Show PLATINUM ORE IN THE BOSS age las vegas nev A remarkable discovery has been made in the ore of the boss mine in the good springs district for some time the as says made for gold have shown peculiarities and the mine assayer reported the presence of platinum numerous assays essays were made by him for this precious metal with the same result the platinum values showing from six to sixty five ounces per ton to confirm these assays essays samples of the ore were sent to ledoux analytical chemist new york and to dunlap of the united states geological survey messages have been received from both to the above confirming the assays essays of mr in addition to the above word has been received that the government is sending a representative of the geological survey to the district to investigate the astonishing discovery A shipment of ore sent to the smelter recently and which returned per ton in gold is now found to have contained an additional value of or more in platinum platinum is a very precious metal being now quoted on the market at 55 to 60 three times the per ounce approximately value of gold the worlds supply has been produced in the ural mountains in east russia from placers in america little or no platinum is produced a small amount being found in wyoming and small amounts in portions of california A small amount of platinum exists in the key west mine in the bunkerville Bun kerville district in this county it is now believed by the best informed mining men here that platinum exists in paying quantities in several properties in this section returns are received since the above was put into type the las vegas age of a later date gives the result of tests made for platinum m on ores from the boss mine by ledoux company of new york the ore being furnished the company by J P dunlop of the U S geological survey in submitting the assay certificate the accompanying statement is made the samples of pulp from mr J P dunlop washington D C marked lots 2 and 3 and submitted to us for assay contains after drying per ton of 2000 pounds no 2 no 3 platinum oz oz gold 11 1155 55 oz oz palladium 1600 oz note concentration by panning shows that the metals are in the free state being apparently allows of gold and platinum metals owing to uneven distribution assaying is very difficult and the above results can only be considered as approximately correct assay for palladium was omitted on no 2 but the sample contains one or two ounces of this metal A little iridium is ir present in no 3 I 1 the no 2 sample says the age is from a carload shipment made to the smelter upon which the company received the gold value of about per ton only the platinum value of per ton not being known assayer of the boss had experienced difficulties in getting proper results in his assays essays for gold and upon assaying for platinum made the discovery of the big values to confirm his knowledge mr sent samples east mr dunlop confirmed mr Ridd als report by wire and forwarded a portion of the samples to the new york company which sent the above certificate sample no 3 is from the streak of high grade ore and the value of the gold and ana platinum contents amounts to over 8 per ton platinum being quoted at from 55 to 60 per ounce the value of the palladium is not reported the government sent an expert to examine the remarkable find immediately upon the knowledge being obtained the discovery of platinum metal in such quantities may possibly give a wonderful impetus to the mining industry of clark county as it is now thought that platinum values exist in ores which have heretofore been considered of little value there is a growing demand for platinum that metal being used extensively in the manufacture of jewelry as well as in the in mechanical ech anical arts it is three times as valuable as pure gold |