Gold production

Title

Gold production

Language

English

Year

1937

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30 THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL January, 1937 Men of the Mr. H. Schifflin and wife sailed on the Empress of Asia on December 19th for Milwaukee, Wisconsin. During their stay in the Philippines for the past four weeks, Mr. Schifflin met the representatives of the mining industry in Manila and visited for a week in Baguio at several of the mining properties. A trip to Cebu Portland Cement plant via Iloilo was made during his stay here. Mr. Schifflin has been long associated with the Allis-Chal mers Mfg. Co. in an administrative capacity. He is Manager of the Crushing, Cement and Mining Machinery Department. His position over the past twenty-five years has brought him in close contact with the Mining and Cement Companies, and their organizations, in most parts of the world. His interviews with numerous Engineers in the Philippines recalled some places and officials whom the engineers knew or had worked within Mexico, Africa, China, Japan,Canada, or South Amer ica in Mining or Cement properties. Mr. Schifflin’s stay in the Philippines was limited and he regretted not having the. time to visit other places of interest. He expressed himself as being favorably impressed with the magnitude and growth of the mining industry in the Philippines. REAL SMOKERS PREFER THEM EEGIGS TABACALERA CIGAR TELEPHONE 2-25-77 L. R. Nielson, head of the company that bears his name, and George Scholey, who is in charge of technical operations for the Nielson interests, left for Hongkong on January 4th on the Empress of Canada. Their business there will be in connection with the Hongkong Mines Limited. Sidney Baxter, who accompanied them, will be in charge of Nielson and Company’s branch office there. * * ♦ W. R. Storms, graduate of the University of Washington’s School of Mines, class of 1923, arrived December 18th on the Empress of Asia to join the staff of H. A. Wendt and Company. Mr. Storm was formerly associated with the United Verde Copper Company at Jerome, Arizona, and later with the Newmont Mining Company in Peru. Gilbert Whitehead, Harvard graduate and holder of a B. S. degree in mining engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also arrived on the Empress of Asia on De cember 18th to join the staff of H. A. Wendt and Company. A. Walter Beam, who was president of Benguet Consolidated for 13 years, returned to the Philippines on Sunday, December 20th, on the Philippine Clipper, for a brief visit. Mr. Beam retired from active participation in local mining in 1934 and has made his home in California since that time. Walter J. Eaton, Colorado School of Mines, class of 1913, arrived December 6th on the Empress of Japan to join the technical staff of Alvir and Company. Mr. Eaton has followed his calling in Mexico, California, Arizona, Colorado, Cauda, Bolivia, and Central America. Gold Production Antamok Goldfields....................... Baguio Gold................................... Balatoc............................................ Benguet Consjlidated................... Benguet Exploration..................... Big Wedge...................................... Cal Horr......................................... Coco Grove..................................... Demonstration............................... East Mindanao. ............................ Ipo Gold......................................... 1. A. JU..,........................................................ I. X. L. Argos.............................. Masbate Consolidated.................. Salaeot............................................. San Mauricio.,............................... Suyoc Consolidated....................... Tambis......................................... United Paracale............................. December 1936 F 509,888 83,221 1,241,712 778,180 29,164 82,312 149,367 none 123,589 75,000 86,144 256,223 151,101 24,069 242,841 18,850 250,631 102,355 unavailable 123,728 Total for 1936 F 5,260,339 1,077,096 12,760,406 9,008,052 274,914 497,863 1,183,739 636,292 1.473.887 239,940 641,939 2,825,669 1,341,249 211,315 2,022,302 413,106 1.733.888 1,172,547 unavailable 1,430,613 Total........................................ F4,318,375 F44,205,156 Note:—Totals given above are based on figures released monthly by mining companies, and are not final. The final total will be close to F44,500,000, since Tambis figures are not available and several smaller operations are not yet reported. GORDON W. MACKAY C. F. McCORMICK MEMBERS, MANILA STOCK EXCHANGE BAGUIO OFFICE BUENO BLDG. A4ackay & A4cCormick CABLE ADDRESS “CIMROC” TELEPHONES SHARE BROKERS 2-15-57 2-15-58 34 ESCOLTA P. O. BOX 2-15-59 2688 IN RESPONDING TO ADVERTISEMENTS PLEASE MENTION THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL

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