John W. Hausermann or "Judge" Hausermann (December 14, 1867 – July 11, 1965) was an American colonial army officer and

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mine owner in the

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. Hausermann was born in

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and came to the Philippines in 1898 as a second lieutenant during the

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"Their gold Mines Are Their Ace In the Hole,"
February 13, 1939 After the war he remained in the Philippines and founded the gold mining company Benguet Mining Consolidated whose two largest gold mines (the Antamok Gulch and the Balatoc) supplied gold to the U.S. Department of Treasury. Benguet Mining Consolidated was an important for its role as the defendant in the Perkins v. Benguet Mining Co.

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case of 1952. His son, John William Hausermann Jr. (1909-1986) was born in Manila, and became a composer.

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1867 births 1965 deaths American expatriates in the Philippines American military personnel of the Spanish–American War Gold mining companies United States Army officers {{US-bio-stub