain.
ut is very probable that there will
be much wealth found in the entire
Manchurian district. The general
opinion in the East is that once Rus
STA has taken over that territory the
country will be made purely Russian
district. The railroad down through
the country is doing much for this
end, and the Russian people never give
up once they set out to do anything;
it may be delayed, but never defeated
There is, of course, much feeling in
the East between the Russians and the
Japanese, and there are many persons
in both countries who fear that there
will be a collision at arms between
the nations, and it is a fact that there
is a great deal of bad blood. This is
seen in all lines, and whatever the re-
suit, the feeling, with its effect upon
the business relations of the country,
THE trade of Siberia, especially Of
the sea coast of that country, is great
" on the increase, and with it the
trade of the western coast of America
must grow in proportion. There is no
place in the East where the growth
of the American trade is so we'll
shown as in the Siberian towns. For
instance, the government itself is close
lIy watching everything developing in
the United States On the America
Maru there was an engineer whose
mission to the United States was to
investigate the progress in railway
equipment He intends to look into
cars and shops and will continue on
mis- way to st. Petersburg. travelling
/. east. Il 4
,.All over the East there is a feeling
of growing trade. In Russia the gov
eminent is preparing for development
along all lines, and is protecting its
own people first. There has beeh a
great amount of change in methods Of
the sealers on the Copper Island rock
cries, the japanese having been warn
ed off by the Russians, and many cap
lures being made during the season.
There seems to be plan among ma'ly
Japanese sailors of giving their schoorl-
ers American names, which may ac-
count for the reports seeming to in
clude American ships"