Show RICE WYOMING DISCOVERY Reported Fid of Rich Platinum Deposits De-posits Laramie Wyo April 20Jon S Watkins came to town today ant reports re-ports what seems to be the richest strike ever made in Wyoming and one that will greatly Increase the states production of the precious metals Watkins who owns gold mines in Cooper Hill district near here says that he has discovered a platinum lead 15 feet wide between walls showing a white gold quartz on the foot wall and also the white quartz in the middle mid-dle of the lead The footwall is a granite schist the hanging wall is a porphyry showing a true contact Ore from this body was sent to Denver i Den-ver and the owners were amazed to ia dp ter receive I word that it contained 3 percent per-cent platinum Some of the rock was i brought to Laramie and assayed at the state university The result has created I a big sensation here as the assay gave a return of 20000 per ton including gold platinum and copper I |