April 1, 1000.
Or All A lLL.TJSTliAT.ED 3 USE.
Valuable Resources
Of the Philippines
(Copyrighted, 1500, by Frank G. Carpenter.) lUty nro hard, many being fitted for ship-
MANILA, Fob. 14, 1900. (Special Cor- building and lino furniture making,
rcspondonco of Tho Deo.) I visited ono of the Antn Which Hut Wood.
uiggeat sawmills of tbo Philippines today. It Thero aro several varieties of wood horo
If! nU'tinrl hv n Hhlnnon nml HIiltiAon InKnpnra ...t.i-,. . . . .. . ...
j .- wu.uvou wmgu mo wnuo nma win not cat. These nro
were Imposed Tho question of getting
labor to cut tho trees and haul tho logs
out has been n serious ono, and ono which
requires considerable capital. Tho lnbor
usod has been almost cntlroly Filipino labor,
which Is very uncertain. Tho men will
stop work on tho slightest protext, and It
Is only by getting them Into a sort of dobl
slavery or pconngo that steady work can
bo secured. Thero nro but few roads and
no railroads. Tho only beasts of valuo are
tho water buffaloes, which nro tho freight
wcro turning tho great logs Into boards. tho only kinds that aro of muri, vMu f ,r cnrs and ,umbor "nu'ers of tho Islands.
Tho I'aslg river, on which tho mill stands, Srritun, or bu dins in tC I'hlHnnlnos Much of tho t,mbor 1,cs ,,cnr tho Ben' nnd
was lined with logs. Other sawmills above , "hto Dfu,0 socts about UW that U.DCl Snm hn9 tho '8lnm,S
and below wcro busily working, and the , s 'l0u "mw raall an? T?e fiS3 mcaBUTCa wlU I,robnblr bo undertaken to
scratch, scratch of tho saw na It cut through wood nndTev 1 Lt nn tLl sot H out 1 nm toU1 thnt tho bc8t of tho
thhnrd wood could bo everywhere heard. E box fn a Jl2t ThL 1 ii,hLm for08tS nro ,U tho 80Ulhorn l9lnntl8' nl,d t,mt
En sawmill had scores of men employed t th ood Snd iho? m on nM i wv a grCiU pnrt f M,lulnnno ,a ono vn8t wooJs
and 1o scenes in all of them wcro far dlf- 1. ' I .w?..t? B.?. ca"n awa.y "atl P f valuable virgin forest trees.
fort from anything you will find in tho an tho da wh, h , fl on fa
United States. In ho first place, the logs transpoptg wcro ft dozcn ro, , lfo
had bt n barked In tho forests, somo havlne . b . i .
K .iu. i t... . muKiiiK urenu. unon tuo tox which con
i old In the l'lillliMilm-H.
Thero la no doubt thnt gold exists all over
tho Phlllnulncs. but whether It Is In navlnc
been straightened by chipping. All were of tnlned them was opened only a pile of white 1uanl's remains for tho prospector to
tho heaviest of hard wood and nil had a dugt nn(1 t , 1 discovered When 8CltIc- 1 havo rcPrls ovcry day o( 1,10
grain and color which would havo made them .... ,,.. niM,n,i lln f m,', iV oxlatonco of Bmnll placer deposits nnd of
exceedingly valuable could they havo been J tw'"" l ith A Btrenma tho boda of which when washed
Hold In nnr onnntrr. Thn mn.t ,vnn,lnrf..l L". tW0. .nnd tho Other droppod into pieces. .
n,. f i . ,- 1110 wlt0 nd J'ked tho flnvor of the
wood nnd eaten thorn.
Those ants sometimes attack wnrohousca
Tho most of tho storks nro from the
troops who hnvo.bccn in tho mountainous
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tvtinn 1 t . i UlSiriClB UISITICIB WHICH UrO IHIIUUIIUU
wnen they nro not made of hard woods. , . . . . .
nmi n niirriif ,...i,niit, 11! ,1 . chiefly by savages nnd somo of which havo
thing auout. tho mill was Its absoluto lack of
machinery. It was nn Immenso building
covering nlmnsi nn ncro and consisting of
mnnl.. n I - , . U I . 1. 1 . 1 . .. . 1 .1 I t
"iviuj ii iuui uuu iuu iuii:a nuiuii ujuhjiu ii. . -ii, ...it..,..i i , . . cuicny uy BUVHKua uuu auuiu ui which nuvu
Tho floor was the earth and thero wcro no ZtmJl ti. ,,k k.br,,nB', th not been accessible to tho ordinary proa-
walls at tho sides. " " " 7iV i ' . ; . , ' Pcctor. Tho avorago Filipino, It must bu
Tho logs wero placed upon trestles about S"?"y. f ..U,ciLn5? nf d pa.st?.. for. tbcy remembered, is not a traveler. Ho sticks to
Lospltnl dispensaries nnd nttnckod tho
corks. Not long ago ono of our surgeons
marked off tho width of a board from tho 25 . w J 09 contn,n,nB mountains, so that tho country is to a largo
top of tho log and then at each end began i-iV ; ,,, , 77 . ., . , , cxtont unexplored.
to pull crosscut saws across it. Tho log lay ""1 ,""", , T ,V, .. l"u , ,
.a.i ,,nia becn tampered with until it was found
ns high .up from tho ground as your waist,
nnd nt each log four half-naked Chinese
wcro sawing away. With a pencil they
his homo and seldom goes flvo miles bo
yond It. Tho head-hunting natives have to
somo extent kept tho Spaniards out of the
A fow weeks ngo General Grant led his
horizontally on tho trestles, nnd tho handles ,C; ., ' Z I V" , V. regiments acroos tho mountains northeast of
of tho saws wero ao arranged at right "u"UJ,to",u,-'u( l" "r"8 Luzon into tho province of Zlmbalos. Tho
angles with tho blades that by pulling them
back and forth tho men could saw n etrlp
men tell mo their way 'was through tho
woods nnd across streams which boro good
Indications of carrying gold. At ono place
o other officers
center. They then mado a second mark ,tboa rnfanrrnt,0Uch1cd- ,,m 5
nnd went on to saw off tho next board. b 'Xt . i, I B u
Such work requires enreful watching to ff - " wh you si
nnd that tho liquor had evaporated. Thero
was not a sign on tho outsido of tho box
r otiniif tfr lin.l 1 a .1 t mi. 1
of board off tho log. Tho two pair of men " :"K :e" L,.u u-TI "7
wcro sawing toward ench other, beginning u" " '" " """."T Captain I'ardlo and som.
at tho opposite ends of tho log and care- tho," k on"vt," ,"" .fth "TV " washed a double handful of grnvel nnd in it
fully watching the lines till they met in the '" n " 0' thZ' found Ilvo flakca of gold. In most of tho
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. vnn nownero w ero mure any aigus ,u quai w.
nn.i ti,n Li.., i m deposlte.
saw straight and a long tlmo to cut n single 'h'0 They win cat clothTnand naste- About 200 mlIcs eea norlh ot Mnnlln ls
b.l1 '3 llL Krt'SrtSS aSrnnd5 aportcalled Vhan. Theronre now aoldlers
Is made. Tho planing Is al6o done by hand wf ZTlT Z? , I made Into tho mountains at tho east. In
furnituro tho hardwoods only aro used thls re6lon B0,d B nleo to bo 800n ln 11,0
ner0i hands of tho natives. They wash It, It Is
Pine In the PlilllpiiliicN. said, out ot tho beds of creeks and trade the
I havo seen it often stated that there Is dust nnd llttlo nuggotB to tho Chlnoso, who
that thero wore in tho Philippines rosewood no pine ln tho Philippines. Captain Datch- Blvo them about ?35 Mexican money an
logs nlno feet in diameter, nnd that the tics cIer, who has lately returned from a march ounco. I havo heard Iteald thatlho Chlneso
of tho Manlla-Dagupan railroad wero mado of about 300 mllea through tho Cagayan nro ablo ln plnces to oxchango silver for
of mahogany, I wbb inclined to doubt the valley and tho mountains along It, tolls mo gold at tho same weight, but this, llko many
Btatomont8. Now that 1 nm on tho ground thla ia not so. Tho cnptnln ls a North of tho stories told here, is probably without
I doubt thorn no longer. Thero ls enough Carolina man, and he knows a plno tree foundation.
mahogany hero to furnish ties for a rail- when ho sees one. Ho says ho marched for How the Snvnuoi Sell Gold.
road ncross tho continent, anu tho varieties anys through plno forests, using pine knots
and so aro all classes ot woodmaklng
operations.
HarilwooilH of tlie l'lilllpiiliifn.
When I was told ln tho United States
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mining has been, to say tho least, extremely tho amount of nlluvlnl cold which has boon
It la lmnosfllblo for ono to understand how dangerous. Such gold ns has boon discovered thua sold loads to tho belief that thero must
of hardwood aro so numerous that a nine- to mako torches for his men when they gold could exist horo for hundreds of years 1,(18 nlso bocn koDt BCCrot for fear ol rou" no quartz, veins In Mlndnnno.
foot rosewood log would not surpriso me. camped at night. Ho tells mo tho trees are with tho country in tho hands of tho Span- bor3r 1 "wo not visited tho Island of Mlndoro.
I talked yesterday with an army ofllcer iarg0 nn(j ns juu 0f resn ns tho turpentlno lards without its being discovered nnd mined From tho American, ono of tho dally This lies only n fow mllea oast of soiithorn
who has traveled extensively ln tho pino trees of tho south Atlantic coast. unless ho knows tho conditions which pre- papera of Manila, I glvo nn extract from n Luzon nnd la Inhabited nlmost cntlroly by
mahogany forests of tho West Indies nnd Thero ls also a soft cedar wood horo like vail in most parts of tho mountains. Thoy report of a correspondent who hno Just ro- savages. IIb namo Is n corruption of "mlnn-
Central America and who haa Just re- that wo use for cigar boxes. It ls cut from aro wild and without roads of any kind, turned from tho Zlmbalea region. Said ho: do-oro," or tnlno of gold. It Is reported thnt
turned from a march through tho woods of iogg from thirty to forty feet long and al- Their only inhabitants nro tho Negritos, "I enw a long rosary of gold In tho hands of tho Island has many placer deposits. When
northern Luzon. Ho says tho mahogany most a yard squaro. Another wood Is called Igorrotcs, daddonea nnd other savages. Tho ono of tho natives. It wns mado up ot Dean Worcester visited it ho was told by
trees thoro surpass in slzo tho trees of bullet wood, becauso It is as hard as a bul- moro nencoful tiarts of tho Islands hnvn nl- nuggets of virgin gold, tho smallest of which tho natives thnt they could tnko him to n
Santo Domingo, Mexico nnd Honduras. I i0t; it is so hard that It can be driven right ways had their thieves and brluands. eo that wna as big as a pea. Holes 'had .been pierced P'aco whoro thero wns so much gold thnt It
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henr similar stories ot tho eastern provinces
and also of thoso which faco tho Pacific. All
thla Is on tho Island of Luzon, whloh ls
less timbered than many of tho southern
islnnds.
Thoro aro said to bo moro than 300
varlctlec of hardwood on tho islands,
of which at least fifty havo a high com
mercial valuo. I havo seen many ot the
different kinds, but know tho names of but
few. Yesterday I visited a piano manu
factory, whero tho Instruments aro mado from
tho ground up. Tho metal ls cast, tho sound
ing boards sawed out and tho polished cases
dressed and finished. Tho results aro ns
good ns in tho beet piano factories of tho
United States, and In all cases native woods
aro usod. Our ordinary piano woods will
not stand tho Philippine climate. Tho sound
ing boarda ln this damp, moist air lose
.elr resonance, and within a few montns
To b'est Instruments becorao tinny. Thero is
wood hero which stands tho cllmato and
which this piano maker thinks will
eventually bo used for musical Instruments
in all damp regions.
Floorx of MiilioKimy.
Noarly all of tho floors of tho best houses
of Manila aro of narra, a wood much llko
mahogany. It has tho same grnln nnd takes
a beautiful polish.. Tho Orionto hotel, whero
I am stopping, ls a great building of three
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-through tho nuggets nnd thoy wero ntrung would dnzzlo his oycfl, but ho does not say
on a silk cord. Tho gold was of a light tbnt ho accepted their ofrcr.
yollow color and had ovldently como from Thoro aro mines In Luzon which havo
tho surfneo of tho ground. Its owner hnd produced consldernblo geld In tho pnBt. Tlm.
purchnscd tho nuggets of n Negrito, but ho Spnnlsh government kept records of the
could not learn whoro they had como from." mining operations, nnd for a long tlmo n
At thla samo time n rich Filipino of ono cortnln percentngo of nil tho gold mined
of tho towns near tho foot of tho moun- wont to tho king of Spnln. According (o
tains, finding that tho soldiers did not Intend tho records, so I nm told, tho mines nt
to stenl from him, pulled out a small buck- Mambulo onco produced weekly na much
skin sack nnd showed about thrco ounces as 1,000 ounces. This, at tho rnto of $20 nn
of gold, which ho had recently bought from ounco, would bo $20,000 worth of gold per
tho Negritos. This wns coarso gold, most weok. Thoso mines wero worked by tho
of tho grains being about tho alzo of n Indlnns boforo tho Spaniards came- nnd
kornel of rice. Tho man said ho under- later on by tho Spaniards nnd by nn English
stood thnt tho Negritos picked tho grnlna syndicate I undoratand tho English
out of tho clenr mountnln streams, and that could not get tho natives to co-opornte
thoy had no other methods of mining, nor with thorn nnd that their mining wna for
did thoy seem to wish to engage In mining, this reason unsuccessful. It is said. In
Gold lu Mliidiiiuio. fnct that nono ot 1,10 attempts by forolgn-
, , . .... ors nt mining In tho Philippines has pnld.
Oenornl Bates tolls mo ho has heard ro- Foromnni wno ls ono of tho best authnrl
ports of gold being found In tho Island of 10 csumatcs thnt Jl.300,000 hna been
Mindanao. This la tho second lnrgost of tho Bpont , valn oxporlmcn(8 of ono kind and
Phlllppino group, being almost ns largo as nnothor nnd thnt so far nothing hns boon
Kentucky. It la practically unexplored nnd mn(j0
ia Inhabited chiefly by snvnges. Tho chlof Thnt thoro , Kol(, ,n mnny p)nco3( ,10W.
vvashlngs aro now on tho northern part of 0 thoro la no doubt. When tho Spaniards
tho Island, far away from tho part occupied rBt took posflCBSon of tho Islnnds nftor
by our troops. Tho gold finds 1U wny Into th d,BCOVory ,,y Fordinnnd Mngellan they
iuu uiiiiuB ui uiu iiuiiy Bulimia unu ... ,iuB, BOnt ilomo Kront qunntltlea of It In tho shnpo
who sell It to tho forolgnora. It Is said that
stories, with wido staircases and Immenso through ordinal y wood, and for this reason
halls. Its floors aro mado of theso Filipino it sometimes takes tho plnco of nails. It U
mahogany boards, each of which la from largoly employed ln the making of boata at
eighteen Inches to two feet in width and Manila and also ln houso building. Then
from fifteen to twenty feet long. The stairs thero nro tho Sannn woods, which when cut
aro of tho samo rich material and tho rail- into pieces and boiled furnish a bright red
lngs havo a polish equal to that of a piano, uyo; tho Aclo wood, which will resist fire a
Tho beds aro of hardwood, with great hard- lons tlmo, and tho Aranga, which furnishes
wood canopies over them, and such of tho lsa two feet squaro and seventy-flvo feet
furnituro as Is not Imported ls of tho eamo long. This wood will withstand, tho attacks
material. ' tno Bea worms, and, ls therefore valuable
Thero aro churches hero Which have col- for wharvca, piles nnd ship building,
umns nnd floors nnd ceilings of mahogany In addition to theso thero aro many other
and I seo that this samo wood forms moet varieties of timber which might bo sold at
of tho tlmbera In tho barges nnd bonto of tho a profit in tho United States. Ono of tho
Taslg river, boats nn hundred nnd moro feet marked characteristics of tho forests la
long being made ot It, Tho churchea are their many largo trees, trees which furnish
floored with it and It is In fact as common na 1BS from fifty to sevonty-flvo foot In length
in hn TTnttmi stntnn nnd from two feet and unWnrd ln thickness.
This wood la, howover, only ono of tho 1 "avo seen mahogany tables six feet wido
hardwoods. Thero ao others of different nnd twolvo feet in length, tho tops being
colors. Somo woods iako a polish like tho mado of no board, and havo walked over
"nest rosewood, but havo a grain nnd. a Breat teak wood logs ln crossing , a canal
Mor llko blrd's-eyo maplo, others aro of a or a stream.
h coffeo hue, others red and othora much I have asked several people why theso
o black walnut. Somo of tho woods aro forests havo not been exploited by tho
d llko teak and somo aro so heavy thpy Spaniards,, nnd havo boon told that ono
I not float.' In tho Island of Mlndoro reaion was that tne Spanish government
ono, thirty miles from here, It is sald there exaoted a special permission to cut timber
ro 106 different varieties of woods, of whloh "nna" another was- the heavy' taxes which
IN THE WOODS OF LUZON.
of gold bracelets, chnlns nnd ornaments.
Two of their ahlps woro captured by Sir
Francis Drnko nnd tho booty wna ao groat,
It ls said, that Drako fitted out hla vra?els
with sllkon sails and silk ropes nnd thua
sailed Into London.
Tho mining now being dono by tho nntlvei
Is of tho rudeot character. Thoy uao woodon
bowls to wash tho gold from tho gravel.
Thoy pound tho largor ploccs of gold-bearing
rock to pieces on nnvlls and then grind
them to dust botween millstones, tho stones
bolng pulled around by water buffaloes. In
tho fow mines of Luzon tho wntor la tnkon
out by hnnd by tho natives, who pass It up
from ono to another In buckets of palm
loaves. Each bucket holds about two gal
lonB, and it takea hundroda ot natives to
mako tho human chain which thus drnlna
a mlno.
I'oliifn for American I'rnitiicotnrN.
I hosltato to odvlso Americans to como out
horo to prospect. As far as present Indica
tions go It Is all a gamble and tho man who
comes risks ovorythlng. Tho field may, how
ovor, soon dovolop Into ono of groat possi
bilities. Just now nothing In tho Interior
can bo dono from lack ot roads nnd facilities
for gottlng machinery into tho mountains.
Thero aro somo placor reclons near tho son,
(Continued on Eighth Pago.)
