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Show 1 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, 'AUGUST 12, 1923. Iff Ore Deposits of Importance Found in American Fork Mine MZTAX4. I1" Over Offers of Stock in iOvw (la tsedne) i d , Conditions in Silver Wave Group Being Developed iy American Leasing Company September Future Close Helmet Proven to Be of Hold Out Great Promise. Plati-- . num Producing Mine - Should Be Scrutinized. Opening np of what gives appear- iean Fork sad Alta districts the imance of being an extensive bedded strike is of punai interest and portance. Silthe ore in deposit of According to Mr. Ferlin, who nos ver Wave property of the American demoted much study to th geology district, the lkrgt beaded Leasing company, which has a long- of the of the old Miller Hill time lease on the Silver Wove, the uve of several millions of prodne. dollars Live Yankee and the Belierophon were a replacement of the limestone bottom the about sixt yfeet above t)ie groups in Mary Ellen gulch of tbs Reed and Benson,' or above American Fork dutrict presages the, shale with which the Silver addition of another largo producer theave deposit is associated. to Utahs list of important mineatj- - Thai Little limestone in the Fitts-bnra producer of considerable rich The Silver Wave, the Belierophon and the Live Yankee are situated ore, woe almost entirely replaced in the heart of what is, on the sur- where cut by the chief mineralizing face. probably the most richly min- fissures. Since both of these itrats-s- o eralized district in ths state. Scatproductive in two of the old tered along tlje Yankee gulch, an mines, can be reached economically east-wewere in by the American Lessing company, early days fault, found tons of' rich- boulders. It is future operations hold oat inducesaid that A. H. Holden, founder of ments of more than usual promise. In the old workings, Mr. Ferlin the United States Smelting. BefittMining company, mined sev- estimates,e there is over 80.000 ton e ing of of ore carrying of dollars eral hundred thouspds rich galena on the surface. milling valnea A, the comMany boulders of solid galena, weighing panys reserves of milling ore are tons, have been found and shipped constantly being added to, the propMuch of erty, aside from its future as a shipeven is recent year ore, gives promise the ground, was so neb that ths dirt per of was digged by enterprising min- of being a producer of large amounts The company is of concentrates. ers ana a profit made. Across the canyon from the camp now operating a water concentrator which ha a capacity of about a ton. af the American.. Leasing . com: and high up on a precipitou, hill lies per hour of concentrates, valued at about $60 a ton.' Hill with a Miller old the propertv, production Teeord darmg the e&rty TOl of 15,000 tons of ore averaging 40' to 50 per cent lead, 30 to 47 ounce of silver and from t2 to (ID ' in gold. Prom 1804 on for several years, onder the development of Tvng tne prodefeed brotherar public to ocrutlnloo carefully offer ot stock la oompsnlss pro( platinum produclzut f red by imscrupulou promoter U Inby the department of the terior through the bureau of s mine Although the United S to. tea, from produces widely scattered source only a few hundred ounces of platinum a year, certain promoter have made extremely fanciful announcements regarding properties claimed to contain platinum in commercial quan- These promoters holster their claims fcr the display cl erroneous assays which In some Instances have reported values aa high aa (35,01)0 worth, of ton. In one instalnoe, platinum to the a propthe assertion was mads thatcontained N Y.. Yonkers. near erty 10,900,000 tons of rock hearing precious metal values ranging from IdpO to 000 per ton. a mere bagatelle ot from two to four billion dollars! In the case of a Seattle. With, conore containcern. the possession of "'in astonishing platinum and gold ing quantities'' was heralded, while the location of the deposit was kept order to forestall a "mad nn Summer Lull in Trading Interest Restrict Activity of Mining Stocks. Trading af a featureless character prevaUed on the Salt Lake Stock and Mining Exchange yesterday. Mala In- terest was centered in the excursion to be run to Eureka today by the Salt T.i. Chamber of Commerce mlplng -- oommlttee. - - -- Prires showed little or no changa il traded at 41c and West Toledo at 4c and 47c. Michigan deoil In at UVd fur a total Utah Columbus-Reta- u of iuO share. Prince demonstrate Improved condition lines it la understood that the company will be reorganised lor the repurpose of paying Ite deote and 3000 Yesterday suming operations. ahares were sold at Sc. follow: Quotation UftTKP BTOCE5 mt I Akl- - K umerous samples of alleged ores from various properties examined by assoyers of the mines at Heno, Nav , have bureau of - faded to disclose the presence of platinum In appreciable quantities. ' In scms lnsU.nceS. den nil e ev!d has been obtained of the "salting" of sample with platinum wire and toll gOURGES OP MSTAL FEW tJUrtny- tha psst few domeetlo resource of platinum have attracted much attention. On account of the extensive use of platinum during the world war, and the practical the elimination of the Russian supply, high price of this metal rose to new leveto; end though It has since receded to some extent, the price Is now nearly six times that of gold. Whereas In 1913 the average price of platinum was 45 per ounce, the price Is approximately 118. This condition has not only greatly stimulated search for platinum In the United 6totes, but has also offeredSO opportunity for fraudulent promo- tloee which has not been overlooked by those ever on the alert with pto, 3 "1''J 1 aarciLDArt WO CtoioBbos-Vese- at ialu. 41c. 6e. Lehl Ttatic, 1900 St IHUer BUI, 9000 st h, 600 st Nev Qnincy, 7000 st 4c Ploto, 600 st 28c. Prtsoe, 9000 st 2c. Sioux, 2AO et West Toledo, 200 st 1000 st 46c. ftc. llc. MidUgna-U- 4l 46e, 100 st 47c, Interesting Fossils Found in Mine Shaft In shafts sunk In prosnectimr on the Darling Downs In Queensland. Australia, som, particularly interacting fossil remains have been found, to the Engineering and accordingJournal-PresThese Include Mining representatives of at least three kinds of extinct moraupiala Rome of the foesils ore too fragmentary to be of value, but a collection made for the Queensland museum embraoee the following: e Nearly complete ealcaneum, or of dlprotodon australis owen, a gigantic marsupial which was larger than a bullock, and which- In some resemble a wombat;, the respect fragment of a molar tooth of another gigantic marsupial belonging to the dlprotodon group. Portion of the left peivio girdle Of a large extinct kangaroo, probably anak. showing ace pabulum or bastnlike cavttv for ths head of the femur or thighbone. s. beet-bon- noto-threi- mar-oop- local irruTXEjrr ixonmzA by J. A, Heel. A Ce.) lNprSTPlAL STOCK (As Reported ! Issues let me New ' t W a li JUfie 15, 15, Sept. 15, .Oct. 15, ........Nov, ....... ilarciil5. TtrxrixTrxx. high-grad- high-grad- e The roadbed of the narrow gauge railroad and the ruins of the smelter bnilt over forty years seo to serve the Miller Hill can still be CHICAGO, Aug. U. (By rile Assoteen in the main eanvon. ciated Press ) With estimates current MOTES PRODUCTIVE. that the Canadian yield ot wheat this Over the ridge of Miller Hill and Besson would fail to total more than on the oppoeit elope of American 355 000,000 bushels, notwithstanding a Fork canyon i the old Pittsburg previous forecast of 500,000,000 buahefo. mine, s producer ot considerable the wheat market today reached th price level in several week. high grade ore. In tne vieinitv are highest quotations were firm at H the Wild Dutchman, the Silver Bell, Closing to 7c net gain, September 9914 and the Paeifie mine, all of which 99Hc and December 41 034i- Com finhave had rich ore bodiea ished at off to a shade ad Attracted to the ground "bv the ranee, oats unchanged to s (diode high er , and mineralira-tionprovision varying from unexceedingly rich surface changed figures to a rise of 10c. r the evidence of violent Unfavorable weather delaying tha which has ing and fracturing, harvest and Increasing the shattered the formation and made it Canadian bkellnood of damage to late wheat a favorable medium for the enrich gave an upward swing to the wheat mg solutions, and the knowledge market as soon as trading began, that the highly produntive beds, the sides domestic winter wheat, thrash bv rams, coun Reed and Benson and the Little Ing was being delayed try offerings were light and the limestone, lar at depth, C. B. Ferlin. amount c ( hedging selling here was a mining men of manv vears ex- small After the Initial bulge In perience at Bingham end Park City, prices, however, profit taking on the of 1917 former buyer led to a temthe American part organized in reaction. Bear meanwhile put Leasing company to develop the Sil- porary on absence of export damage aa ver Wave, the Lite Yankee and the stress wall aa on assertion that Italy end Belleronhon. were Franc selling back wheat The Holden tunnel was started to bought In th United States and that afford a suitable working er.trv to It waa difficult to obtain caah on favorable limestone strata. From wheat purchased for shipment to the first, developments have indicat- Germany. Announcement of the 325,060,009-busheed that extensive mineralization exot the 1931 Coned an ists at the intersection of the great wheat estimate came shortly before th fissures and ths beds. Last vear close of orap business here, and waa large several ore bodies were opened up. ly responsible for lifting wheat value from which considerable ore was to the day top figures The new Canadian estimate won tin hipped. Eneciallv during the closbut was said to be from I ing weeks of the vear did it become official, very source, end waa apparent that bnt a little mo-- e de mode trustworthy public by one of the foremost veTopment would be necessarv to houses on Change. Moist hot weather, Ideal for promot. open up the main deposit Early this spring mi driff foriv ing corn growth, made the corn max-JPrioea. for oot were eoivbut feet above the Holde-n- - tunnel level as a result of ram damage body of ehal',npmte firm In shock. nets was exposed in the shsle just under Provision refloated rta lltwe ot lving the Reed Slid Beninn forms hog values rion. Up to date nix csrlosds hove been 8hipped.to the emelter, ooe is on the wyv. one is in the er'od mill and another on rh domp. RICH BED EXPOSED, hforeever, in the tope in Silver Wav ground there are several carht loads A face eight feet to ten feet thick and twenty to twent-fe feet wide is being carried ahead. Average samples of the cordino to- Mr. Ferlm, fthow thak the ore carries two ounces of gold, 8 to IQ per cent copper, and 6;7 per cent lead. The mineraLis a. fine, clean chalcopynte and thalco-Cite- . 'high-grad- e in-ig- - From eight to ten tons of ore are Whest. Ne. 1 red, ftl.00kGl.01; broken down to the round. As much 10014010114. as twenty tans has been brought hen). Com, tie. 2 mixed , 1714c; No. 2 down by one round of shots. The 88(536 He bedded deposit is also remarkable O.u, No 2 white, ftrqGttkc; in that it is the replacement of a white, ftboC 38c. 2 Ska. Rye. Shale underlying th limestone asBerlov. 534S2C 0 sociated .with one of the main north Timothy seed. ft4.5 never ered, 15 OuiT.UO. fissures of the diFork, nominal. strict Lard, (10 53. Prospect raises put up on th fisBibs. i.74)8.2. sure to the shale bed for a distance of 500 feet along the strike have inBoston corns cues. variably exposed full face of ore of the eame character and grade, a condition which gives the stope being developed in Silver Wave ground a vitally important aspect. , Development in the next few dave in th Globe mine and the Silver Wave alio will have an important bearing upon the significance of the deposit now being exploited. In the propertv of the Globe Mining adjoining the Silver Wave group, a raise has, been nuLup. At t the level Mr. Ferlin, vrho Is now directing Glob development work, has started a drift on the fissure to reach the Reed and Benson and the shale underlying. The con- - t I , ' . WASHINGTON. CHICAGO. tc 1-- to J-- 1- -4 l-- o. -- -- ' 8. 1- 11. Aug. Walker Brothers Bankers rib old tin baf that trench Ext. th served In some maoaftira to turn fields ahrapnel hall on tha of Franca, is coming Into qifito extensive use as a means of hood protection against folia of rock and era in the mines of Califorals. West Virginia. Oklahoma and many other states, according to & V. Agaton, metal mining engineer of the bureau et mlnea, department of tha Interior. Tha bats arc being used in iahoft sink. Ing and in raising operations and around and in hoisting shafts, state trench tio and Mr. Agetnn. ' Th similar heavy shoes ora ' also being utilized by minora os a medium of war-erwa- pt hat wta hot, heavy and oumboraom. but long year of muting experience had Impressed on th Cornlehman th wisdom of protecting his bead from bits ot felling rock. Hi heavy, cumbersome, cowhide boots, with sole on lnoh thick, u- nhalf an-- tack-t- h doubtedly prevented many on accident to his feet. Sufi protentfv bats are still widely used in some mining districts, but In hats is not nearly so common In mine it should be, - probe-bl- y ot the beoauee-a Urge proportUmforeign-bor- n miner, aa weil aa many American born miner, now com to th mine from other oceupaN1. without previous knowledge of min1 Ing, and do not appreciate th importance of protecting th bead a4 foet In recent from minor eoddenta mines years, however, th bureau of In th has noted a gratifying increase head for device th use of protective by the minora of this country. Many of the soldier had been miners, and cam back with a wholesome respect for tha trench helmet and the trench shoe. After being discharged, nummine end bers returned to th hat and brought with them the trench the thick trench shoe. A one piine In an Oklahoma sine min expressed It; If The old Un hat would Mop reckon Itll etop theft ahrapnel, smaii pieces Of jack. Both miners and operators have been quick to reaognlx the advantage of thee wartime device for mining use, and at least one mining company was so Impressed that it bought A large quantity of trench hat and diftrtnb-ute- il them to its employees. -- I- - Bingham Production Continues ct Norma Shipments from the Bingham die carload lor trlot totaled eighty-ft- v the week ended Friday night, accord, Thl toIng to th Bingham tal is exclusive of the production of the Utah Copper and th Utah Consolidated. the two heaviest shipper tn the district. WHOLES All DAISY FROUTOB. Production foOowa: United States Mutual ) hr Creamery Company (Quotation 31 mine. 4( carloads; Utah-APCase lota Freeh extra creamery batter In 68- Bingham Mine. 8. total. &5 carloads. Na e. -- ... peasd mbea extra creamery butter In car- toes Fresh extra creamery butter, parch.' ment prints Freeh first creamery butter Is car- .43 Freeh ton 4ft 44 4ft ftreta creamery butter, parch meat print CVmklus butter ta cube lect A freeh efft Freeh Rauch m ea ebaeae. triplets Full cream cheeae. Yarn Full cream cheese. leek twill Americas.. square.. cheese brick cheese 80 2T 24 .25 9ft (ft 30 WHEAT.' OATS AND RYE. MINNEAPOLIS. 11 An WheatCaab : Ne. 1 aortheru. tl.l214gL18H ; No 1 dark aertbera tnriog. chela to fancy. 1 24V4 iftOH: too to eholre. ftl 1614! 2314; to sood. fti.14HAi.18l4: September, ; May, (11114; December, (1 (1.164. Coen No. ( yellow, 82ft214e. Or-- No. white. S2k44V4. Rarley CftiftMe. Rye No. 2. dike. Flax No. 1, (2 4(422 MONEY AND EXCHANGE NTW YORK. Aug. 11 Forelfa exebaer firm. Qneatteas la easts- - Great Brttata. ftemaad. 45 eehlet. 4(74: 4My on banka. Fnae. fteaaail.a I R7H ; eablas, 6 ftft Italy, daman. 4 27; cables, 4 50; cab lee, 4 2TU. demand. Belyinm, 4 5614 Gennady, --demand, .000035; cables, 600057- dearaeit, 39 34; eablaa. Holland, Sired en. de39 87. Norway, demand, Danmark, mand, 2ft 0. demand, 1ft (ft. Swltaarland. demand. 18.17. Bpai, deal an 4. 18 70. Greece, demand, 1.74. Poland, de mand. demand, .00041. CoecboAlovakia. 2 92. Aastrta, demand, .001414. Romania, demand, .4914.. Argastln, demand. S2 d2. Brazil, demand. 10.12. Montreal. 97 lu a. CHICAGO PRODUCE. CHICAGO, An. 11. Better Unchanged creamery extra. 42c: standard a. 41 He ; ex tra ftreta, 40 41c; firsts, 88 & 89c; seconds, JSA87c. Ekft Unchanged; reoelpes 18,130 cl firsts. 2 1 G, 25c; ordinary first. 224fc2214e rack extra. 224c: stong pock atoreg firata She. oilva Lower; Poultry 1544240 fowls, broiler. 2fte; arxlngs, 0e: leestas. 14c. t I . i i 1 t'4fc : lUr-;-. 1 -- I I ' '' - b' w 3 ? rTni' - ' ,r $ i S h 4 ' if ;k V I , , I ! j ''-i- f ' X z - 4 n f v ' V- '' V'c. v . : aomarraiamia; X' k V, S. 5 V J c. .5 y' 9 . k ..Ana. . - V S i v' e. , West 28-3- 0 V Fine, ujto-dat- e any profession roadway flso APPLY AUERBACH REALTY CO tew building, only tops from Main on Broadway. Ideal for bank; building and' ino-- company, large insurance company or some other financial business. Handsome mar. bio and mahogany inferior and. bank fixutroa. Two largo vaults. two-ctor- offices, suitable for or business. Moderate rental. V. y Fbane W&sstdi Fifth. Floor. Auerbach. Store. i - ROSS BEAS0N Wftftotch 6042 - & COMPANY ZoTRStiaeDt Sacsidtles IneresMd baainees moles Rftrwwrsry quarter to properJj- serra otzr tliects. excellent offices for largo corporation. Owner will proposals to rent an or part and win make low rental .to start with, option to boy on easy terms. Efftctrv con-Eld-er to rooms Yen srs oeesrinE hajet f CS-1- 9 1 1 Wssstek 5CK2, is st praseRlT to invited cardUHy inspect our row quartern. Teleplons cumber - ti FUk TtnTMtng Anpuft 15, 193, w wHI more from looms 4 tl,T RU il ILSG. 6055-7-- 1 ROYAL BAKING CO. wHI remain Everything in Hardware WHOLESALE EXCLUSIVELY See Our Agents eoura. Aaito inert it 1S27 will buy or sell any Issues at the market at net price fee cash. based ea our-- current New York Stock Exchange quotations. We specialize In B50 and 100 bonds, and In all Investment bend and stocks 4n small lots. r EALT LAKE CITY OGDEN POCATELLO . , f than In th Alftcoferv leadins forty feet ftlov, vertically. Were the present ftlrrarieir in A1d - Bettilyon Homs Builders Co. : more than peering iimifictnee, l"t. COTTON MARKET. hrinq in a shale member of th NEW A at TORE. 11 Corina trot, and BenVi (Vlir, with the 2ft 2.1 Cotroa tsturat cloeed aiddllat. quiet: shove rd th limestone hut 60: October, 2t.95ftit Jirorr hlow--tratadistance ihort that 3 94G 94 00; Jiiaarr. 2A 7525 (2.Derember, Moraft. have produced million in ths Ajcer- - 2A80438S7; May. 2AEL Rd 4 r -: 1934 1 BR00E1S ARCADE Office Building Would ' make now at almost an"v time. sblpmests 1490; stork SS.OSO, GLOBE OUTLOOK GOOD. Quote R te K. 4 9TH; U. S.40; K, 4.80; W 0, 1 15; W. W 5 9ft. Indications in the Globe head have all been favorable. In cutl fault svn not hitherto emplovsd, owing to the through an east-welack ot sufficient law, to reach the 'thetie with the Yankee, drag silver-leadcases, also to ths difficult of secur- and , boulders of ing evidence of the necessary were found. Conner and iron sti Resources Over $19,000,000 of tWa country a No. Ce.. Aag. 11. TnroeaHse fa1. 01. receipts IMS : 93: stock u ozz. .Heels Study: selss I OSS; reestpta SSSS: A synonym for safety for more than sixty years foot protection.Th Cornish miner of arlir days. Who has left his mark In nearly every metal mining comp of tha United States, usually protected his head with a hard r coined felt hoA, on which eras stuck a candle, th candle be: nf held in plan by a gob Of mud. Th yellow, SAVANNAH, - 1943 194 192S ". Underground in Work Ka. rinn. ! A. HOGLE & CO. . Close. By CHARLES D. MICHAELS. Aug. 1L White prices advanced to the higheM figures in over two weeks with September eeU ot the dollar mark lag wMhla I closed ebdut the tog with net Kansas City and gains ot showed mors irinpeiti.manhowever, Chicago, tha farmor Strength with Septemgaining 1 under Chicago at (ho last, ber 8 on .Wednesday, while against 4 the northwestern market was up 1 4 higher to Q1 -- 4o. Corn dosed lows; oats unchanged to tc o higher. higher, and ryj A merited change in sentiment has come ovm the wheat trade during the past week, and many local and oommi salon houses are oa the SuU side. The fact that the of tha Rockies ore on a seat statm domestic basis a far as theoretical Is ooncerned, with demand auppiy and wet weather damage to the ahooked in stent grain and the per, In reduction the Amerithe estimated yields ratwe can and Canadian northwegtthan offset bearish foreign developments For the week net gains. were Corn closed higher 343 lower on (or September and 86-c the deferred deliveries, with the excellent crop outlook a factor In the latter. OnXs were higher $1 asd rye- 1 ig l -- o higher. Brevis one. while duH, showed a firm undertone, with lord 1542,30c and short rib 20Q25c higher for ' the week.' Bulk ot The" ornvaii of "wheat at Chicago of 45 ears were applied on contracts, the same as they have been for many days pest and the Sepbaste en spot was very firm. tember closed at M 6--8 to 9 3 --4c, and December at 1.03 Winnipeg felled to show any uneasiness and ea compared gained only with Thursday. Soaking rains fell over many parts of the oorn belt and with the exception of further hot winds in parts of Kansas end Oklahoma there were no unfavorable crop comments from the states ot largest production. September finished et 77 to 7 and December at 62 September' acted tight at times on account of tha Maher premluroe lor cash gram. 11 over the future. Feed10 4 west ing operation In the centraleeaaon, promise to be very heavy this with 924 corlota of livestock shipthe ping out from toKansas City in Rethe country. poet few dave 14 cars ceipts. Owing lo heaw and persistent rain of late quality of the new oats will be materially caught In shock a local R. O. Cromwell, lowered. estimates that the grain crop expert, will be lowered two grade tn part Oat have been reof Nebraska the ceiving a little more attention shown more end have dave few poet strength than wheat. Receipts, 179 oars. Outside interest In rve Is down to a minimum and trade Is largely of local character, with the action of wheat the dominating influence. No export buolnese was reported. 115-foo- Maturitv . Protection Big (Hjiraaff paUgr XSribvau LIBERTY BONDS 2nd 414 Srd 4 a .. 4th 414s Dol- lar at Stronp com-pan- out-pu- t hand-washi- silver-lead-zin- -- ' well-kno- i fis-u- whether the United well-kno- - - fort to determine -, . States has really any Important dornestlo sources of platinum, but the results have proved disappointing. of of samples t A large number and lode material have been ex- ' plaoer amtned, but In moat of them negative results were obtained. ofThese samples the mining have come from all states. Including Alaska. The United States appears to have of platinum no Important resource least none which Is ats all Ukely at demand, notion - ever to supply tits of it er any considerable fraction macn not Is Under 1000 ounces a year of a aupnly when the country needs to fifteen times that quantity. - ten The case of platinum is fPJfjJJf with those of tin and country has no tin or of significance. BLACK SANDS PRODUCTIVE. the That there Is some platinumbut.In virUnited States is undisputed. metal Is recovered tually ail of the cepoentrate or the from the heavy black rand, collected on plants In dredges or at hydraullcklng Californio. Oregon and Alaska. ov er handle As the dredges alone 60 .000.000 .cubic yards of gravel per vard content per vear. the platinum s Infinitesimal. During tha period Inclusive, the Boss mine In but Nevada contributed to the totals, one hardly exceeded 100 ounces In any 1 ' n addition to the placer depositi bd Als.ks of California. Oregon which contain platinum metals, ana lode deposits of tne tfte county. Rambler mine In Laramie Clark coun- Wyo.. the Boss mine in Chuck mine ffclt the and ty, Nev., of Wales, Alesla, which in Prince albut metals contain alto platinum copper, end ways In combination with Boulder county and silver; some gold Colo., and the Copper King mining sup-- ! district. Clark county. Nev., have bureau s piled samples in which the .quansmall chemists at Rene detected tities of lode platinum. the source of It is well known that Is In basic eruptive rocks, ' platinum by promoters yet it has been asstated well as gold and ft, that platinum I i silver, have been found and euccess-sedl-- l fully extracted from. oil shale a mentary rock. SHALES FOUND BARREN. tiI In sthdiea madestation by the oflnterraou the bu- ts tain experiment no reau of mine at Salt Lake City,U tan platinum was detected either In S or Wyoming shale. Block sands in rivers or on eoaot ! beeches have always been consid-ere- d as probable sources of platinum. the F; These include the deposits onnorth-f coeet of southern Oregon and era California, where a great deal of Investigation has been done by state 1 and federal aothoritlea,and on which an equal amount of hard labor anda money has been wasted by proepect-oriid others. In order to ascertain what were the possibilities of beach platinum from these recovering 1917 an engineer was sent sands, in to examine of mines bureau the by the region. A total of thirty-seve- n samples was taken, and In only three ana coses was platinum detected, three were In concentrated material. In normal times Russia is the the t greatest producer, of platinum, to over annual amounting per cent IOO.OoO otmee of the urorkTn total. This la all r6 J covered by dredging or Colombia methods. .Although South An erica, now produces close to 40,000. ounces of platinum yearly, not I' an ounce oofn$s from ore rock In J, place aU being recovered by dredgmet hod a ing er The growing seriousness of the sit uation created by unscrupulous promoters ot alleged platinum producing properties has suggested to various state mining officials in the western states the necessity of taking some action to protect the public, Legal prosecution has been considered, hut st - motion schemes. The staff of the rare and precious metals station of the bureau of mines. Reno. Nev., has made an especial ef- , Under Fraction high-grad- e de-o- it tt Wirnlnf to T REALTOR.- Community Building, 45 East Broadway. -- 7 Telpebone Wasatch 292. EqoipnaL Mining sS MwWiI MaomnarMJ LalLO nieJaff fiD Go. Rsmambs owe feesttora sms brack north 7 bhorl Llh gUtiiq. Street Car Me IE 19 and 20 pas our Soar, s X |