The Red Cloud chief., 1901-02-22
GOLD IN PHILIPPINES
Plenty of Precious Metal In Our
New Islands.
Many Americans Now Engaged IN
Surface Operations - interest-
ing Particulars by Mining
Authority.

ing Particulars by Mining
Authority.
The subject of gold to be found il
our newly acquired Pacific islands !
treated in the Engineering and Mining
Journal by g. ID. Rice. He says tina
although there is plenty Of the pre-
cious metal in the Philippines, IL can
not be obtained in any considerable
amounts without the erection of larg'
stamp-mills or smelling plants, AM
that the nan who is looking for gol'
without great capital had better en-
ter the field simply as a dealer, buy
ing up the accumulated boards OF thu
natives in the interior. Mr.. Rich tell
us that, generally speaking. the gol'
is found either in a~lluvial deposits 81
in lodges and veins. The former pa,
best at present, and numerous dis
charged soldiers and civilians are al
ready making considerable none.
from operating on the river backs h
the foothills. Says Mr.. Rice:
Some miners in the Philippine
claim to have made large profits b.,
working the sands and beaches on the
%seacoast. saw one place alfng thu
beaches of Panay where there wa
mining apparatus in operation for ;
mile or more getting out the gold de
posits, which probably hal beer
washed into the ocean in the current.
of some river and deposited bOng tn,
shores. The gold obtained seemed t.
be very fine and worn smooiI 10y lonl
action of the waters. E,iddtly tn,
original Judgment of this DID wa
in some far-away mountain. yid il wa
washed to the seas bl the rivci Mucl
of this gold was invisible aud Would b,
claSscd rnGcr the head Of nouj gold.
placer gold in the Philippines al
ways has a smoother appearance foI
the reason that il is iumblcI about il
the r%avlncS and along the rivIr-courSrI
for "A long time before it Peaches ,
place of deposit in the shorts of som,
river or at the beaches. The native,
have been at work gettirF gold foi
nearly 100 years, and some of then
have secured large stores 81 the valu
able metal without knowing its tru,
value | have entered uiE Shacks q.
the native. for n rcstingptce through
the nigh, and have beef shown the
collections of gold and other metals
of the native father aFi his family
Although the shack MAJ not be worth
ten dollars and there ma he a shortag,
of the n~ecesSaricS ofiife. the native
miner will be able II exhibit "A bag
ful of nuggets about he size of peas
most of them being hftcned and worn
Flour gold. too. will be seen, but thi,
is the kind that the jativc sells or dis.
poses OF in some waNfirst and he keeps
the nuggets. In fad, in almost ever,
portion OF the archipelago, until the
past few months. tlcrc has been prac.
tically no profitabldway for the native
miners To change bis treasure into
commercial money! lie has had to dc
ms bartering witlIgold, and frequent.
" the gold has lad but little cur.
rent value in sections of the islands
which have been ut of from the out.
size world, | hive seen natives in
actual want who tere ~posseSsOrS Of lit.
tie boxes of gold
n Tar richerfleld to work in the
philippines thar prospecting just now
rs 10 go among theSe isolated mountain
towns ~ barhos Tor the purpose OF
purchasing th1 accumulation OF gold
IN the hands 4 natives who have not
the ability To dispose of it. There are
many of the natives who never 90 more
than five mild from their homes dur,
ing their liNt. aud they might hay,
several thouyaud dollars worth OF
gold which they have collected since
they could work, and have not been
able To getN he benefit of II for wan,
OF means fd changing il into CONNER,
ciai money Large amounts OF thi,
gold could le bought mp and shipped I,
the seacoaN for transportation (,
America o. other countries, and IN,
returns wdild be profitable.
ut is c>dcnt that there will not h,
any eNtenhve mining operations la IN,
Philippine until parties with capita
enter thctc.d aud put up stamp-miIl,
~
or smeIthg-p!ants. There are som.
rich lods in the mountains of .h,
southern islands OF the Philippines
and in Iess than five years some o.
the ~propoters OF mining schemes Their,
are gopg to make II great moun o.
money There are thousands OF ma
tl'es alailable for service in the mine
al theIow rate OF wages OF ten to fl
teen tnts per day, while there are
great number Of Chinese coolies her,
who tould work for even less tina,
That There are at present some Amer
'can aiming concerns represented here
and tteps are being taken to nut i,
necessary equipment 10 utilize III,
veins OF quartz which have been Ia
'at"d' have heen through the min
lm$ s'''hnN Of P"uaN, pnrt Of Iulcr
Nin'oih ard several other i,.aN ,
ana Ia "ery instance the sample. u
gold orr were promising