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for title to a mine located at Camaching, and in 1856 Enrique 

 and Francisco de la Concha also sought title to mines at Cama- 

 ching. These petitions were granted on June 23, May 10, and 

 May 16, 1856, respectively. 



An application by Fernando de los Cajigas for a mine of 

 titaniferous iron at Cupang, which was conceded in 1850, is 

 also to be referred apparently to Camaching, although the 

 Camaching ore is scarcely to be described as titaniferous. Cu- 

 pang is situated near Acle, and is connected by trail with Cama- 

 ching. Jagor,-' who visited Cupang in 1859, speaks of iron 

 mines which were being worked by an Englishman. Possibly 

 this Englishman, who is remembered by the Filipinos in the 

 mining industry to-day and whose smelter site is shown on old 

 maps, obtained possession of his mine through the concession 

 granted to Cajigas. 



According to the records, the claim San Pio Quinto at Cama- 

 ching was granted to Pablo Carlos on December 7, 1883, but at 

 the present time San Pio Quinto and other claims at Camaching 

 are held by Joaquin and Francisco de la Concha, heirs of the 

 earlier locators of the same name. In the following table is a 

 list of all the mining claims in the Bulacan iron-ore region that 

 are recorded in the archives of the Inspeccion de Minas. 



Table II. — List of Spanish iron-mining claims, Bulacan Province. 



Name. 



Claims. 



Area. 



Owner. 



Location. 



Date of 

 concession. 







Sg. m. 









De Hison 



1 



Ill, 798. 16 



Heirs of Hison 



Bacal Creek, Maon,.- 



Apr. 25,1819 



De Concha 



2 



125, 772. 93 



Heirs of Concha 



Bacal Creek, Cama- 

 ching. 



June 23, 1856 



Constancia 



2 



300,000.00 



Francisca Talag 



Pinugayan Creek 



Aug. 13, 1880 



San Pio V 



2 



300, 000. 00 



Pablo Carlos 



Bacal Creek, Cama- 

 ching. 



Dec. 7, 1883 



Sapang-Munti . . 



1 



150, 000. GO 



Francisco Sanchez.- 



Montamorong... 



June 9.1893 



Recently claims have been located on the minor ore deposits at 

 Tumotulo, Macatalinga, Mayapa, and Tagpis, but no patents 

 have been issued. The Angat Iron Mining and Smelting Com- 

 pany, a corporation composed largely of Filipinos, controls the 

 Montamorong and Macatalinga properties, and another corpora- 

 tion, the Constancia Iron Mining and Smelting Company, is 

 attempting to establish its title through the heirs of the former 



" Reisen in den Philippinen. Wiedmann'sche Buchhandlung, Berlin 

 (1873). 



