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Ch. 2: Platinum in 1906

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PLATINUM.
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far the greater part of the product was obtained from miscellaneous assignments of gold dust from the Western assay office to the New York assay office. The total product, however, aggregated 1,439 ounces, valued at $45,189.
The following table shows the production of platinum in the United States since 1880:
IMPORTS.
It is interesting to note that the imports for consumption of plati­num during the calendar year 1906 were valued at $3,788,759, as against $2,173,623 in 1905, $1,879,155 in 1904, $2,055,933 in 1903, and $1,987,980 in 1902.
The imports in 1906 were distributed as follows: Unmanufactured, 1,267 pounds, valued at $390,989; ingots, bars, sheets, and wire, 10,227 pounds, valued at $3,210,131; vases, retorts, and other appa­ratus, vessels, and parts thereof for chemical uses, $186,398; manu­factures of, not specially provided for, $1,241.
PRICES.
In the following table are given the weekly prices of platinum on the New York market from January 6, 1906, to August 3, 1907, inclusive:
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