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UNSAN GOLD MINES-CHEMULPO

UNSAN GOLD MINES

ORIENTAL CONSOLIDATED MINING CO., THE -Postal Ad: Hokuchin, Chosen (Korea); Tel. Ad: Pukchin, Hukuchin

Alf. Welhaven, gen. manager (Pukchin) Thomas W. Van Ess, asst. gen. mgr. do. J. B. Lower,

do. (Tabowie)

A. E. Deardorff, cashier S. E. Iijima, secretary

do.

E. Larsen, mill foreman John Crocker, do

H. Robins, cons. metallurgist B. Pedersen, machinist

M. T. Stevens, mine foreman T. F. McCoy

A. Mihailov

do.

V. Mihailov

J. K. Moyer

H. Cupp, supt., timber railway do. W. H. Aldridge, mech. engr. (Taracol) E. H. Emerson, electrical engr. do. G. C. Evans, metallurgist

do.

E. M. Ewers, M.D., medical officer do.

F. Roberts, mine foreman (Tabowie) C. B. Woodford, do.

(Chintui)

J. P. McCarthy

Wm. Cupp B. P. Smith C. J. Harvey

J. F. Schrum

Miss Grace Pryor, school teacher Miss E. Mihailov

Capt. E. S. Bartsow, agt. (Chinnampo) Townsend & Co., agents (Chemulpo) Dick, Bruhn & Co., do. (Kobe)

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CHEMULPO

浦物 Che-mul-po

This port, called by the Japanese Jinsen, and by the Chinese Jenchuan, is situated on the west coast of Chosen (Corea), in the metropolitan province of Kyongki, at the entrance of the Salée River, an embouchure of the Han or Seoul River. It was opened to foreign trade in 1883, when it was a poor fishing village, and is now a flourishing and rapidly increasing centre of trade, with a population of 51,273 (native 38,086; Japanese 11,227; Chinese and Foreign 1,960). A railway runs from Chemulpo to Fusan, meeting the line from Seoul at Yong-dong-po (Yei-do-ho).

Chemulpo enjoys a beautiful climate and is never shut up by ice. The port has two anchorages, the outer one accommodating ships of all sizes, and the inner one frequented by ships of about 1,000 tons, but a scheme of reconstruction is under way. An enormous rise and fall of the tide, which averages 30 feet, renders the inner anchorage difficult of access to larger ships, and is also a serious hindrance to the navigation of the Seoul River. Only vessels not drawing over six feet may safely run between Chemulpo and Mapo, a place on the river three miles south-west of the capital. A spacious wet dock has been constructed at a cost of Yen 5,700,000 to accommodate vessels up to 4,600 tons gross. A floating crane lifting 30 tons is available inside the Dock and there are two fixed cranes on the sea wall which lift 3 and 10 tons at a radius of 24 feet.

The steamers of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Osaka Shosen Kaisha call regularly and have the bulk of the trade and passenger communication with Japan, and, in the case of the former, with North China. The Chosen Yusen Kaisha maintains a regular service between the port and Dairen, touching at Tsingtao. There is also a regular weekly service maintained between Chemulpo and Weihaiwei, Chefoo, and Dairen with the steamers Kyodo Maru No. 26 and Lee Tung.

There are telegraphic communications with China (overland) and with Japan, and a powerful wireless has been established by the Government at Ryuzan suburb of Seoul.

Every effort is being made by the Government-General to make Chemulpo the principal port in Chosen for the distribution of through freight and passengers to all parts of the country. Railway lines have been and are being extended to the N.W.