Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-08-13

cent copper. The copper occurs IN
almost inexhaustible quantities, break
ing out of the mountains in hinge
lodges which form a continuous chain
OF copper ore twenty miles in length.
In 1857 Spanish mining company
obtained two concessions on this
property and attempted to work these
mines, but because Of the lack of
sufficient capital, difficulties with the
native labor, lack of proper transpor
tation facilities and absolute ignore
ance in the methods of mining and ex-
tracing the metal, the company was
finally forced to give up the attempt.
Since that time this property has only
been worked to that limited extent
which would fulfill the requirements
of the concession contract, and has
lain practically untouched.
Many Americans have explored
these copper lodges and have taken M
claims on parts not included in tha
Spanish grant. They ali agree that the
deposit of gray copper is one of the
largest that they have ever en-.
countered and one of these men was
formerly superintendent of the
famous United Verde" mine in Ari
IONA.
What of the East.
An army officer who was stationed
on the east coast of Mindanao for over
-, hot
natives of that section used dishes
made of native copper and he showed
me specimens of ore that ran as high
as 30 per cent. copper. At the tins
of his return to Manila the Moro
troubles kept anyone from venturine
in the interior. OF this eastern coast
nothing is known, for the party or
which the officer mentioned was q
member were the first white men who
had ever visited that section in the
memory of the natives.
Coal was discovered in the islands
as early as 1927, but not until the visits
of the first steamships to the islands
in 1912 was any interest shown in
developing any of these claims. This
mineral was first found in the island
of Cebu and since that time dis
coveries have been made on several
of the islands. In speaking of the
coal deposits of the island of Luzon
George F. Becker, United States
geoEogist says:
''In fact, deposits Of coal are dis
tributed from the northern end of the
island of Luzon to the southeastern
extremity. OF many of these occur
rences nothing more is known than
that Ignite has been found. The
vegetation is so luxuriant that in many
cases it is something of task to as
certain anything more definite. The
best deposits known appear to be in
the extreme southern end of Luzon
and on small adjacent islands. Here
the quality is good and the thickness
of the beds reaches nearly fifteen feet
The outcrop is near the shore, and it
is here that the insurgents supplied
their steamers with coal"
In the province of Laguna de Bay
and Morong in this island several good
beds have been found, but as yet there
are absolutely no roads by which these
may be reached.
Coal Good in Quality.
| talked with the head Of the Philip
pine Mining Bureau and he said that
the, coal in this vicinity was very good
in quality and the beds were very ez-
tensive. This officer further stated
that he believed that the wealth of the
coal deposits would exceed that of any
other mineral discovery in the islands.
When the real Importance of good
coal mines in that part of the world is
considered, this statement seems cor
rect, for only with a good supply of
coal can the intended manufacturing
industries be built up.
The quality of the coal found in the
islands is generally very good. Tests
made by the Spaniards in their war