Show I PLATINUM PLA INVADING t J MANY NY NEW FIELDS Metal Is No No i Worth Twice as Much as Gold W Washington Platinum Is Invading In imad ing new fields s. s Platinum leaf and und plating are among the most ll recent developments de of or the Industry Platinum Is one of the aristocrats aristocrats aristo aristo- of metals says sars n a bulletin from the National 1 Geographic so so- clety A pound of platinum is worth more thin than two t pounds of gold but buta a little platinum goes oes a Ion long wa way Normally about six sl tons is required required required re re- re- re annually to supply a u metal metal- hungry The Ille metal can cun he rolled nn and beaten hunt en Into leaf loaf one onI two hundred bundred l- l thousandth of ot an on Inch I l thick A cubic Inch can be he drawn rawn Into an un almost Invisible le wire that could coull be e wound t twice vice around the world worl at ut the l Ceca Because use it Is costly and may lUay be artistically ally patterned more than thun half of oC the worlds world's supply of platinum platinum num is sold over or the jewelry coun coun- ter The llIe in Jewelers Jeweler's show showcases showcases cases cabes display platinum rings and rings s of other metals with platinum settings s for precious stones plaU- plaU awn num and anil platinum plated plated watch watchcases watchcases cases enclosing works with platinum platinum piaU- piaU num pivots rouge an and pow powder er boxes pins vases vase flower lower nn and fruit bowls various ornaments and tn tableware Speeds Communication Platinum often often does does Its best work beyond oll the tile vision of the average average average av av- av- av layman As a part of a radio tu tube e. e It aids modern entertainments entertainments entertain entertain- ments In telegraph and telephone Instruments It Improves es and speeds s mo modern ern communication In Inthe Inthe Inthe the electrical apparatus of automobiles auto auto- automobiles mo mobiles motor trucks railroad trains ships and airplanes It contrIbutes contributes contributes con con- tributes to modern transportation and business Dentists use platinum platinum plated plated pins to secure pivot phot teeth the metal aids construction engineers rs in blasting obstructions for new projects projects projects the surgeon uses n a gold ol piaU- piaU tipped num nee needle le to sew wounds platinum used in connection with X-ray X apparatus aids the ps In diagnosing human Ills It helps help pro produce uce the tile farmers farmer's fertilizer It also Is a v valuable tool of the rn rayon on manufacturer Because platinum has a high melting welting point and Is not affected b by contact with most acids It Is one of ot the mainstays s 's of ot the chemical laboratory where platinum crucibles cruci crud bles pans strainers and furnace parts are extensively used One of ot its chief chic laboratory uses however er IG is s as a sort of ot ml middle le man or When placed In certain solutions platinum makes the solutions solutions change their natures yet the metal Itself Is not affected Manufacturers Manufacturers Manu Manu- of ammonia and sulphuric md tad acetic acids use platinum In Inthis Inthis Inthis this way in their processes For the first time the tile United 1 Stales States government o cl recently struck 11 ff Il two platinum medals at the mint II t. t They hey are mas sins rr tr t r copies of or the medal designed or the halted Stages tl CS George Wash Wash- n t tc n 1 COlli commission O Oe ice e Adorned Savages Platinum onto once IIII C was uis worn In In time the h form of or nose rings and perforated spangles h by the time Indians of South America but hut It was s not until the middle diddle of the Eighteenth century that I Europe first filSt learned that the metal ha had merit Some of or the first platinum taken to Spain by bythe I time the South American colonists was nade Into bricks an and sold as gold ricks because gold was then more valuable tamable lc Platinum was not discovered discovered discovered ered In Russia until about a hun bun Ired years ago hrom flom 1828 to 1845 Sussia Issued platinum coins Coun Coun- at nt first plated gold lura lum coins colas and passed them as gold The rime coinage ceased because the value of or the platinum came to exceed the face nee value o of the coins tad ind many were exported Platinum Is widely distributed ever aver the time world worl each continent hay hav having drag ing at least one known source Russia Rus Rus- sia however howe has been a leading platinum producer for or many years with WI Canada South Africa Colombia Colom Coloma- bla bia and Burma also supplying n a large rge share o of the worlds world's supply Alaska t Call California fornia Nevada Oregon and md Utah are the leading United States sources sources' In most platinum producing regions re re- re- re gions Ions the metal Is a b product byproduct of rold old sliver silver copper and nickel mining min mm- lag ing but In Russia gold Is a byproduct byproduct by by- pro product of pia platinum mining Practically all nil platinum except that pro produced In South Africa omes tomes from placer mines that Is from beds and banks of rivers that have down rocks containing the metal While Individuals still atin pan for platinum tinum as ns the forty forty- Diners did for gold In the streams stream of ot California large dredges now ire employed In the industry |