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


cost Of fuel oil and gasoHue expected
about september Co., NE navy will
pay or the following provisional basis
OF prices Fuel OIL. 81 - barrel de-
livcred at Fort Arthur, TEXAS. and
Sion at San Francisco, gasoline, N.
cents d gallon in bulk at Port Arthur
and l. cents at San Francisco
These figures are TO he understood
as advance payments uOpn the pri Is
to be fixed finally by the uHde con
mission
Of gravel While tie silica Is in solid
rock form
THE chrome deposits are next N
order, ana are 81 catered here and
there over the hills for several miles
in the shape OF small lenses or kid,
ncys. 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 CKOna niehtin-
galeSD Chrome of course is uncertain
and requires continual exploration for
new lenses, At the present time the
company is selling about $l""' worth
O. chrome monthly.
On the occasion of my visit nearly
~ tons Of TINS ore zone ). +. car
lOad) was on the platform al 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 $3S per ton, less the cost OIL
freight-abOut $13. per ton. MIR. An
derson estimates 81 a ton as cost OF
getting it out SO that a profit of about
So per ton or $1,000 on the carload
will be obtained This ore was rath-
er carefully selected and assayed
448 per cent manganese, 1U.4 per cent
silica, IA per cent iron, which easily
came within the specifications OF the
purchasers. Undoubtedly a tair rev
enue can be secured from the sale
of manganese ore but there is doubt
in the mind of Mr. Anderson as to
its ACCESSIBILITY, except as a temper
airy eXpedient, as it's the COmpany's
one big asset and worth, as finished
manganese dioXide, figure out o.
proportion to its value as raw manga
anese. ore. The various deposits are
capable of considerable development
and when the manganese-diOXide
plant is working the magnesia will
come in for attention. Mr.. Robert
Anderson is now working on a plan
for making magnesium carbonate.
After a thorough investigation his idea
is to build a 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
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 U6SH chpSl lSuSCu W No(C' IL VIII
not be an easy matter, however, to
greatly increase the number of la
borers owing 10 the great demand
everywhere.
While not in active touch with the
financial condition of the company,
understand from a reliable source that
it owes approximately $4,000 but out
of which there is tsufficient 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 a 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 energetically
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
horn on lime II II Hr and Mrs JOSeDh