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6 CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
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PLATINUM DEPOSIT
BELIEVED TO BE RICH
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Independence County Said to
Have Greatest Platinum De
posits in U. S.
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Platinum is a rare element;
and not widely distributed. It
occurs in the following forms:
First: Native metals in placers
Second, as an alloy with other
rare elements, as palladium
rhodium, iridium and osium.
Third, as a mechanical mixture
in the black and gray sands of
alluvial deposits and in some|
ores of gold in Western Wy
oming and Nevada; and Four
th: in chemical combinations
in the mineral sperrylite of
Sudbury Canada, and in Co
lumbia.
Platinum is an extremely
ductile and malleable metal
and possesses a tenacity and
hardness resembling copper.
Although it is the densest of
all metals, being three times
as neavy as iron, yet it nas
been drawn into wire so fine
that a mile’s length weighs
only a single grain. Platinum
like iron, becomes soft just be
fore melting, which enables it
to be welded.
Platinum is not altered by
contact with the air and is
not attacked by any single acid
but aqua regia (a mixture of
nitric and hydrocloric acid*)
dissolves it readily. It is an
j imperfect conductor of heat
and electricity and not fusible
fby ordinary means, but yields
to the oxhydrogen flame in
I which it is partially volatiliz
ed when finally divided. Plat
inum has the power of con
densing gasses upon its sur
face ; and in the form of plat
inum foil it will cause the ex
plosion of the oxygen and hy
drogen gasses.
These peculiar and physical
properties make this metal of
exceedingly great value in the
arts. It is largely used in the
manufacture of fine jewelry,
in electrical, photographic,
dental, surgical supplies, mak
ing munitions, chemical ap
paratus, such as crucibles, ba
sins, wire and foil. While there
there have been substitutes dis
covered in alloys of tungsten,
molybdenum etc., and yet
these are imperfect so that this
metal will no doubt always
be of the highest commercial
value.
Platinum at me present is
worth about $85.00 an ounce.
It went to the price of about
$150.00 an ounce during the
late war. About 86 per cent
of our supply of platinum
comes from the Ural Moun
tains of Russia, while South
America furnishes about 10
per cent, Alaska, the United
States and other countries
about 4 per cent.
Platinum, as a rule, is re
stricted to magnesian plutonic
rocks mainly dunities and al
lied varieties although it is fre
quently associated with sili
cious ingeous rocks. The Bra
zil palladium-gold bearing de
posits are of the contact-meet
aznorphic origin related to the
intrusion of granite and peg
matite.
Although platinum occurs in
the metalliferous lodes in a
number of places throughout
the world, no lode deposit is
worked solely for its platinum
content, this usually being re
covered as a miner by-product.
The bulk of the world’s supply
of platinum comes from plac
j ers. These platinum bearing
I gravels are largely of the ter
tiary age and have resulted
from the erosion of a broad
belt of plutonic rock general
ly trending parallel to the
mountain ranges.
The newly discovered plati
num field in Independence
County, is a placer formation, r
and ss said to be like the plat-;
inum deposits of Russia. These
deposits in Independence coun
ty are found on the lower sec
tions of the country than the
manganese deposits of this
county and the same condition
exists in the Russian field.
These ores contain high values
in gold and silver, which is a
very fortunate condition be
cause of the fact that you can
not smelt platinum ores with-:
out mixing gold and silver:
with it. This ore is found
from two to thirty feet under
the ground and can be mined
with a steam shovel. These
ores can be mined and smelt
ed with a total cost of not
more than $6.00 per ton. The ;
smelting will get it down to a
what is called a mat, and it
can then be shipped to a re
finery for separating. There
are five of these platinum re
ifneries in the United States.
Assays of ores found in Inde
pendence county run very high
in platinum, gold and silver,
and it is believed, will prove
to be one of the richest finds
in Arkansas, not excepting the
oil and gas.
Ireland Still Medieval.
In Ireland we are still medieval,
and thin that how to live is more
Important than how to get a living.
When I was n young man If I an
nounced that 1 Intended next morning
at break of day to start on some en
terprise of amusement, or it might be
of high duty, the whole family would
get up to see me off; but If It were on
some matter of mere commercial gain.
I would breakfast In the cure of the
servants. It was thus through the
whole of Irish life.—John Butler
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Christmas Greetings
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VISIT OUR LADIES’ READY-TO
WEAR DEPARTMENT
We have a nice assortment of La
dies’ Coats. Suits, Dresses. Blouses.
Skirts, Petticoats. Bloomers. Furs,
Silk Hosiery. Wool Hosiery. Crepe de
chine and handmade underwear.
J. B. F1TZHUGH & BRO
Batesville, Ark
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The Opening of My New
Sales Barn, One of The
Largest in the South
This Barn has the floor space for 100 mules and
horses, and at least this number will be kept on
hand at all times.
My policy will be to keep only the finest farm-bred
Missouri Mules at all times. 1 have a salried buyer
who does nothing but drive over the finest mule
raising sections of Missouri, buying the pick of them
all for me. These mules have never before been
on the market and are, therefore, free from disease.
I BUY CHEAP -SELL CHEAP-EIGHTY HEAD
OF THE CHOICEST MULES NOW AT THE
BARN, AGES 3 TO SIX YEARS.
WILL BUY OR WILL SELL FROM ONE MULE
TO A CARLOAD. COME AROUND AND IN;
SPECT THESE MULES AND THEIR NEW HOME.
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A. M. EDGAR
214 BEACH STREET
Newport, Ark. Phone 422
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