The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-15
MORE THAN GOLD IN ALASKA
Great Quantities Of Platinum IN
the River Beds.
ASSAYS s7sa TO TON Or SAND.
CSnssT wrGeaL Writes an Ina portsnt
Letter From fsm 81 .ar to the state
D~eaytsa~ s-Fear. There fff he
aa Esssa~ste .s stsa a~ss There
Ia the Spring. commercial M~a
opposed 20 Aid FROM the Uatside.

torsss &sezsesok - zo;s from Fgz~soa Sc
shs ssae department. argsser date Of f}seern-
o. Ps1iaazas as& tseer sseesf2F IL
suNerE9 ae ins rsazS s@na &azEb - fgsSTs1
H. CREST saawslties IA rse@. - tfe eTe@ ~
bsse. as9 = ss.s F~safs ~ god - = 20
por-ef Il fae fa.fssGng. EnA fak6a dssHtsEf
ssil a8vs 4 HsN Frr4sse1 = gasre
's Tire toisoe .ag account o fas Analysis
Of esgss fsessl-Is king ard Ns3fsEsgsssily zpffa-
lsz~ black sand HIa Prove * great i.ltsssst
~ tA9ss ss.o have ne ssssgs Il lhss sosifs-
Gy a. heart Blzek sAEs4 . found n al
mast every sgYsaBa - stls ia&ra tsFrEs9sy.
oxse strife cgFsst gefe3 = good lHise4tissl o.
e1.d an more IT lsss quantity - S4&sys q
xsssanee 80 ~sS3sarE On accslf1k ~ -
great Specific gravity e Es&nalaS ~ fae
ssasce Eozes wlfn tas god. aaa eKsfa aAfsa-
sanIslng Nsa ugt assASs separate sf from
sae pfacsasss gassal Il companies.
Darlas the cleanup many los4s u ts8e
eand i tesFa8n a41, yst tae -zEaAs3 sas 81
swslvA lgynss - + tasesi ssgn heas lie
mouth - TIE f{oots aesa @azsla tend 20
sags s. s4siiset Ea14e fos 1859 ssfssrfs-es.Y
bs-gf,aset TIE 8ss5elag aggpgaHy. .,
~hiess gagf jack Crawford = tbe ges.3sas
head. ass Obtained eosss5erahlg over @v'
miles ~ rgsss ~ gs.1 aseas az, part Of
wh.cts r. 4 sang strstea 0f tree Ess0saalE.q a Ia
s5ear - nsfs5lh. ia = s&si Sfst S2Fsfa-ss
fine r. : pas sI1leea 81 gsF4ng quantities.
j. Rashlne psse aaa eAf e7shsc sasats q
grave. tas short ssEcs bsxfN De sfse ;ssfitJ
sonxsstsG wstn assas Sand. TIE Aaasi ara
eesd asst sefe aakeE up .utG ths geld
carefully resfs0ssa TIE sand ssE sstss
snFo&n aHag - Is aaalai. bass brought 70
JlsNssss i5f willis y kTsTetfs = metal
iafc.es - national reputation Ard a mem
ier of the Bag ~ tatr N1pFeHss court Of sfis
limited states. - ofFIesal ssssFsr x Capt
Jack eonpSRy. and has fsOss csapiste
sad expensive assqay Office om Sseand ave-
sgs. Tsae &an4 AAs gwen 70 him for ansly-
as. ard the n3ost slxpFs * results ~efe
s@sgzsses
Enarmo1s In Platinum.
II sna readily found snat z per cent
- the black GARD wss Uas magnetic iron
oxide. With naRusfF fhe tao ARE easily
sepsrates. and bsExefa tbs iso sands here
was AfsEe Gsnersnee. exsept taag tAe naa~
magnet sasal slg@aFfa of sl3sbtiy finer
traia than tie magnet 4 furnace tssi
Al TIE magnetic Eaad = - diy Flsa into loss
mixed R1th tAe proper 8ssxsn aD4 info
eucsti i8so the faFnsev A. the prosper hea,
hi bBt the gaetaAs santei acre yolatislzsd
Er rae into Aia&. leaviee buttons x piagi-
YuFn aaa gga = esrsf.5 weighing ug9n
sanSes. Nhsch *esa lbs Gs~a f8Tts gsit
saos1zan3tA par of g grain. showed a most
s4fpYis aE ffsalf he : fo8srsg - FsXo-
Ias4onIxe si0lsiag aseslsdz as pfScties3 20
Gay IL Ffysf iSka tas ~ ons Ton u TIE
sar-rresasir H8rk aaasa tAeTe are si4z is
ggsd and aas.f sA aanses II platinum.
SOM iridium $50 q Eracn 81 tin. The pat-
faufu as s. AS 8#5ses &ouid amount 80
sal8e 90 So wsksaN ti.e total value -
8 tgn y lAe m4aa ssfA
sa segue i,seAasias faa asn8 - most
pisniifal Ia ISIS esse there eers tHeiRe
pounds n aHark earai from oDe ana a ha4f
cube Ysrss 81 har grave IN twelve pounds
~ black sanzs ihsre aese three pounds II
uob-aeialAe eand. II obtain .on ~ this
xoi4 anA platinuF1-bearsng SAND woujG. -
tie foregoing figures. require th* s.aelug
81 tes yafds 81 gravel, which giEea ihe
y=iua in platinum ard gold - = ITS 20
size yard. Tb1s g sn3lse5y oEsfe Of ans
placer god cAasAJ ln the slUices or upon
ire nuaIgam- Riih ige5gefs, upon a nod-
sFn plan. It costs ha' a few cents 80 handle
zach yard - creek ~tIt,. gravel - that II
there waa not au otnce - free EaiA in
the eo0afFy IL wogla si,I. Re profitable 81
ssesAse fos black san3
Dr. Es-rcts.'~ T~-timons
. 'nr. EsyreiteA oan H7trta weru- Forty
ratsic tsei 81 sravei iu llaes gave twelve
pounds % Slaek eta8 IS she ua&Ai Ax5tsa-
Z on process TAis s&4fk ISL assAxa3 sua
essasyze3. gave "a alEh eAiuf ln RssH ana
platinum MIR tTasas - s3,var tnnasg G.n
aaa sfsaissnf re- sanp.e * heH aasly Is
sas platinum. ssy. tHg raarfaasAs smeHn'
az ainssy SIX eurers IS its tun 5he p5sff-
mum he.ag g. ghe -1sae ~ Guviy-slls lfs8
minute grains 0f netal rsa8asafa with sius-
saresthea grains uf "a .ts.as2tx ans koi
e. ilae vAIlls ~ So. - isa ten" AZ the
same operation g'r. ENersIte aE=syea sersse
az the ffatasioaaa Eoj ssa fo3s5 81 Is
run a tf.as Over 81 an ounce
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