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The mineral resources of the Philippine Islands
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]j. F. I.,
w h i c h cspc:{iall 5' fit it f~n" the purp(,~:s ~ vii:u, lhcl< b; uo like ~cLdon ol0tainable wh(:ic t}lc \'sTied slid p i c t u r e s q u e sccHcry so admir;~hly a d d s to t h e des i r a h i l i t y o f Its,, location. \ V h i h th¢~¢ l>r,Awatcr~ ;~re Sill~tllar]y devoid o f lal.zes, thor<: ~=c amlfle s t r e a m s rumlinf4 t!u'ough dtet.p valleys alld g o r g e s w h i c h f e u d e r t}~'.: p r o d u c t i o n of 'artif~c.ial ]{rl.~.>~ a n d rc:<.rvr~irs a m a t t e r of de{all aTlf! O]" sIitzllt (:xpemtiture. Cascad<:s a n d cvcal x~aterfalls of very consid~u-~d,Icdhu(:n~i,m~al~ound oH every h a n d , va!<. alr(:tches of virgin forests, \villi &ll (:VCI'~.~FCCI] /lll(l('r!~vo'~xth (~f lattFc], l£,~[]illia, rllo(i(){1cllllYOll, (tc. 1 afford ;mq)h' sl,t:]*~.~ and brow'sh~?; for Ilk: winter, u h i h : the at~:ep m o u n t a i n sides, ]:tl.t~ely cover<.~l with b o ~ l d c l ~ :tim r o c k y lcdg~rs, from <\'cry erallllV of w h i c h *h:nse v c g e l n t h m sprinMs fortl~, f'mniy~h saA; honl<~ for all ~arietics of otlr sHIalIcF lllalllllla]s, A park tlml uoul,t take J~ tim re@on alr)H< t h e S m o k y 5 I o m K a i n s a r o u n ( t C l i n g m a n ' s l)omc, ~,~ tit( soul.ht?l"n slop~,~ m o u r n [ w h e r e N o r t h and Sollth C a r o l i n a and (;(:(nXia mc*:t, ill i.h~.: nliddlc e)f tile h e a d w a t e r s ~)f t h e S a v a n md~ River, or wh~:rc q'enlmssce, North Cttl oli~m a n d G e o r g i a m e e t , would n o t be misplaced. T h e tin~I,e~ all([ miner'fl wealtl~ of tlm r e g i o n s m e r i t % n e d are s u c h t h a t it can only be a q u e s t i o n of a few d e c a d e s xxl'.en t h e s e mountail~ alopes~ will be demaded aml ~ h e n t h e people of t h e vast valleys t h a t d e p e n d on these: w a t e r s h e d s for t h e i r water s u p p l ) will suitor from t h e b l h l d n e s s of a gcnerati(m tlmt could not foresee t h e ,)[hcr~ise i n e v i t a b l e a n d c o m b i n e its llreventiou with the l~enefits of a n e n d u r i n g n a t i o n a l p a r k in t h e p o p u l o u s Ea st. --~5?/~:~" I ( / / c . l .z~ v ~ca,. W A S'F F, P R O I ) U C T S . h~ a r e c e n t paper, read before t h e E n g i n e e r s ' Club of P h i l a d e l p h i a , J o h n l;irki nhi ne p r e s e n t e d m a n y i n t e r e s t i n g facts r e l a t i n g to t h e utilization of waste p r o d u c t s , one of w h i c h h a s special i n t e r e s t for t i n - p l a t e m a n u f a c t u r e r s . Mr. l',irkinbine says: " T h e possibilities of u t i l i z i n g waste in a s i n g l e direction were s u g g e s t e d t)y a v i s i t to a large b u t t o n w o r k s in C o n n e c t i c u t , w h e r e I was i n f o r m e d t h a t 9 ° tous of b u t t o n s h a d b e e n m a d e in one m o n t h . Tile m a t e r i a l used to p r o d u c e these b u t t o n s was t h e r e m n a n t s of t h e s h e e t s of t i n plate f r o m w h i c h the b o t t o m s a n d caps of cans for b l a c k i n g a n d o t h e r b o x e s h a d b e e n cut. After t i l t b u t t o n b l a n k s had been p u n c h e d f r o m t h i s t i n - p l a t e t h e s m a l l t r i a n g l e s of m e t a l c o n n e c t e d by iron t h r e a d s w e r e c o m p r e s s e d in a fortn u n d e r a d r o p - h a m m e r , and s u b s e q u e n t l y s h i p p e d a w a y to be m a d e into s a s h w e i g h t s . "
TIIG MINERAL
R E S t ) U I ( C t ~ S OI; 'I'HfL P H I L I P P I N E
ISLANDS.
A t a t i m e w h e n i n f o r m a t i o n r e g a r d i n g our new possessions is so m u c h in d e m a n d , t h e n m m o r a n d u n l by C e o r g e F. Itecker, of t h e U n i t e d ,States Geological Survey, on the mineral resources of tile Philippine Islands, will prove of great interest and value. The pamphlet, which was printed at length in a recent issue of the 5 V i e n t i f i c z ~ m r i c a n Sl@i)[elJze~td , covers all the main discoveries in the geology of the Philippines which are of economic interest. The data were obtained from various sources, including unpublished records iu the Spanish Mining I3urean, mine reports by the late William Ashburner, reerbal information obtained in Manila, and from various technical publications.
Mar., ~,)oc~.j
Ah,gc.v alld C})mH~cIlIs.
227
T h e v;_titta]ll[? mil~eralF,, ns far as p r e s e n t k n o w l e d g e goes, are confined to about a score ~,i l h e islands. L u z o n h e a d s t h e list with d e p o s i t s of coal~ goId~ copper, le,qd, it
AR'I'I F I C I A L S I L K . T h e p r o d u c t i o n of artificial s i l k h a s for s o m e t i m e past attracted the attention of e × p e r i m e n t e r s in F r a n c e , a n d we l e a r n f r o m t h e Scientific American t h a t it h a s b e e n u s e d w i t h s u c c e s s to r e p l a c e n a t u r a l silk in certain fabrics. The Count du Chardommt, who claims to he the first to have successfully carried out the process, exhibited some fine specimens of artificial silk at the Paris Exposition of I889. Since then he has perfected his system, and, at
A~)/cs all~ Cb,~',icJJx.
]j. F. I.,
w h i c h cspc:{iall 5' fit it f~n" the purp(,~:s ~ vii:u, lhcl< b; uo like ~cLdon ol0tainable wh(:ic t}lc \'sTied slid p i c t u r e s q u e sccHcry so admir;~hly a d d s to t h e des i r a h i l i t y o f Its,, location. \ V h i h th¢~¢ l>r,Awatcr~ ;~re Sill~tllar]y devoid o f lal.zes, thor<: ~=c amlfle s t r e a m s rumlinf4 t!u'ough dtet.p valleys alld g o r g e s w h i c h f e u d e r t}~'.: p r o d u c t i o n of 'artif~c.ial ]{rl.~.>~ a n d rc:<.rvr~irs a m a t t e r of de{all aTlf! O]" sIitzllt (:xpemtiture. Cascad<:s a n d cvcal x~aterfalls of very consid~u-~d,Icdhu(:n~i,m~al~ound oH every h a n d , va!<. alr(:tches of virgin forests, \villi &ll (:VCI'~.~FCCI] /lll(l('r!~vo'~xth (~f lattFc], l£,~[]illia, rllo(i(){1cllllYOll, (tc. 1 afford ;mq)h' sl,t:]*~.~ and brow'sh~?; for Ilk: winter, u h i h : the at~:ep m o u n t a i n sides, ]:tl.t~ely cover<.~l with b o ~ l d c l ~ :tim r o c k y lcdg~rs, from <\'cry erallllV of w h i c h *h:nse v c g e l n t h m sprinMs fortl~, f'mniy~h saA; honl<~ for all ~arietics of otlr sHIalIcF lllalllllla]s, A park tlml uoul,t take J~ tim re@on alr)H< t h e S m o k y 5 I o m K a i n s a r o u n ( t C l i n g m a n ' s l)omc, ~,~ tit( soul.ht?l"n slop~,~ m o u r n [ w h e r e N o r t h and Sollth C a r o l i n a and (;(:(nXia mc*:t, ill i.h~.: nliddlc e)f tile h e a d w a t e r s ~)f t h e S a v a n md~ River, or wh~:rc q'enlmssce, North Cttl oli~m a n d G e o r g i a m e e t , would n o t be misplaced. T h e tin~I,e~ all([ miner'fl wealtl~ of tlm r e g i o n s m e r i t % n e d are s u c h t h a t it can only be a q u e s t i o n of a few d e c a d e s xxl'.en t h e s e mountail~ alopes~ will be demaded aml ~ h e n t h e people of t h e vast valleys t h a t d e p e n d on these: w a t e r s h e d s for t h e i r water s u p p l ) will suitor from t h e b l h l d n e s s of a gcnerati(m tlmt could not foresee t h e ,)[hcr~ise i n e v i t a b l e a n d c o m b i n e its llreventiou with the l~enefits of a n e n d u r i n g n a t i o n a l p a r k in t h e p o p u l o u s Ea st. --~5?/~:~" I ( / / c . l .z~ v ~ca,. W A S'F F, P R O I ) U C T S . h~ a r e c e n t paper, read before t h e E n g i n e e r s ' Club of P h i l a d e l p h i a , J o h n l;irki nhi ne p r e s e n t e d m a n y i n t e r e s t i n g facts r e l a t i n g to t h e utilization of waste p r o d u c t s , one of w h i c h h a s special i n t e r e s t for t i n - p l a t e m a n u f a c t u r e r s . Mr. l',irkinbine says: " T h e possibilities of u t i l i z i n g waste in a s i n g l e direction were s u g g e s t e d t)y a v i s i t to a large b u t t o n w o r k s in C o n n e c t i c u t , w h e r e I was i n f o r m e d t h a t 9 ° tous of b u t t o n s h a d b e e n m a d e in one m o n t h . Tile m a t e r i a l used to p r o d u c e these b u t t o n s was t h e r e m n a n t s of t h e s h e e t s of t i n plate f r o m w h i c h the b o t t o m s a n d caps of cans for b l a c k i n g a n d o t h e r b o x e s h a d b e e n cut. After t i l t b u t t o n b l a n k s had been p u n c h e d f r o m t h i s t i n - p l a t e t h e s m a l l t r i a n g l e s of m e t a l c o n n e c t e d by iron t h r e a d s w e r e c o m p r e s s e d in a fortn u n d e r a d r o p - h a m m e r , and s u b s e q u e n t l y s h i p p e d a w a y to be m a d e into s a s h w e i g h t s . "
TIIG MINERAL
R E S t ) U I ( C t ~ S OI; 'I'HfL P H I L I P P I N E
ISLANDS.
A t a t i m e w h e n i n f o r m a t i o n r e g a r d i n g our new possessions is so m u c h in d e m a n d , t h e n m m o r a n d u n l by C e o r g e F. Itecker, of t h e U n i t e d ,States Geological Survey, on the mineral resources of tile Philippine Islands, will prove of great interest and value. The pamphlet, which was printed at length in a recent issue of the 5 V i e n t i f i c z ~ m r i c a n Sl@i)[elJze~td , covers all the main discoveries in the geology of the Philippines which are of economic interest. The data were obtained from various sources, including unpublished records iu the Spanish Mining I3urean, mine reports by the late William Ashburner, reerbal information obtained in Manila, and from various technical publications.
Mar., ~,)oc~.j
Ah,gc.v alld C})mH~cIlIs.
227
T h e v;_titta]ll[? mil~eralF,, ns far as p r e s e n t k n o w l e d g e goes, are confined to about a score ~,i l h e islands. L u z o n h e a d s t h e list with d e p o s i t s of coal~ goId~ copper, le,qd, it
AR'I'I F I C I A L S I L K . T h e p r o d u c t i o n of artificial s i l k h a s for s o m e t i m e past attracted the attention of e × p e r i m e n t e r s in F r a n c e , a n d we l e a r n f r o m t h e Scientific American t h a t it h a s b e e n u s e d w i t h s u c c e s s to r e p l a c e n a t u r a l silk in certain fabrics. The Count du Chardommt, who claims to he the first to have successfully carried out the process, exhibited some fine specimens of artificial silk at the Paris Exposition of I889. Since then he has perfected his system, and, at