The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-25
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dingheld, who Is a mining engineer OF
the Bureau OF Science
Another mining district which is now
baing exploited Is in the little Island
OF Masbatc, This was also worked by
the Chinese, and It has three companies
working in 1t to-day. Some OF the
veins average s1i per ton. and 1t is
gotten out with air drills.
They are mining gold on the oast.rn
coast OF LuZon, about iSo miles from
Manila This region Is an old one and
much of the output comes from placer
mines. There is tract of river fats
upon which the gold is washed down
from the adjacent hills. Some New
zealanders are getting this gold out
with dredges and others are now bring
ms in dredges to take up and wash
out the soil. Quartz bowld ars arc
sometimes found at the bottom, and
some of the best dirt averages over
81 per cubic yard. The gold Is course
and melted down 1t has q value Of
SIS per ounce. There Is also gold in
alindanao. and there are copper iron.
coal and other minerals OF value In Luz
Zon, Cehu, Mindoro and elsewhere.
The Moros In 1912.
Before leave the Philippines I
wish to say a few words about tho
Moros I saw much OF them when
went through their country visiting
the ports and coast villages on
steamer loaded with Uncle Sans mules.
We delivered the mules to the soldiers,
and often came to places which had
been opened only n few days before.
] thus had q chance To SEQ the Moro
| as he was undsr the Spaniard. There
were about 100000 OF them, and they
were all slave dealers, slave holders CT
slaves. Many had been pirates, not a
few were murderers. and all had low
state of civilization. An internecine war
was going on among them, and It took
us several years to subdue the various
tribes. Here is the news that comes
from that section to-day:
The Moros arc gradually engaging IN
different kinds OF galnful occupa tons.
Along the coasts they dry fish for sale.
Farther inland they are raising cat
tie and horses. In some places they
have little farms, and in the wilds they
gather such things as wax. bark and
nuts demanded by trade They arc
making some copra and they are also
doing largo business in pearl sh alls
and other such things. The pearl in
dustry now employs about thirty
schooners, and there are buyers from
Paris ready 70 take the pearls as fast
rs they ara found. The divers arc ia
panese and natives. The Moroa are Ill.
SO fishing for sponges. In somo places
they weave mats and In others mako
excellent cloth. On thu Island of Jolo
! the government Is teaching them how
to improve their herds of cattle and
horses. and about Lake Lanao 1t ia
telling them how to make more ont Of
their farms. The people are coming
to trust Americans. They protest
against their government being Civ
Ell over to tha Fillpinos, and say they
prefer TO be ruled by Uncle Sam un-
der their sultans and dattos. This Ia
the situation to-day.
The Moro Province.
1t was in 1903 that Uncle Sam form
cd tho Moro province. separating these
people from the rest OF the Islands
and giving them a government which
] was different from that of the Filipinos
!! themselves Tho Moros are under Mill
tary government with n provincial cap
ital at Zamboanga and district capt
tails at Jolo, Zamboanga. 1lisan, Cot
| tobatto and Dnvuo. There arc five dis
tricts,. and they cover tho Island OF
AIindanao and the Sulu archipelago go.
Each district has both Aloros and
] Chrlstians. but the Christians are con-