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The Philippine Journal of Science 



1914 



cayan), while out hunting one day, in the hopes of being able to catch 

 a deer with their dogs pursued it for some hours. They had the good 

 fortune to catch it in one of the places where to-day is found a hole of 

 the mines of this above-mentioned pueblo. When it came time to prepare 

 their food, the above-mentioned hunters agreed to prepare it in the 

 place abovesaid. For that purpose they gathered some stones on which 

 to do their cooking and on which they set their jar. Thereupon they 

 set fire to the wood, and after several hours one of them went to the 

 said cooking place to see whether the food was ready. He saw that one 

 of the supporting stones had melted like lead. Thereupon all were 

 astonished at the melting of the stone. Upon this they examined the above- 

 mentioned stone and made several experiments with it. As a result they 

 converted it into a substance dark red in color. This the aforesaid dis- 

 coverers called gambang (copper). 



After continuing their experiments for some months, the discoverers 

 succeeded in obtaining a certain number of pieces of gambang. They 

 resolved to make jars out of it, which they called galang. The rest they 

 converted into lumps and took them to Tagndin (Ilocos Sur) to sell, 

 before and now a part of Mountain Province. 



After some years a commission composed of several Spaniards entered 

 the pueblo. Among them were two whose names we remember yet, namely, 

 Sefiores Don Mariano del Pielago and Don Evaristo, and an Englishman. 104 

 After another year, those men took possession of the copper mines, and 

 told our ancestors that they had been given the title to those mines by 

 the government. Thereupon, some of our abovesaid ancestors went to 

 other pueblos, and others to other near-by places, and some remained as 

 workmen for those men. In our days, this is our present condition. 

 (Plates IV to IX.) 



The organization of the pueblo of Suyoc is related. This is 

 very similar to that of Aban, and the account of the pudong 

 ceremony is word for word the same. The following is related : 



DISCOVERY OF GOLD MINES BY THE NATIVES 1M 



Daguioa and Al-laoas, the grandfathers of the declarants, one time when 

 they went to the above-mentioned sitio of Palidan located within the 



panto mine copper and smelt it by a process of their own. From the 

 metal thus obtained they fashion ollas and kettles which frequently are of 

 large size. The method employed in making kettles is kept secret by those 

 familiar with it, and numerous attempts on the part of Americans to 

 surprise coppersmiths at their work have proved abortive. At one time 

 a considerable business was done in the vicinity of Suyok in making rude 

 counterfeits of Spanish copper coins. Clay molds were taken from genuine 

 coins, and into these molds the copper was run. These counterfeits, al- 

 though quite recognizable as such, circulated freely for some time because 

 of the shortage of small change." American claims were staked out in 

 1900. See also Santos, Informe, op. cit. 



104 Possibly the forerunners of the Cantabro-Filipino Company, or the 

 company itself. See Eveland, Bull. P. I. Bur. Min. (1905), No. 4, 16-19; 

 and Santos, Informe, op. cit. 



""The Igorot gold mines have long been famous. As early as 1575, G 



