TALES FROM HILLS
SERIES STORIES
CONTINUATION OF RECENT
MINING ARTICLES FOR AL
ASKA PROSPECTORS
PLATINUM BY ALBERT S. WIL
KERSON, INSTRUCTOR GEO
LOGY, ALASKA COLLEGE
(Continued from yesterday)
“Is platinum ever found in the
i• ■ ve state as golu is found?’’ n.
enured Jack.
That is about the only way it is
found.) Jack,” answered Larry. “It
is the only it comes, as far as com
mercial quantities are concerned.
Commercial quantities are the only
quantities that I like to talk about.
Yes, platinum is found as pure
platinum, put as gold is found as
pure gold. It is commonly found
hr placer deposits, but its original
home is in association with chrom
:te in peridotites, or in serpentine
derived from the peridotites. In
the Urals the “mother” rock was a
dunite or olivine rock. Usually t.
original home is rather poor. In
the Urals the riunite contained
nlatinum averaging only a grain or
less per cubic yard of the fresh
rock. In Nevada, it has been found
in quartz veins while in Sumatra it
occurs in a contract-metamorphie
deposit. Most of the world’s sup
ply of platinum is obtained from
placers, however. It is taken out
oy dredging to a large extent the
■same as gold. With ulatinum, are
’lways found other members of the
"'platinum family” such as palla
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Phone Adams 91. Peyser’s Tailor
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|riiuir. iridium, osmium pfe."
| “Does platinum ever occur in
vpins other then the quartz veins
you mtmtioned?”
'T' ’“’’um is contained in certain
niche’ deposits as at Sudbury. Ont.,
•n cooper veins, as at Butte, Mont..,
and elsewhere; also in certain veins
■n which gold js associated with
copper arid other base metals. In
:these the platinum minerals occur
,onlv in minute quantities unreccg
inizab'e in assays of the ores, and
jure detected and 1 ccovt.red only ir
|the final refining of copper and
jnickel, or of gold bullion. Plati
jnum contributes scarcely at all to
|the commercial value of such ores,
and no deposit cf this type has ever
been worked for the platinum
alone It is erratically and discon
tinuous^ distributed in some dikes.
High assays from speciamens are :
obtained from some of these dikes,
and for that reason these occur- |
.ances have repeatedly created tern- i
oorarv excitement, at different!
times, ut plot’r.um has never been I
tjund in (' mmerica! quantities u,
there No, ?.« I said before, it voo '
want platinum you must finu It !
1 '■'•'V 4rnu d in placers if you Wax;
it in commercial quantities.”
“Is there not p ’•i 'uni l~
mir/ d from dikes in South Afrie ■ v ji
Jack continued to inquire of his i
talkative partner
“A few years ago,” answered Lar
rv, after a moment'? inflection an t
after relighting his pipe for the
lOth time, “ a few years ago, plati
num was found in South Africa is
you state. The occurance of this
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SCHALLERER’S ALASKA SHOP.
DR. ALCORN IN JUNEAU
Dr. R. J. Alcorn, formerly of this
city, has opened up offices in Ju
neau. Dr. Alcorn recently returned
to Alaska from the East where he
completed a post graduate course
in surgery, also a special course in
eye, ear, nose and throat trouble.
Dr. H. C. DeVighne has been
elected first Commodore of the
Capital Yacht Club of Juneau.
comparatively rare metal is in (,h
Transvaal. Years before, its pres
ence was detected in the heavv re
sidue from the stamp mi’.'® that
sru.slnu goiil ire. Same of the ore
assays at the rate of ounces pc-”
ion, but tiie di tribution of the
metal is extremely irregular. A
tore of granite is surrounded hv a
aand of norite, a varietv of.gabbio.
’I’d in this norite, platinum i
ound in three tvp-as of deposit,
lamely: (1) in pipes or ,-z
limits or olivine rock, (2) in ;.
tensive band of nor' o a ul :3)
illuvium derived from the o
'! th“ primary deposits ins: m
coned. The oeruranre of rh ni
i in p rt of the ri trie : uaus i
ioi as it is as .1.. ec
rot with an aUra-bo v. e.un i .
rut with quartz in i f uic-J.su .
ravershig sandstone and fclsite.”
(To be continued)
Seattle ice cream and fresh
candies at Sylvia’s.
Look over our handsome line of
VALENTINES before you buy. The
'inest of selections. Schallerer’s
Uaska Shop.
H. HAYES LEAVING
Howard Hayes, member of the
Seward high school squad which
departs in the morning for Fair
banks, will, upon his return, leave
for Juneau where he will visit re
latives and friends after which he
goes to Ketchikan to enter school.
His brother Delbert has been down
there for some months past.
Beautiful assortment of Valen
tines at Schallerer’s Alaska Shop.
NOTICE
Not responsible for bills against
■the Overland Grill prior to Febru
ary 1, 1929.
Signed, HARRY KAWABE.
Don’t wear old run down heels
when they can be replaced at so
little cost with New Good Year
Heels, making the shoes more
comfortable to wear and better in
appearance.
SEWARD LEATHER WORBS
TOMORROW’S TIDES
High water
T,ow water
High water
11:48 a. m. 6.1 ft.
1 47 p. m. 3.4 fc.
10:52 p. m. 8.0 ft.
Low water 5:57 a. m. 0.6 ii
flash lamps and batteries
at J. L. Graefs. •
Have you heard the new
“Okeh” records at Sylvia’s?
They are wonderful.
HESSON PIPES WON’T LEAK,
WON’T DRIP, WON’T SMELL,
CANNOT GET STRONG. YOU CAN
MOKE IT EVERYDAY—VET IT
STAYS CLEAN ALWAYS $4.00 AND
$7.50. Schallerer’s Alaska Shop.
Motorship
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Service to iniikh iii v iliamna, ■
Portlock .Solouvia Kenai, An- S
cborage and other ports in |
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uer? temporarily while the M. S. «
^fiehoverer is undergoing in- S
.•a flat ion of new engines, heat- {
• ng system, state rooms and J
engthening as well! as many •
other improvements, in Seattle. !
•
Capt. Heinie Bergei jjj
Seward, Alaska *
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