REPORTED FIND
OF PLATINUM
NEAR VALDEZ
W. R. Millard, one of the successful
mining operators of this district, has
taken an option on the group of plati
num claims located by Otto Silberman
in May of last year on the Richardson
road, about eight miles from town.
From tests made in Seattle by I. F.
Laucks, the platinum values have
proven to be high. A large sample is
going out on this boat for a cyanide
test, as the mineral is in tiny globules
in fine sand. This sand, after concen
tration by sluicing, will have to be
treated by this process. From indi
cations and returns from assay it is
believed by Mr. Millard that this
ground can be worked at a good profit,
and arrangements will be made to put
in a large hydraulic outfit.
Platinum is worth about $47 per
ounce at the present market price,
about three times the value of gold.
Platinum has been reported in asso
ciation with gold placers at many
widely-separated localities in Alaska.
Some of the reported occurrences
after investigation have proved not to
contain the precious metal. The com
plete output in platinum for Alaska
is given in 1916 as between ten and
twenty ounces. This came from Dime
creek, in the Koyuk district. It is re
ported that deposits have been found
in the Mount McKinley district, but
these reports have not been verified.
Some platinum has been taken
from the Slate creek placers of the
Chestochina district, and it has been
known that osmium and iridium occur
in the placers of Miller' gulch.
So far as known this is the first
time that platinum in any consider
able quantities has been discovered
in the Coast district.
Mr. Silbermana, who has been trap
ping at Eight-Mile during the past win
ter, discovered the platinum while pan
ning along the creeks on the hillside
opposite his camp. He turned his
samples over to Mr. Millard, who sent
them out for assay. Returns showed
that platinum existed in considerable
quantities. Mr. Millard promptly
took an option on the claims and also
staked a number of other claims.
To a Miner representative he said:
“The platinum is there, but I can
not say in what quantities until I de
velop the ground. It looks like a pay
ing proposition.”—Valdez Miner.
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JAPANESE TROOPS FALL
FOR BOLSHEVIK IDEAS
TOKIO, July 12 (by Associated
Press).—Some of the Japanese troops
returned from Siberia are affected to
a more or less degree with Bolshevik
ideas, asserts the newspaper Hoch.
The war office admits the fact with
some modifications, the newspaper de
clares.
Senior Adjutant Matsuki is quoted
as saying that the war minister is
greatly concerned about this state of
affairs, and as a result of careful study
of the subject by the recent confer
ence of the commanders of the army
divisions, it has been decided that
proper control should be exercised
oyer these undesirable elements by
the commanders of the divisions in
co-operation with the local branches
of the ex-soldiers’ associations.
EPIDEMIC OF TYPHUS
IS NOW ON DECREASE
MEXICO CITY, July 14 (by Associ
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cases in the capital was fewer during
the first five months of 1919 than for
many previous years, and the depart
ment of health in a recent statement
declares that the marked decrease in
sickness is the direct result of its own
crusade for personal hygiene.
The capital, with its abnormal pop
ulation of more than a million, reports
not more than 125 new cases of typhus
per month, whereas in former years,
when the city’s population was nor
mal, or about 600,000, the number of
cases reported per month averaged
between 1,600 and 1,800.
JAPANESE ARE AFTER
MEXICAN IRON DEPOSITS
MEXICO CITY. July 14 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Japanese capitalists
are trying to close deals involving the
purchase of the principal iron deposits
in Mexico, according to El Universal,
which paper bases its story on rumors
in commercial circles. It is said that
the deposits involved are those of
Cerro del Mercado, in Durango, the
value of which is increased by the
proximity of the coal mines of Coa
huila. The paper adds that it is pro
posed to bring to Mexico thousands
of Japanese workers.
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