Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-01
San Francisco. Chronicle Out
lines Ambitious Projects of
Honolulu Corporation

Under the heading, Mineral Prod
rcts Company Heads Important In
dustry," the San Francisco Chronicle
recently printed the following article
about the corporation, control of
which rests with Honolulu investors:
What is essentially a new industry
Of tremendous importance to Califor-
MIA commerce is that now being es-
tablished by the Mineral Products
Company. This concern, which is fl
nanced by Hawaiian capital. has it's
head offices in Honolulu, with a
branch office at 334 Rialto building,
San Francisco. The president is AL
bert Judd of the Guardian Trust Com
pany, Honolulu; the vice-pres.dent is
John Warehouse, and the treasurer
John Guild, both of whom are of AL
exander & Baldwin of Honolulu; and
the secretary, {. G. Bockus of Ho-
rclulu The local manager is Henry
G. Ginaca. ..ag|
Owns 5000 Acres. : s4ia 80. -
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 hydrated
carbonate of magnesium, the latter
deposit being the only one of CONNER
cal Importance known to exist. The
manganese deposits contain many
hundred thousand tons of ore avail
able for extraction, the ore. being of
very high grade. The chrome depos-
it's have many thousands of tons in
sight, with possibilities of developing
large tonnage. The magnesia de-
posits contain several million tons of
commercial material, and the silica
deposits several hundred thousand
tons.
There are also large deposits of
high-grade ochre said to be superior
to the imported French ochre, and in
addition large deposits of high-grade
lime
Many Valuable Products.
The magnesia deposit provides a
long series of valuable products. It
is a natural hydrated carbonate of
magnesium, and from it sulphate, of
magnesia Epson salts) and chloride
of magnesium are manufactured di-
rect without any previous treatment
of the raw material 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 mag
nesium is technically pure and su.
perior in every way to the imported
foreign commercial product now in
use.
| The magnesia ore provides also a
| Eigh7grade fire brick, and a fire and
waterproof plaster for exterior finish.
1t furnishes also flooring and artif::-
cial marble. By reason OF the peculi-
ar characteristics of the raw material
in this deposit, all these products are
superior to like manufactures made
from imported magnesite. 81
Pure Quartz Crystals.
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
manufacture of magnesite flooring
and tile. This is the only known de
posit on this coast from which this
high-grade material can be obtained
AT present almost the entire demand
on the coast, amounting annually te
many thousand tons, is supplied. By
importations. This deposit is capable
OF supplying the entire coast demand
and large quantities for export. The
only equivalent material is imported
from Italy.
The chrome ore is of very higi
grade, and can be used for the mos
part by the company in the manu-
facture of chrome green and otheI
chemical products of chrome.
The deposits CT manganese are tn,
largest on this hemisphere. and from
them will be manufactured man
ganese dioxide for dry batteries AM
for use in the glass and chemica
trades.
The Mineral Products Company ha
financed and now has under con
struction % miles of standard narrow