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Show Tft c.'Rcr;LABd sen! out some w':k ' Mr. tJison, to postinas'.cri and mintrs, ask:ng for iolormation aVujt deposits ol platinum, are said to be bearing good fruit. Tne gentleman gentle-man baa received Dumerom replies, and specimens indicating lb at t(,i 3Ci'ul but scarce metal can be obtained ob-tained in unlimited quantities from the western mines. Heretofore platinum Das ben supplied almost exc!usiely by Russia and Brazil, ar.d only in such limiitd Tiantities as to miko its price high. Tna vtry fact that it was so costly threatened to interfere BtrLuiiy wi'.h the popular use ol the electric light. The metal is a mcst useful one in arls and manufactures, manu-factures, th:ugli at present employed Only in imall quantities, because Of its cf-st. Hijould Mr, KdUon succeed in chcipeuiiii it by increasing the product, be will have done a grel good, whether bis electrio light is a succfces or failure. |