The history of mining in Marinduque goes back a long way. Here is a 1937 newspaper clipping that shows there was an increase in activity.
Lucio Villaster was a former municipal president of Mogpog before WWII..His ancestral house located at now Quezon St, Villa Mendez Mogpog though was destroyed by a typhoon years ago was built on 1937. His a great great grandfather of one the Philippines topnotch educator