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Show I ORE OF TORNADO I MINE P8ZZIIIIG Pans Preely, hut Mill Plates Save Only Small Per-j Per-j eentage. EXPERIMENTS fttOVE IT CARRIES PLATINUM Discover; of Wjiite Metal ill Enhance Value of the Tornado Tor-nado Mint'. j BttI;iI in The Tribune. I I' a sin. La Sal Mountains, Utah, Nov. J jn-Tiifr.' is considerable speculation here UM 3 regru-dliiK the recent mill inn of ton ion UM j of ore from the Tornado property in Gold mm Hill. While the (.!.- i. in u 'l'l v r f roi - j ly, it was discovered mat very nine of ' It could be saved 911 the plates. Mill Man Confused. This so confused J. T. Long, the Tellur- ; Ide mill man. that ho corit luded to make UM a clenn-up nnd see want caused the dlffl- UM j culty, ns tin- pi ati seemed greasy and Urn carried a dragging substance that had Um not come under his observation in nil hi" UM ' varied experiences In milling. When the battery was cleaned he was somewhat Urn m hi -iir.i to rl.iU that the ore contained Urn much platinum, some of which was found Urn I in chunks as lares as a thumbnail nnd UM other completely pound flat to the sizes mM Of a clime and nickel. Jrlr.- and chemical tests have been made, anil so far as known the ore is beyond doubt platinum fl Platinum Huns High. I Tho TomadO-Indiana ores have a value Of frnni JIT l.i $L'' per t.i'i in Kohl, nnd at the rnto platinum has Shown up In the mill run. its value must run tip Into the hundreds. Not having the required chemicals chemi-cals and other appllunoeH. Mr. Long has sent away samples of the mineral for tests. About cisht ounces of this mineral wi r.' taken from the battery in Ihtri- and small particles, not counting what has been carried away In the tailing end taken up on the plates. Other samples of the ore have been sent ti various chemists and so far all pronounce it platinum. Properties of Platinum. Pore platinum, according to a Govern-m Govern-m nt report. Is a silvery white muii with s specific gravity of 2LV H Is the heaviest heavi-est metal occurring In nature, with the xceptlon of irldosmium: It Is almost as hard as In n and Very malleable. Platinum dees not amalgamate with quicksilver, is not dissolved by potassium cyanide when cold. Is not attracted by 1:1 Ids. except the mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric: old, known as equs regie. It is more difficult to melt than cold. Found in Gold-Bearing Sands. Native platinum has been found most frequently In gold bearing sands, on account ac-count of Its weight It remains In the sluices with gold and other heavy materials. ma-terials. Platinum Is most readily distinguished dis-tinguished as follows: ft.) By its great Weight In panning it remains behind nven gold in the pan, (2 i Its white color It Is whiter than lead and Is distinguished distin-guished from amalgam by Its smooth surface, whereas the BUrf8.CS of amalgam, amal-gam, as seen under a good glass. Is rough; ft.) iti- resistance t. nitric acid, i impared with native silver or lead. Native Platinum Impure. Native platinum Is Usually ery Impure; Im-pure; occasionally It contains so much Iron, chromite, and other impurities as to he dink In color and not easily dls-tlnguiahed dls-tlnguiahed from grains of chromite with which it is frequently associated it I Often contains IrldOSmlne, which occurs I ns flat angular scale, while platinum I grains a usually rounded like (rnlrl I dust Generally, platinum grains are I smaller than gold grains. large nug-w nug-w gets are vr i v rat i' Conforms to Description. I In every particular the platinum I found here conforms with the govern- J ment description of the metal. If such I Is the case the mineral hearing veins on j Gold Mill are far richer than anticipated. t Manager M. 1 Fowler, of the Tornado j company, left here yesterday for Salt I Iike to confer with his company of I which J R. Largent Is president, and If t advisable they will prepare for winter i work. The Basin stamp mill g now he-I he-I lug run on Ml i mountain ore with J excellent results f the weather will I permit they Intend to run nil winter- If 5 nt the mill win be closed down until 3 spring, and then start. d up, I The Gold Rash. mill Is proving a iM I gland SUCCeSS, and will be kept In con- I Slant operation all winter |