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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-12-06

"a. L. Howard, of Ketchikan Alas
l1a, in Engineering and Mining Jour
nal Press)
From time to time there appear in
the columns of the Journal-Press, ar
ticles reporting the alleged finding of
platinum in commercial amounts in
certain districts of the western states
without exception the platinum is in
an unusual form and cannot be de-
tected by the established methods of
analysis.
In a recent issue are reported the
findings of a commission appointed to
investigate the reported occurrance
of platinum metals in Idaho. In con-
nection with this report the name of
Mr.. Dozier of Grants Pass, Ore, is
mentioned.
As [ have had the privilege of in
vestigating the secret methods Of
platinum analysis used by three
different chemists" including Mr.
Dozier. it is my belief that a disclos-
ure Of their procedure may be Of
general interest.
In 1918, while engaged in customs
work for the firm of Glover. Wells &
Elmendorf, Seattle, 1 had occasion to
assay upward of twenty-five samples
from the Nelson mining district
British Columbia In none of these
did we find platinum. A chemist in
Philadelphia reported considerable
platinum in duplicate samples. Ar
rangements were made for him to
come to Seattle and demonstrate his
method. which was essentially as fol-
lows:
A sample consisting of several as
say tons is crushed to one-quarter
inch. placed in a muffle and roasted
TO eliminate volatile elements such as
sulphur. anthony. and arsenic, and,
when withdrawn. plunged hot into
cold water to render disintegration Of
the ore complete and thus insure
complete liberation of the platinum
on subsequent grinding. The roasted
pulp. after being ground to 100 MESH
is digested hot with hydrochloric acid
and all soluble salts are filtered off.
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HOLD ANNUAL MEETING
OF YELLOWSTONE TRAIL
FIVE DELEGATES TO REPRESENT
THE BOARD OF TRADE
REPRESENTATION.

/ The annual meeting of the Idaho
members of the Yellowstone Trail as
ISOLATION win be held in this city at 10
a. m. on December IA, at which the
towns will be entitled to representa-
ton as follows: Post Falls, 1; Occur
d"Alene. as: Kellogg, "a; Mullan, z;
Wallace. 12S Members present from
any town will be entitled to cast the
fun vote of membership from such
town. Any member present will have
the right to speak and vote on any
question, but no proxies will be al
lowed. The following general officers
of the association will be present: j.
V. Hawkins. of Occur d'Alene, member
of executive committee for Idaho; J.
r.. Hubbart. of St. Paul. president of
the Yellowstone Trail association; II.
O. Cooley. secretary of st. Paul AT
this meeting fun reports of the asso-
citation for the year 1928 will be made.
and proposed plans and budget for
1924 will be submitted. The member
ship campaign now pending will be
discussed and the Idaho fember of the
executive committee will be elected.
Board of Trade Interested.
The approaching meeting of the
Yellowstone Trail association was
brought to the attention of the board
of trade yesterday 10y President Rossi,
who invited Theodore Wellman, trail
man in this city. to preside during its
consideration Mr.. Wellman explained
the purpose of bringing the matter up
at this meeting. The board took out
five memberships last year which en-
titles it to five delegates in the meet
ing. and these Mr. Welman thought
should be appointed at yesterdays
meeting.
f. f. stone referred to the member
ship drive last year which resulted in
Wallace taking out more than its
quota At the same time other Idaho
towns fell far below their allotment,
and this unbalanced situation applies
to all other states along the trail. In
this situation Mr. Stone said that the
membership obligation for five years
is not binding for manifestly it is not
fair for Wallace to pay in more than
100 per cent while others come through
with only 10 and in some cases moth
ing at all He said the five year mem
bership drive undertaken last year
failed, and that a new membership
campaign would be considered at the
coming meeting All members are
entitled to attend and participate in
the meeting, but under the circum-
stances they are not obligated TO
make further payments under the old
membership agreement and that
new drive for members may he made
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Platinum Takers

The residue from these operations
containing the platinum is then di-
gested in lead containers with hydro
fuoric acid to eliminate silica. The
final residue containing the platinum
is then fused with the ordinary fluxes
used in fire assaying and the result
ant lead button cupeled. The silver
in the bead resulting from cupellation
is preferably volatilized in an oxy-
hydrogen flame, although chemical
methods Of separation are permis-
sible
The gentleman referred to above
was unable to demonstrate the pres
ence of platinum in a single instance
in the ore in which he had previously
reported commercial amounts, al
though he did find some palladium in
sample of concrete Immediately
following a sample of palladium con-
centrate.
In 1921 l had occasion to visit
Grants Pass, Ore. and investigate
the methods being used by Johnson
Bros and Mr. Dozier
Following is the method used by
Johnson Bros. One assay ton of
pulp is fused in the ordinary fire as
say About so mig. of silver is added
before cupellation, which is conducted
at a relatively low temperature. The
resultant bead is parted with con-
centrated sulphuric acid. and care is
taken that the acid does not boil in
which event it is claimed the plati-
mum would dissolve with the silver
and thus be overlooked The part
ing is allowed to continue until judged
complete. The residue is washed,
dried and weighed as platinum II
there is any doubt about the residue
being platinum. it is dissolved in
aqua regia and tested with a solution
of potassium iodide which gives with
platinum salts a pink 10 reddish So
luton, depending on the strength.
The residue from six different
assays was tested by me and found
to be, as suspected, silver with a trace
of gold The test with potassium
xr--4s....a -, De- z
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STEWART MINING IS NOW
STEWART SILVER LEAD
STOCK MAY BE EXCHANGED
UPON PAYMENT OF ASSESS
MENT OF I CENT.

Stockholders of the Stewart Min
ing company have received notice
from John Williams secretary, ad-
vising them that all assets of the
company have been taken over by the
Stewart Siver-Lead company, and
that they "have the privilege of eX-
changing their stock for an equal
number of shares in this company,
upon payment of ! cent per share
The exchange he says must be made
within thirty days from date, NOvem-
her ~ The stewart company owns
the controlling interest i'm the Nabob
Silver Lead company and also the old
Stewart mine. which at one time was
among the important dividend payers
of the Occur d'Alene district Ac-
companying the letter from the secre-
tary was also the following letter from
the Stewart Mining company:
Plans Of Company.
referring to the several communi-
cations made to the stockholders Of
the Stewart Mining company during
the past years we would call your
attention to the fact that the directors
of the company have been endeavor-
ing to accomplish the following:
'First-Put the Nabob mines on a
paying basis so that the earnings on
the holdings of its stock owned by
the Stewart Mining company would
be available for working capital or
dividends to the Stewart Mining COM
pany. The new directors of the Nabob
Mining company last
July decided that the best method of
additional capital necessary
for constructing improvements to its
mill was assessing its stock, which
was successful; over eighty-five per
cent Of the stockholders paying their
"Second-Lease the old workings
and dumps of the Stewart mine on a
royalty basis so that an income
would be received from it,
"Third-When the Stewart mine
closced down several years ago it was
considered by engineers who
examined the property that the mine
was not worked out. but that the veins
which had produced over two million
dollars in dividends had faulted and
this was the primary cause of the ore
giving out We still have reason to
believe by relocating these veins,
which faulted. either by development
work or by leasing to adjoining prop
erty owners who have large workings
on lower levels than the Stewart, that
large deposits of ore will again be
uncovered.
Financial Condition.
THE present financial situation of
your company made it necessary to
obtain a temporary financial arrange
ment to provide part of the assess /
ment on the company's holdings in
the Nabob company There are prop
erty taxes coming due in January and
an old claim outstanding of three
thousand dollars. These must be paid
or the property of the company will
be in jeopardy. The company should
be Immediately placed in a financial
condition to meet these requirements
and to permit it to successfully close
these negotiations so long pending for
the re-opening of the property, either
by lease or otherwise which being
and successfully con-
cluded, would reflect greatly to the
benefit of the stockholders.
"The directors have, therefore, con-
cluded that the most expeditions and
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OPERATIONS
IN THE THIRD QUARTER
DEVELOPMENT AT CALLAHAN
AND GALENA-COMPANY HAS
LARGE CASH BALANCE.

Operations of the Callahan Zinc
Lead company during the third quart
ei are given in detail by John Borg
of New York, president of the com
pany, in a report just received. The
company suspended production on
October on account of the low price
of zinc coupled with increased cost of
operation during the winter months
Important development work is being
carried on at the Callahan and viii
continue during the winter about
sixty men being employed Develop
ment will also continue at the Ca
lena. owned by the Callahan company.
where a corresponding number Of men
will be employed President Borg's
report follows:
Shipments and Profits.
I'VE submit herewith, report of
operations of the Callahan Zinc-Lead
company for the third quarted of the
year 1928:
Net value of shipments .-.--S2S0, 749.So
income .-.. 15.32O21
Total income ..................... s29s.o69.5l
Production costs, expenses
development etc ..---.-.-..-. 272,15S.54
Operating profit commandments 23,9lO.91
and new
equipment .............. .......-.... 1O.692.36
oo.oc,
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Surplus for the period ..-.-s 1926
Details Of Operation.

Surplus for the period .-..-.-.S 13,21S6l
Details of Operation.
1.-THE principal features of the Min
ing and Milling operations during the
quarter were as follows:
Tonnage mined, 1851; tons of
mine ore milled, S2.49S; tons of tall
ings milled, 21.7S2
Average contents of mill feed:
Zine 1O.45g5; Lead. s.7l95; silver 1s1
ozs.
shipments: Lead concentrates.
1854 dry tons; 1882 per cent zinc
assay; 61S,264 lbs zinc; 55.S1 per cent
lead assay; 2IS1,OS1 lbs lead: Zinc
concentrates, 9.791 dry tons; 51.2S per
cent zinc assay; 1O,OS1,755 lbs zinc;
SOC per cent lead assay; 99O,S59 lbs.
lead. Total 11745 dry tons; 1065OO19
lbs. zinc; 3.171,94Q lbs lead.
Ounces of silver in lead
concentrates ......--.-- .-.------..-- S6,SA2
Mill recovery of zinc .-.---~--..- $685.
Cost of mining. crushing and
sorting, per ton, mined -...-..- s2.S06
Cost of milling and flotation
royalties. per ton milled --- S1-5Si
Two Quarters Compared.
although shipments of zinc and
lead-silver concentrates during the
third quarter exceeded shipments in
the previous period by 2,129 dry tons,
the net value of the increased ship
ments in the September quarter was
1Con+,D.;;od an eage 81
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Stockholders

AND COMPANY NOTICES
OF INTEREST TO THEM
THE WALLACE MINER
WILL FIND MINING NEWS
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Plans Of the Company.

The foregoing should give a very
definite idea of the present and pros
pective value of the property acquired
under lease and option by the Yam
kee-P olaris Leasing & Development
company. The Yankee Boy lease runs
for five years from November 6 and
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Metal Quotations

Lead, 7@7.25o.
Silver, Zee.
Zinc, 6.3O@6.35o.
Copper, 13Is@t3l4c
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-25
YOUR BABY AND MINE
BY mYRrLg MgYER gLDRgu

A Reader, writes:
Dear Friend: I am very interested
In your column. I think your ad-
vice is excellent and so helpful to
many mothers as well as myself.
May / ask you 10 obIige me with a
formula for a baby II months old !?
l would like to wean him. He
weighs twenty pounds. his Dir
weight being six pounds. Is he the
average weight for his age? l feed
him every three and one-half hours
with fruit juices in between. VIII
scraped apple harm him? He sleeps
out OF doors every day and is very
healthy.
1 begin to feel afraid that my
readers will stop reading this col
umn in disgust unless I print
something besides formulas and
diets for the child who is about to
be weaned. Therefore 1 am going
to ask you a small favor. Won't
you write and send me a SELF
addressed. stamped envelope and
let me send you a new leaflet I
have, which contains all the recipes
and diet lists for children from
Z months TO 2 years? This leaflet
will be given to any readers of this
column who desire it and won't
forget to enclose the necessary self
addressed. stamped envelope mot
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-25

mothers name when she was a girl.
"Essay,-Wnat became of a Sleeps
Wool =. Mamie HARRISON" That
wag mother. And there on the op-
posite page was her funny little
essay, all tied with long pinkish
baby ribbons in the upper corner
OF course l read the essay, and L
was SO funny, lots of mlsspelled
words, and mother thinks it sinfJl
II any OF US ever mispells any
thing
Well, there weren't very many
entries of mothers childhood. her
class prophecy when she gradual
ed from eighth grade and her High
School neutrality-suspicious. must
have been quite smart when she was
young!
Then there were football colors.
and place cards galore of basket
balls, II hearts and everything, and
Greek letters n millions of dance
programs, each with a dangling
pencil on a faded cord. Funny how
yoL cant think of your mother as
really young! And yet all tho Sc
n programs must have been
wnen she was young. No old person
would have had all her programs
full.
Then there were other programs,
very grand evidently. in soft Ieath sr
with Inherent Greek letters and din
nef menus and lists of toasts and
lots of signatures, both boys and
girls all around the edges.
Then there were photographs of
groups of girls and groups of boys,
That aus have been these clubs
with the Greek letters that gave
such stylish dinners and so many
dances. They We're certainly some
funny looking. All the girls hal
their hair done up on top of their
leads with what looked like a big
bow OF ribbon sticking I'D on one
side of their pugi And the boys
all had high stand-up collars with
little string ties and hair parted In
the middle. And yet some of them
did have a certain noun of style
even in those funny fashions.
| couldn't tell you all the things
mat were funny or interesting be-
cause Mary G. would never print
it all, but 1 must tell you the very
last thing in the book. 1t was a
little dried daisy. and a tiny snap
sh { of some man. L couldn't tell
who, until l saw printed in tiny le.-
tiers under the daisy. j. H, t.
Washington, 1906" And then [
knew it was Dad.
What a nice story to end Dur af-
ternoon. Aileen has done a very
good little piece of work in her
story by adding just a breath Of
romance. That is skilfully done,
Aileen.
Girls, in your writing, don't ever
fail to hitch your wagon TO a
star" Do the best that in you lies.
even If it is for a daily paper, and
has therefore small chance of life
eternal.
MARY @.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-25

Today is such a really typical
spring day that we shall have our
tea out In the sun parlor again. You
VIII see that my decorations are
finally completed. l hope lou like
the chairs,-aren't they gay? And
don't you like the vivid yellowrpaiut
bordered with black? The hang
lngs and the cushion covers, all of
yellow English print with the tt1y
little Hover of black, help to make
TINS a u parlor even on a day that
IN sunny.
do love CHEEKY, sunshiny rooms
TO 1--we in. For that reason l use
blue very sparingly,-it is really an
utterly cold color, and in a dull day.
it Is positively dreary. A blue
room is something that one who
wants to create an effect of cheec-
fulness and cosiness should avoid as
IL 1t Were a plague. But you can |
go wrong on the various shades AMI
tints of tan. or brown or yellow Of
dull gold. They are all related COZ
ors, you see. A Neutral tan, shading
off to the color we have learned 10
call beige, is an excellent back.
ground Tor almost any color, from
any of the pinks,- rose, flame, sal
NOR, or even the BLUSH cerise,-to
orange, or even violet and null
berry. But watch out for blue, ex-
cept to furnish just a little note II
contrast with some warmer color.
/ wish you girls could GO TO
school where you could learn soma
thin, about dyeing and block print
Ing. | wish there were a vacation
school where you could spend all
your summers in the really charm
ing manual occupations. What a
fruitful way to employ the summer,
learning to dye,-to make lovely
scarves with beautiful designs print
ed from blocks that you had de
signed and cut yourselves! And
think of the fun of having a drawing
teacher that loved to teach drawing,
SO n a you just had to work, even
whea the mornings were hot and
the beads of perspiration stood out
on your forehead. 1t is rather a
wonderful way to spend ones sum-
mer, instead of feeling the heat
all the time. Did you ever notice
thai o don't feel the heat" il you
are busy at something you enjoy
doing?
should like to see, sometime in
the very near future, before you are
all way past the school period,
eye-y school building running a sum-
me school for at least half the day
so that all the delightful things
that the school doesn't have time to
teach along with the regular subjects
could be taught during the SUMMER
session. Think what a wonderful
course in manual training you gir.s
coul1 have, cooking courses that
really got you somewhere, sewing
and millinery that enabled you to
make your own dresses and hats,
and for the boys carpentry and forg-
ing and even cabinet work, aud
wood carving, and for everybody
drawing. Think of the wonderful
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-25
Carbaret Tonight
at The Y.M.C.A.

Tonight is the night! Reservations
have been made for over one hun
dred people TO attend the cabaret at
"Ye Black Cat Inn" in the 7. NJ. c.
A. building. Members of both the
morning. afternoon and evening
classes have been invited to spend an
evening at this popular cabaret. The
dinner which will be catered by Mrs.
liver Larsen will be served by mem
bers of the 5 o'clock class, who will
don tuxedos for the occasion.
Viola" who made such a hit at
the last cabaret with her Hawaiian
dance, will be on hand tonight.
Through the efforts of the commit
tee they have again been able to se-
cure the services of Prof. Dettmer
and Madame Rajah, the great mind
reader of the world. Many other
surprises are in store for all who
attend.
Dancing will be enjoyed during the
evening. Dinner will be served at
6:15 o'clock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-25
WHAT OF THE AGEa

ut is a terrible age to live in, such an age of unrest and
discomfort. People to be happy must keep going, going all
the time. The automobile makes everyone restless and money
mad. The few folks who haven't a car are straining every
point to accumulate enough to buy one. Those who have one
are never quite satisfied until they are able to buy a more
powerful and higher priced one. One a little better than Mr..
Jones, their neighbor has. And such an age of wickedness.
Pick up a newspaper and it is filled with stories of crime and
vice.
Don't you, these days, hear many a person talk like that?
Perhaps you agree with them. Surely there is much truth in
what they say. Reflect a moment. Think back to former ages
before you judge too harshly the age you live in.
True it is a m~oney-mad and restless age, but how about the
freedom of the age. Would you prefer to have lived IN the
DAYS when you were burned at the stake, or put through the
torture s Of the third degree, if you dared to have and express a
certain religious faith. Or the days of the nobility when a
whim of royalty could condemn, ostracize and torture you?
The discomfort, the money-madness, even the wickedness
and vice of folks of this day contrasted with the inhumanity
and outrages of former ages-how insignificant they seem.
Rather than finding fault, should we be thankful for the
age in which we live?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-25
Big Rally Tuesday
For The Girl Scouts

rally of the Girl Scouts will take
Mace at the high school auditorium,
on Tuesday evening, May l, at 1:So
O'Clock. With this approaching event
thoughts are turned to the days
when Scouting for girls was origi-
mated in Perth Amboy.
In the fall of 1918, the first Girl
Scout troop made its appearance un-
der leadership of Miss Marion Burns
formerly physical directress at the
Perth Amboy High school.
This troop was the inspiration for
many other troops which followed
Troop No. 2, the Golden Emblem
Troop" with Miss Rae Jacobson, as
leader, was the next n organized.
At this time, many girls became in
terested in Scouting. The work of
gliding the girls was then taken up
by Miss Marion Mintz, who is their
present captain.
Miss Mintz has devoted time and
energy towards scouting. She has
taken courses of instruction at the
Girl Scouts Headquarters in New
York, to perfect herself in the
knowledge of that work. She has
been so successful That's the New
York office has requeste&Aer to be-
ONE a regular member 0fsthe staff
If raid members. 1t was she who in
'lircd and organized the remaining
4. OOPS in Perth Amboy, a troop in
Cords and one at Mt. Loretta. She
has Won the gratitude of all the Girl
scouts in Perth Amboy. In addition
50 Troop No. 2 there are four other
troops in Perth Amboy aud Fords:
Troop No. L with Ada Schlesinger
ana Sylvia Vogel as li~eutenants.
Troop No. 3 with Belle Goldberg
pr and Minerva Polkowitz as lieuten-
, nts.
Troop No. 4 with Florence Leicht-
man and Ida Frankel as ~lieutenants.
Troop No. 8 with Celia Beckhoff
and Esther Frankel as l~ieutenants.
Miss Mintz is captain of all these
troops, the troop in Fords is under
the leadership of Miss Viola Ernst.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-25

ter of the Marquis of Bath.
The Hon. Elizabeth Elphinstone,
daughter of Lord E~lphinstone, and
Hon. Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, daughter
of Lord CLAIMS, are nieces of the
bride. They will be the kids in the
bridal party, being II and IL re-
spectively.
Hon. Diamond Hardinge is the
daughter of Lord Hardinge of Pens
hurst. While her father was British
ambassador at Paris, she acted as
the official hostess.
SchooImatc Chosen
The eighth bridesmaids name
came as a surprise to English peo-
pie. She is Betty Gator, daughter
of John Gator, a former member of
parliament. She is the only one of
the eight bridesmaids who hasn't a
courtesy title. She is an intimate
school friend of the bride and they
made their debut together.
Three of the bridesmaids. with the
present bride, acted in a similar
capacity at the wedding of the
Princess Mary. They are Lady
Mary Cambridge, Lady May Cam
bridge and Lady Mary Thyme.
The Duke of York's three sup
p~orters will be his brothers, the
Prince of. Wales, Prince Henry and
Prince George.