Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-21

cries are due 10 him,
Mr Day Is one OF our best known
gcrircists lie has been connected with
~. survey for almost q quarter ~ %
century ard has been in charge Of the
government mining exhibits nj our ma
tional expeditions from The worlds fair
az Chicago 10 Portland Il was at
Portland last year that the most Nm-
por,aut OF the black sand experiments
were made.
IN my talk with DIT. Day ! asked him
how the investigation originated He
told me u was through q search for
platinum, d metal which ! have re-
,Crrcl 60 above as SAINTS fathers asses.
and in the hunt for which Dc discovered
yast quantities n magnetic from.
chrome iron ZirCon and rare
minerals valuable !n the arts.
Chrome Iron ls used n the
manufacture OF plants. chrome
steel and b.chr5matc ~ potash. Zircon
Is valuable In making lncandesccut gas
and electric lights and monazitc and
other metals for the same purpose. IN
addition 90 them Doctor Day found IT,
tanium and other things 81 which I
write further on,
THE HUNT FOR PLATINUM.
The beginning Of the hunt was for
platinum ana Il was the direct outcome
~ the Japanese Russian war The
chief platinum mines now known 10 the
world are lu The Ural mountains on the
borders of Siberia. II is from there
most ~ the worlds supply comes, and
the supply is controlled by trust
which furnishes our American markets
with platinum at its own prices. when
the Wlr broke out our manufacturers
were greatly alarmed, and they sent I'm
petitions to Congress io have the geo.
lorie. survey look mp platinum In the
United States !, was known that the
metal existed Iu small quantities in
many localities and the object of the
petitions vas to have America furnish
Zoe oNu supply OF this metal and thus
beat the trust The geological survey
asked for m appropriation and got Il,
but they w0rlel their request so that
th- work covered an the metals IN the
black sand
WORTH MORE THAN GOLD.
The results OF the Investigations have
shown that Wc shall supply "a large
ears az our own platinum and that
eur miners Con some localities win make
q great deal from this metal iu addition
tO The gold which d. almost always
fouH3 1 come tiou with %. Platinum
is ,,Eery White metal as hard MS iron
and very ralleable II is with one ex-
c.puUn The heaviest metal .u nature;
and sim ~ Is $50 ductile and workable
thu wires have been made OF 10 which
ara Observation-Disclosures Of am inch
u diameter
This metal IS of great value IN the
arts IL win not am8lgamate with
quicksilver and 10 is about the only
metal which cam be used iu carrying
the electric current through the glass
of the incJndesDent lamp. Every cleo
iric globe or bulb has two fine plau-
mum wires running through The glass
hy which the electricity goes to the
GIamert within. 10 is used in dll KINGS
% electrical machinery. 10 Is also used
iu dentistry and especially for the pins
which attach "a brand new porcelain
tooth to au old srag OF q root
Platinum is used Don laboratories Tor
cruDibias and other utensils. as IL is
not attacked by acids. and 10 Is also
aii0yed with many other metals for va
r1Us purposes n has al times been
used iu Russia for the coinage Of high
values ~ money, and, indeed. 20 Is al-
most always worth more than It's
weight In gold II is uOW bringing up.
ward Of S20 per ounce.
Dr. Day tells me that there Is d regu-