Show conducting SEARCH FOR RARE METALS although the mineral resources of the united states are not surpassed by those of any other country it is nevertheless true that certain needed minerals exist in this coun ry only y in inadequate amounts or are almost entirely lack ing ln As has been pointed out by those who have given particular attention to this subject future exploration may disclose adequate supplies of some of these min earls though known geological conditions lead to the belief that they wm vill not be found however no chances are being over looked aked so the rare and precious metals experiment station of 01 the bureau of mines at reno nevada has undertaken undertake nt as a one of its principal functions the discovery through carples sar ples which are sent in to it of new sources of supply of 01 those been found in large rare metals which have never quain in the united states the station is is ay making a special effort to discover sources of the following named metals petals platinum nickel tin vanadium ve nadium tungsten cobalt and zirconium some the territory ry from which ome idea as to the extent of these ese samples are received may be gathered from the fact that atin in a recent month eighty seven sam samples ples in thirty nine lots from ten states were examined for their mineral content twenty three samples contained elements or compounds of value as follows bismuth 1 copper 2 gold 4 lead 4 manganese 1 mercury 1 lignite coal 2 nickel 4 platinum 1 silver 3 uranium 1 vanadium 1 cla clay y 1 graham ite 1 talc 1 by states the number of lots and the number of samples received were arizona 2 lots and 6 samples california 5 and 11 colorado 1 each idaho 1 and 3 montana 1 each new mexico 1 each oregon I 1 and 16 utah 2 each wyoming I 1 each nevada 24 and 45 numerous samples from grants pass oregon reported by assayers to contain platinum were found to be barren two samples said to occur in nature one from arizona the other from colorado contained a yellow water soluble material which gave tests for sodium dr S C lind physical chemist is superintendent of the rare and precious metal station |