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732
MINERAL RESOURCES.
The
decline in price in the United States increased the feeling of
insecurity on the part of the platinum miners as to the value they
would secure from their material, and rendered the search for platinum
less active.
RUSSIA.
In
Russia the contracts for practically the entire supply have been made
for a number of years ahead, hence the fluctuations in price are of no
significance in regard to the total annual output. Since 1894,
inclusive, the production in Russia has been as follows:
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Reports
are frequent that an increasing proportion of the platinum in Russia is
being mined by American interests, in accordance with the contracts as
to price referred to above.
SOUTH AMERICA.
Continued
interest is shown in the project of developing the platinum localities
in the department of Cauca, Colombia, but development work has not
proceeded to the point of any considerable product.
IMPORTS.
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The imports are shown in the following table:
Platinum metals imported and entered for consumption in the United States,
1902-1907.
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