SOUTH AFRICA.
A
new locality is reported at Spring Grove, in the Albany district of
Cape Colony, 15 or 20 miles from Grahamtown, South Africa, although the
conditions of occurrence have not been stated with accuracy nor is the
practical value of the find substantiated.
CANADA.
According
to the annual statistical report of the Canadian geological survey for
1906 only $500 worth of platinum was saved, chiefly from Granite Creek,
British Columbia. Mr. Hobson, the enterprising manager of the placer
interests near Cariboo, British Columbia, introduced modern
concentrating apparatus during the year to utilize the black sands. He
predicts a considerable yield in 1907.
The
metal palladium has recently been recovered from the Sudbury ores as
follows: 1902, 4,411 ounces, valued at $86,014; 1903, 3,177 ounces,
valued at $61,952; 1904, 952 ounces, valued at $18,564.
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