Show I A most interesting report concerning I platinum comes from the Pluya do Oro Mining Company of Ecuador Hitherto the chief supply of platinum for the worlds operations hal come from the Ural mountains and has been supposed sup-posed to be ff meteoric origin as np Eucccs has attended efforts to find platinum place But now It IBsaid that the company named lUlI found a ledge of4 quartz which carrIes gold and platinum and great things are expected from it A little platinum however Is 1 conBtantly produced in this country and promising prospects of It have been reported In Canada and Alaska But as stated the bulk of it comes from the Urals and threefourthsOf the product there la I brought to the United Statcs = A = whco It IB I consumed In dental operations opera-tions In wires for Incandescent lumps for crucibles etc The annual conpump tlon In this country Is about 210000 ounces Its value IB practically the same as that of gold |