Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-05-10 | Page 9 | Seeming Worthless Metal Brings Eight Times Gold Value |

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Date	1921-05-10
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Seeming Worthless Metal Brings Eight Times Gold Value
Type	article
Date	1921-05-10
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	9
OCR Text	Show SEEMING WORTHLESS METAL BRINGS EIGHT TIMES GOLD VALUE LONDON DON May 10 All AU All that glitters is not gold but lack of glitter r is not a certain test for tor worthlessness it was found by gold diggers along a a. liver fiver in Papua Papua Papua Pa Pa- pua British New Guinea recent recent- ly While prospecting the men encountered a gray bluish-gray flaky y Substance which they cast aside as worthless Two weeks ago two and one-half one pounds of this substance was bought in the city by an American firm for approximately approximately or eight times the value of ot the same amount of gold It was a member of ot the thc platinum group of metals one of the hardest metals known and used for the tipping of fountain pens and for delicate bearings of fine machinery
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