The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14
ASPHALT VEIN FOUND IN
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
Deposit Of Good Quality and
supposed To BE Of
Large Extent.

WA-aiSGroS, June t3.-Facts regard
ing the discovery OF asphalt in the Philip
pine Islands are sent by Consul-General
GEORGE T.. Anderson from Hongkong
china. and printed In the Daily Consular
anil Trads Reports. Mr. Anderson SAYS
that the vein was discovered by "A Gov
,rum"ni forester, who took an outcrop on
a hillside FOR coal. The deposit lies In the
Lcyte Province, barrio of Campopoc. on
the northwest peninsula OF the island
about ten miles from the ocean. The
vein runs about Il yard and a half thick
and can readily be traced about 100 yards
along the side of the hill, several thou
sand tons Of material being actually in
sight with Indications that the deposit IL
much greater, The analysis OF the de-
pusit made In Europe shows that Il Is OF
a qualify suitable FOR the highest uses
aud ought to bring the highest prices,
Th- discoveries of the vein are al
ready using the material FOR roof
Hg and similar purposes. Emanatlous
o. an oily nature in the country near the
deposit have been noticed for many years
ana We're supposed to indicate oil.
The successful application OF this
Philippine asphalt 20 paving and similar
work will be of tho highest I'M
portpucc. both 90 the Philippines and to
other portions OF the East. At present
asphalt Tor paving, roofing and other pur-
poses Il imported from Europe and the
United States at high cost, the result
being not only high priced pavements,
but a minimum of high grade material In
construction ot such pavements.
The Far East IL just commencing 10 turn
to modern pavements generally, and the
uso Of asphalt heretofore has been quite
limited In llongkong where, by reason
Of its peculiar location and the nature OF
It's topography. road building has received
particularly careful attention and has
b. uttl NJ hla axnari-
mcntation. little has been done in the use
OF asphalt until comparatively recently
and the change has been due to the In
creasng use OF motor cars and heavy
traffic vehicles instead of the chairs and
iinrickshas, which heretofore have
made the use OF macadam and OF con-
crete aud csment practicable. On the
less frequently used roads and on the
higher levels a concrete mixture OF broken
stone n peculiar sticky Chinese clay and
lime has usually been employed. As re-
suit Of the heavier demand upon the
roads OF the lower levels by motor car
traffic the need OF n heavier binder for the
broken stone has been seen and most Of
the better class pavements now being
l laid are OF broken stone laid In asphalt OF
In tar.
! The supply Of asphalt in the Far East
Mt present IL coming largely from the
west coast Of the United States and the
1 trade II increasing. Pavement grades OF
asphalt AZ present In Hongkong cost
around s3b gold per ton. other grades
| running as high as s75 gold per ton. de-
/ livered In Hongkong in either case. III
| Hungkong little compressed asphalt has
| been used so far and that used has beer
| lmr'orted through the Crown agents In
/ London. Tar mscadam Is the chief pave
msnt employed at present. but Govern
ment engineers report that they expect
to employ more compressed asphalt In th'
! fIIMrp.