The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-01-25
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Mineral Products Company Is
Developing Valuable Deposits y
In State Of California
Holdings Of Manganese, crome
Iron and Magnesium Said To
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What is essentially a new industry OF
tremendous Importance to California
commerce is that now being established
by the Mineral Products Company. This
concern, which is financed by Hawaiian
capital, has its head offices in Honolulu
with a branch office at 1874 Rialto build.
ing, San Francisco. The president is
Albert Judd, of the Guardian Trust
Company, Honolulu; the vice-president
Is John Waterhouse, and the treasurer
John Guild, both of whom are Of Alex.
ander 4 Baldwin, of Honolulu; and the
secretary, c. G. Bockus, of Honolulu.
The local manager is Henry G. Ginaca,
says the San Francisco Chronicle.
The Mineral Products Company owns
and controls in Stanislaus and Santa
Clara counties about 5000 acres of land,
ON WHICH are located large deposits of
manganese, chrome iron, quartz crystal
silica and hydIated carbonate of mag.
,neslum, the latter deposit being the
only one Of commercial Importance
Known to exist. The manganese de-
posts contain many hundred thousand
tons of ore available for extraction, the
ore being Of very high grade. The
chrome deposits have many thousands
of tons in sight, with possibilities OF
developing a large tonnage. The mag.
nesia deposits contain several million
tons of commercial material, and the
silica deposits several hundred thous.
and tons. ... r.s
High Grade Ochre In Sight
There are also large deposits of high.
grade Ochre said to be superior to the
imported French onhre, and in addition
large deposits of highrgrade lime.
The magnesia deposit provides long
series Of valuable products. 1t is a
natural hydrated carbonate of magne.
stun, and from it sulphate of magnesia
Epson salts) and chloride of magne-
stun are manufactured direct without
any previous treatment Of the raw ma
terial. The Mineral Products Company
has here the only material known from
which these products can be made in
commercial quantities without previous
treatment of the ore. The chloride of
magnesium is technically pure and su-
perior in every way to the imported
foreign commercial product now in use
K The nlagnesia ore pr0yides also a
highs grade fire brick, and a FIRE and
waterproof plaster for exterior finish.
1t furnishes also flooring and artificial
marble. By reason Of the peculiar
characteristics of the raw material in
this deposit, all these products are su.
perior to like manufactures made from
imported magnesite. 10. g..
silica Is Chemically Pure Ill.,
: The deposit Of silica is in the form
of chemically pure quartz crystal,
known to the trade as flint. 1t is used
in the manufacture of paint, wood
Filler, metal polish, and in the manufae-
ture of magnesite flooring and tile,
This is the only known deposit on this
Coast from which this high-grade ma
terial can be obtained. At present al
most the entire demand on the Coast,
amounting annually to many thousand
tons, is supplied by importations. This
deposit is capable Of supplying the en-.
tire Coast demand and large quantities
for export. The only equivalent ma.
terial is imported from Italy. ~.
The chrome ore is of very high grade,
and can be used for the most part bv
the company in the manufacture of
chrome green and other chemical pro
duets of chrome, @ IT,.
The deposits of manganese are the
largest on this hemisphere, and from
them will be manufactured manganese
dioxide for dry batteries and for use
in the glass and chemical trades.
Railway IN Construction
q The Mineral Products Company has
financed and now has under construc.
ton twenty-five miles of standard mar
row'gauge railroad extending westward
from the town of Patterson. The rail.
road will be operated under the name
of the Patterson and Western Railroad
Company. This road is constructed
primarily for the purpose of affording
means of transportation for its own
minerals, but in addition to this there
are tributary to the line the magnesite
deposits of the Western Magnesite Com.
pany, described in the latest edition of
the Encyclopedia Americana as the
So ~ IHtFe are ALSO
large quicksilver mines now in active
operation. .-.- ,.a.O .g# &c.,.
The, plans of the company include the
construction Of extensive manufaetur-
ing plants at Patterson, California, for
the manufacture Of the products de
scribed above. The first plant, now in
course of construction, is for the manu-
facture; of dioxide3 of manganese and
EPSON salts. These products are now
commanding tremendously high prices
because their present sources of supply
are cut of by the war. Heretofore they
have been furnished to the United
States almost exclusively from foreign
I'D s"
Large and Rich
Some idea of the possibilities before
this company may be gained from the
fact that the area controlled by it lies
within belt which produces all the
commercial minerals above referred to
N larger quantity aud greater
purity than anywhere else on
Ibis Coast if not in the whole world.
The operations of this company will
'uprlv the United States with minerals
hitherto almost exclusively imported
from Europe, ami will not only supply
local demands. but in the process Of Dc
vcloPment will supply large export
trade