Nelson: The Solid Bitumens of Leyte 



eral Oil Company. According to Dr. Roy E. Dickerson, 

 kindly provided me with these samples, 



This deposit is situated about 3 kilometers east of the small barrio of 

 Baliti and about 5 kilometers south 30° E. from the municipality of Villaba 

 on the west coast of the northwest peninsula of Leyte. The mine is on the 

 south side of Baliti Creek near its head and a very excellent open face is 

 exposed on the creek side for a distance of about 300 feet in an east-west 

 direction. The bituminous strata have a dip of about 10 to 15 degrees in an 

 easterly direction and rest upon typical clay shales of the Vigo group. 



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possibly traceable in a southern directio 

 essentially andesitic tuff. *• 



The bituminous tuff at the Lucio mine is essentially a fault block. 

 * * * Besides this large block * * :: another small block is recorded 

 by Mr. William Anderson, * * * as occurring a half mile to the north 

 The quantity of material in this large block has been variously estimated 

 from a half million tons to as high as twentj 



The material 



personal communication dated September 20, 1922. 



