Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-16


Of gravel while the silica is in solid
rock form.
The chrome deposits are next IN
order, and are scattered here and
there over the hills for several miles
in the shape of small lenses or kid
, neys. Sometimes these lenses are
located a mile or more from the rail-
road and as they are soon exhausted
It does not pay to build spur tracks.
From such deposits the chrome ore Is
carried On donkeys (Kona nightin-
gales. Chrome Of course is uncertain
and requires continual exploration for
new lenses. At the present time the
, company is selling about $1,000 worth
OF chrome monthly.
On the occasion of my visit nearly
so tons Of this ore lone s. P. car
load) was on the platform at Jones
| ready for shipment to Patterson and
finally to Alabama, consigned to the
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company. The
price the company expects to receive
is about $38 per ton, less the cost Of
freight-about $13. per ton. Mr.. An
derson estimates 81 a ton as cost Of
getting II out so that a profit of about
| $50 per ton or $1,000 on the carload
will be obtained. This ore was rath-
er carefully selected and assayed
448 per cent manganese, 10.4 per cent
silica, IA per cent iron, which easily
came within the specifications of the
| purchasers. Undoubtedly a fair rev.
enue can be secured from the sale
of manganese ore but there is doubt
in the mind of Mr.. Anderson as to
its advisability, except as a temper
airy expedient, as it's the company's
one big asset and worth, as finished
manganese dioxide, a figure out OF
proportion to its value as raw manga
anese. ore. The various deposits are
capable of considera BILE development
and when the manganese-dioxide
plant is working the magnesia will
come in for attention. Mr.. Robert
Anderson is now working on q plan
for making magnesium carbonate.
After a thorough investigation his idea
is to build small experimental plant
in order to avoid the difficulties ex-
perienced in the manganese-dioxide
plant Magnesium carbonate has not
been made heretofore from ore of the
character found on the company's
property, which accounts for Mr.. An
derson's precautions.
The land in Patterson upon which
| is located the plant and the railroad
| yards-about Is acres in all-is held
by the company under an agreement
with the Patterson interests that the
plant and railroad will be operated
for five years, at the end of which
time ownership will be vested in the
company. The company will thus OBJ
tain title without com ensation.
Labor Unsatisfactory
The labor situation is rather I'm.
| satisfactory, although no difficulty
has been experienced to date. 1t will
not be an easy matter, however, to
greatly increase the number of Ia
borers owing TO the great demand
everywhere.
While not in active touch with the
financial condition of the company, l
understand from a reliable source that
it owes approximately $4,000 but out
of which there is sufficient cash on
hand to continue operations for sew
eral months even though no income
is derived from the sale of commo-
dities.
Mr. Anderson has found it extremely
difficult to get definite bid on
manganese-dioxide as all prospective
purchasers want to know how much
the company has to deliver. Being
unable to state definitely, Mr.. Ander'
son has had to be content with ap-
proximate quotations, but seems con-
WINGED from his Investigations that
it will bring close to $500 per ton.
THE company has a good person
mel and every man connected with the
organization is working theoretically
in an effort to make the company
commercial success. Hawaiian
shareholders visiting in California will
lind a trip to the Mineral Products
Company interesting and instructive"
A daughter Nancy Burnham, was