The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-26

verted into coin of the realm TO the
great advantage Of the owner The
pUcspeCtor is To be helped to determine"
for himself whether there Is hidden
wealth i'm the Lodges which he may m-
cover and not suspect because of his
lack of knowledge and experience lu
making determinations. Ina fact. new
era i'm the science of mining and min
eraloEy is about 10 be born. and the
government of The United states. or
rather its expert Representatives. are
To see go 10 that the mining world
reaps the benefit This. In brief. rs
am outline of important informant lu1
which was released by Professor David
+ Day. chief Of tho division Of min
erIi resources of the United states geo
logical survey on his arrival I'M this
city from Washington yesterday.
Great Chance For Miners.
Professor Day is OF route to FortIau5.
orc where hc viii take the nec"~-
-ary steps 60 establish headquarters
FOR his department at the Lewis y
clark exposition. aud iHaUgUTate what
ne terms e. special investigation into
the platinum resources of the United
States. j. l.. Batcheldcv viii be i'm per
s0uaI charge of the work at that point,
and. when the fair Is opened and the
work IL well under way II IS expected
To make demonstrations that VIII De
of iueStimabIe benefit TO the mining
prOSpectOr ia the western country lr
invited to forward samples Of gold
bearing sands. placer gravels. ConceI-
trateS and crude ores OF any deSCTlp-
tioU in which il is suspected that min
erals other than those generally un-
derstood exist. Packages are not to
: exceed four pounds in weight. and let
tiers should accompany them explain
ing in detail what they are supposed
to contain. where the lodges or depOS-
veins. lodes OF deposits, together with
the amount and character Of develop
ment done on the properties These
samples may be sent to Washington,
I Portland or the geological survey head
quarters i'm this city and the seudeTS-
Professor Day says. may rest assured
that they viii receive attention
Work For Uncle Sam.
This work is being inaugurated Is
the result Of special legislation by con-
gress." explained the professor. when
seen yesterday afternoon While the
plan iS to learn. at the start what are
the probable and possible platinum re-
sources of the country. II must neCeS-
SariIy partake OF a. much wider scope.
In the search for platinum in ores.
sands and Srayels. we cannot fail to
discover many other minerals Of which
the average miner and DrOSpector
knows 80 little, ard we don't wish To
When We have learned from
the small samples submitted to
us and the letters received that there
IS proba hlc value in the propo-
SitiOn under investigation our near
est field manager viii be notified and
he will go into the matter farther and
secure greater quantities OF the ma
tNrial needed i'm order that commercial
tests may be made and the owner put
i'm limo for doing business.
Valuable Portland Exhibit.
And right here is where We expect To
! make tho great exposition al Portland OF
, Naju" to us i'm our work as well AIS tp thu
vices for the separation of the various
metals found in the ores Of this country
viii D" ON exhibition there. Such of these
as promise results i'm our work VIC shall
ask TO he permitted TO use by an ar
rauEcmcut OF this kind we shall he IN a
] position To take a ton of ore, sand or
/ test II in many ways An accurate record
( will he kcpt of what has been accom-
tested will be given the benefit OF our i'm
1 VcStiga tons We expect to arouse such
} interest i'm this Investigation that by the
end of the summer, we can boast OF nav
/ ing 1000 or more prOSpcCtOTS i'm the fleid
that is we shall have al least that many
people interested IN the campaign of cdu
cation thus inaugurated-
! Where Russia Leads the World.
/ Now. to come back to the platinum
! feature Of the work. Russia. aS II quite
/ generally known. supplies nearly a. pcJ
/ cent of the worlds output of that metal
| Where does II come from Ii comes from
| the placer mines of Siberia. South Amer
/ can countries supply nearly an the rest
1 of il. our country proportion nclu-
! scarcely I per cent That tho pTuductiOT
( here is not greater is not because of the
| scarcity of the metal but rather because
! our placer miners and others have not
\ been educated va to the inheritance "l
] l. IU
( gold piaccrS and quartz Lodges. cSpecIaIit
I where tho SCrpcntiu" appears ass a con
/ StitUCpt feature of tEc rock forma tiuue
J To separate platinum from gold and "thcl
! minerals by concentration is SimUl.
4 matter. as its specific gravity is greater
J thun inat OF SoId-and might also &
/ plain that it is just about as NaluaDi"
! But does the placer miner ever think Of
| saving it, Not ~ all Anything thai
! will not stick to copper plate COat-,
! with duaiSam he Is perfectly wiling 20
J let go 10y. We hope to teach MIN the er
| TOR Of his way before long and to SliESc-
| 10 MN practical means 81 hdAInE ,
! valuable product Of the platinum whi@F
/ occurs with his sold Platinum YOU nH
I dcrStaud. Is greatly needed in this age q"
/ electricity Every electric gIobc which Is
/ manufactured, ever gas engine Sparker
] every electric connection where Sparl
/ of fire is generated abSorhS lust 50 uIcf
/ platinum 1t enters into the maUUfaCtu-'
/ of artificial teeth and Is used in marN
/ ways and places wrerc q uon-cOroSiv'
I substance IS required.
/ Tho RIISSO-Japanesc War has seriously
! CUrtdiled the product in Russia and riCu
! now is the time for the miners of TIM
| western country 90 jump in and make
/ business of producing it, The same IS
J true Of many other Of the raTcr metal.
! and, while the geological surEey. or ml
division OF il is about IL, an effort viii b'
! made in all earnestness aud good faith G
lassist the miner in learning the true vortl
/ of the various metals concerning which
/ generally speaking. he knows 50 little TO
| daV.
Mineral Wealth Of Utah.
| s'Now. allow me TO say o word aboU
! Utah and opportunities il presents for &C
| complishinE much on the lines under dis
cussion There IS proba bly, no state in th
Union which boasts the large variety -
minerals found here. That more has no
been heard Of them and the reason tina
so few of them refer to the raTer miU
erals-are being produced in a commerce.
way is due almost entirely N the fac
that you miners and prospectorS are no
. sufficiently acquainted with tnerr pecui
iaritieS and occurrence to recognize then
when present in their ores. We wish q
help them learn more about tbeiTe wort