John C. Alexander Wood Sample, Circa 1936.

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John C. Alexander Wood Sample, Circa 1936.

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Wood sample, circa 1936, of John C. Alexander. Sample of guijo wood, cut from a wall plate of the Longos mine shaft in the Philippines, dewatered by the United Paracale Mining Company. Includes inscription on wood "Piece of Guijo Wood was cut from a wall plate of Bongos [probably Longos] shaft, an English Mining Co. sunk this shaft 47 years ago, but were driven out by the Insurrectos [sic]. The shaft was flooded and remained so for 46 years. The United Paracale Mining dewatered this shaft and found its timber in perfect state of preservation. In March, 1936 I made an important Gold discovery on this property. JCA.₄

0.18 cubic feet 1/2 manuscript box (letter size)

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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Michigan College of Mining and Technology

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Alexander, John C. d. 1951

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John C. Alexander, born in 1900 in Crystal Falls, Michigan enrolled in the Michigan College of Mining and Technology in 1924. Graduating with a Bachelor of Science in 1927 he was employed in Superior, Arizona as a shift boss by 1931. By 1936 he had joined the United Paracale Mining Company in the Philippine Islands, where he was apparently interned in Manilla during World War II. By his own account he made an important discovery of gold on the company's property. In 1948 he left the United Parac...