Benguet Corporation


	Benguet Corporation

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10-26-2009 10:07 PM

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Trivia about Benguet Corporation. A corporation by two former american soldiers / mining prospectors and a soda fountain owner. they were among the many americans that stayed in the Philippines after the Spanish - American War. they pioneered gold mining operations in country and ushered the beginning of the Philippine Mining Industry.

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