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PLATINUM.
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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:
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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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