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Show PLATINUM IN CALiO.lNIA While the high price of platinum in 1 iv I'cited States n irM2 encouraged prospecting for rhis rare metal, th. production in I Hal year was but AHgbt Ij larger thnn that of the precedin ear Accordina to David T Dav o, the Cnited States Ooo'ogicai purvey, n an advance chapter from Miner."" Resources for DH2 on th production of platinum and allied metals, receh 1 ly published by the survey, the output Of crude platinum in lrM2 was TJil ounces, compaicd to ii2v ounces 1911. With tim exception of a srnaU Meld from the cw Rambler roppffj mine? in Albany county. Wyoming, thd entire domestic production came, frond California and Oregon The greatM part of she California platinum Waffl 1 tamed as a b-prod:,c :n ;r,M dr?r-, dr?r-, ing In Rune Tuba, Sacramento ani Calaveras counties j The United States supply comsj 1 h efl; from me unmanufactured an' manufactured platinum imported 91 I directh from Russia In addition, 580 ounces of platinum sand were lnl ported into the United stales jn ipp h h by the usual estimate of so pert" cent fine metal, would yield 315,224 ' ounces, of refined platinum In 'he refined platinum produced In do'1 mestie refineries from both domestic ; and foretan sources amounted to jm S proximatch 18,029 fin ounce.: rah at $1.732 221, compared with 29,Ufl I fine ounces similar!',- obtained (gS if'll The total value or our platlntunjB i imporiatinns In 2 -both raw ravS , terial and mauufartured prodgcts-A I was ?4.5i'3.fi$2, against ?4.866.207H iti'i 1, |