Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-01-31

time there are probably not mere
than five or six thousand Americans.
English and Germans combined here.
and from announced plana for the
Sarris oning OF the island Their" Will
within another year Or SO be almost
that number of soldiers.
BY the middle OF this month there
will have arrived here & battalion OF
marines tprobab,y 800 mem and two
squadrons OF cavalry taDo q 600
mem. Quarters are being provided as
well for Il fall regiment OF infantry
and one Of light artillery tat.ut
loo men). About 100 men OF the
engineer corps are already here. Not
less than 1890 men will be requires!
to man the various areat seacoaSt
batteries now being built: while be-
tween 200 and 2,O"c civilian ar
,isans and mechanic vii! soon b.
brought here to wCrh OH the con-
struction OF the great navy Yard and
dry dock at Pearl Harbor. =
This makes an aggregate of about
5,u0U men. to which must also BE- add
ed several hundred more in hospital
corps. signal corps. and brigade stan
Ulcers. men. and civilian employees
will scarcely Eo less than on" or two
thousand.
From these figures it is easy 10 sec
that Honolulus population will be- in
creased by probably between 5000
and 5000 without exceeding the
bounds # conservatism.
corIing to special press bulle-
tin prepared ly Waldpmar I.indSren.
OF the United S;atss Geological Slr-
vey. the gold mining industry Of the
United States had 4 successful and
prosperous year in 1905. in spite OF
many adverse conditions of trade and
finance. Fundamentally. this pros
pcritv is due to the fixed price and
apparently limitle>s demand for the
produc. The imm"diat" causes
Operatinr to increase the output were
in part the removal of certain ab-
norma! features tending to depress
the production in 1907. such as the
partial closing OF the Ilomestake
mine in the Black Hills OF South Da-
kuta and the labor difficulties in the
Mother Lode counties of California.
To some degree the increased pro
duction OF god is also indirectly due
10 the closing of many mines IN the
haHe.metal camps. 4 tendency TO-
ward increased pCrduction ny small
operators was noted as early as the
last month of 1907 and continued
1908. Large numbers OF
miners left the districts in which the
output OF lead. copper. and zinc vas
curtailed and began placer work or
took up leases in gold-mining camps.
The director Of the mint estimates
the production Of gold for 1908 from
domestic sources at $96.3l3.256.
against 500. 435. 700 in 1907. South
Dakota. Alaska. California, and Cello
RADIO show large estimated increses.
from s2.oOO,OO0 to $3.6o","oo.
The estimtes for Utah indicate a de-
crease of about $1.20O.O0": for
Ne, ada a decrease Of about $1,000 600.
The production Of Montana, Arizona.
Idaho. Oregon. and other silver-pro-
ducine States has remained approx
mately stationary. The production
from the Philippine Islands shows
gratifying increase. the estimate OF
the Mint being $3O6,1OS. against
SIS. 700 in 1907. AS part of the
Philippine gold does not reach IN"
United States mints the showing Is
probably even better than these fig
ures would indicate. Most of the
gold was recovered by quartz min
ing in Benguet and by dredging
perat!ons in Paracale.
The depression in the base-meta
industries did not affect the 60!
TO any considerable d.
gree for the total base-metal ore
only 3 to 10 per cent OF tn
normal cutpu, Of gold for the countr!
The gold from copper ores suffere'
lie reduction. lat the small amounts
from lead and zinc ore:
we're much reduced.
Silver.
The silver-mining industry pre-
s.n,s far less satisfactory condi
i'm than that Of gold. owing 10 tn
wv prices for silver. .ead. copper
and zinc. During the year the iarg'
smelters OF Utah and Colorado wer'
partly closed and partly operated OF
a reduced capacity. Important mines
in Leaivilie. Aspen. Creede. and ram
('i;v. Colo. which were operating OF
low grade ores. found II very dlmcur
TO make profits on ore OF the SAINT
grades that yielded well In 1906 an,
1907. and were therefore compeIeo
to reduce their output or 10 close
Owing &c temporary lack Of demand
from India the silver market decline,
almost continuously from about d
cents per ounce in the early part o.
he wear TO aboIt IS cents In Decem'
her. the average price being 5; cents
The year closed with New YORK pr'ces
At 20 cents. However. the purchase
nv India during past years have been
large and have steadily Increased.