| Show Craig C aig Platinum Boom AS 5 5 2 Cents Per Too Ton Accord According ng to a sat m ht is sued bythe by the U S S Geological S 1 Survey the value of platinum gold and palladium in samples assayed from recent rich discovery near Craig Colo Coln in Moffat County is 15 worth about 5 5 cents per ton The following Is is the state state- statement ment issued Saturday Jy by th the theU U S G Geological ol Survey and authorized by t the e office Several Jar barge the clays one boo bed reported in inthe Inthe the press preS to and gold have been repeatedly analyzed d by several different methods in the Washington and Denyer pf ot the US Geological Survey was by by five methods In the Washington laboratories and One method In Inthe Inthe the P laboratories Vas d determined l by two method s In the Denver labora tortes and one in the Washing ton laboratories The results are Platinum less than 10 parts Per billion equivalent to C t 1 toll OJ or 3 cents cents- pet petton ton less than 29 2 parts per billion t- t equivalent to ounces per ton or 2 cents per pert per t tod ri less th n 2 parts per billion equivalent to Ii Inc C s per ton or or one one half cent per pcr ton conc The rhe conclusion provided by byTh Th Thomas mas A Hendricks assis assis- assistant tant chief for the Den Den- vet of oC the U S l 1 Is nothing C value based up- up upon upon on our our findings It would be prohibits to even cven try to c ex- ex tract perhaps from ar- ar area ar ea ro VC di didn't nt sample ample However one of the principal samples came from the discovery crY ery locality Unconfirmed reports have in In- In Indicated there Is still activity by ty those who have filed placer location certificates r |
