The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 9, 1929, Page 3

AN PICKETT® PALACE S T SUNDAY MONDAY Concert features overt GLENN_ tense moments and fast they can’t be ¢ CONCERT—PALACE ORCHESTRA PLAYS BOTH SHOWS Boy What Speed! ALL HERE! ALL HOT! ALL FUNNY! It’s a sceam—it’s a riot—it’s jammed up tight with thrilling situations and WITH NEWS—MUSIC—COMEDY ure “Northern Light R With Patsy Ruth Miller from the stor by Harry* 0. Hoyt the laughs come so locked ! 10—25—40 —Loges 50c¢ IF YOU MISS LAST TIM TORRENCE IN “l12 MILES OUT” DON'T BLAME US GILBERT AND Elks’ e Come to the first show tonight and then go across the street and attend the Eagles Annual Ball in Hall. Attractions At Theatres w3 | BUCK JONES AT COLISEUM TONIGHT | & N Buck Jones has many surprise | tricks in his new Fox Films pro-| duction, “Black Jack,” which the feature production at the Coli-| seum tonight. This picture of- fers Buck an opportunity to dis- play his ability. He “has also| originated some new and dfficult | stunts. “Black Jack” is a smash- ing Western. Barbara Bennett plays opposite Buck. [f“ “TWELVE MILES oUT” | IS SHOWING, PALACE \‘ 3 “Twelve Miles Out” the rum- running feature with John Gilbert, Ernest Torrence, Joan Crawford in the leading roles and supported by an exceptional large cast of well known film stars,-is at the Palace for the last two times to- night. . It's a thriller. The or- chestra gives a concert and plays for the first show only. 3 “KID BOOTS” IS AT COLISEUM TOMORROW 3 ~ 3 The alluring cling of silk and the numerous frills of women’s at- tire are not for Clara Bow. Paramount’s vivacious red-hair-| ed featured player who appears op- posite Eddie Cantbr in the film version of Florenz Ziegfeld's musi- cal comedy success, “Kid Boots,” which arrives at the Coliseum Sun- day, has never been seen on the screen in any of the beautiful things her feminine sisters delight in wearing. Poor Clara seems doomed to don rough skirts and mannish shirts in- stead of ermine evening wraps. And—each picture earries her far- ther from the delights of fine clothes. | Take “Kid Boots,” for instance. Hobnailed boots took the part of fragile, slippers! Riding breeches formed . part of her outfit and there, was. only one new addition to her;screen wardrobe—a one- piece bathing suit. = Miss Bow wore a beach costume in front of the camera for the first time while “Kid Boots” was being shot. ,lall s {and Mondoy starting with the Sun |day matinee. | It is a comedy ['calied - “Ho¥" Heels” |rected by William J. Craft, the man who made “Painting the | Town” and “A Hero for a Night,’ W featured the ace-track epic and was di- 1 players. “Hot Heels"” starts with a small town show and ends at the color- ful race track in Havana, Cuba, at the height of the season. Delicious comedy attered through the which written by the director and narized by Harry O, Hoyt. A small town hotel ownér buys the contract of a road show ac- tress with whom he has fallen in Ove, and takes the troupe to Ha- vana amid many adventures of story was \riotous comedy. The Steeplechase in this pie- iture is witbout a doubt the most thrilling horse race ever filmed, There are uncountable laughs and many delightful surprises in “Hot Heels” which promises a full and satisfactory entertainment. ———dr e MARBLE WORKS WILL NOT OPERATE THIS YEAR Mr. and mrs. J. R. Roberts of Tokeen arrived from the south on the Northwestern Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Roberts says that word was received in Tacoma before he left from General Man- ager G. H. Davis of Proctor, Ver- mont, in which he stated defin- itely that the marble works at Tokeen will not operate this year. Some assessment work, an a cer- tain amount of development work will be done on various prop- erties owned by the company in the Tokeen region.—(Wrangell Sentinel.) S e as LET Aimquist rress Your Sult We call and deliver. Phons 528. NOTICE No. 1951-B In the District Court for the Dis- ! trict of Alaska, Division Num- ber One. At Juneau. UNITED STATES Of AMERICA, vs. Neil C. Gallagher. Notice is hereby given thet the United States Marshal will sell at public auction, for costs, at the front door of the United States Court House at Juneau, ‘Algska, at ten A. M., on Wednes- day, February 27, 1929, the gas power vessel Isobel, No. T-1342, her engine, tender, tackle, appar- el, furniture, etc., heretofore seiz- “Kid Boots” starring Eddie Can- tor in his first screen effort, was directed by Frank Tuttle. In addi- tion to Miss Bow,—Billie Dove anfl[ Lawrence Gray are also featured. i | iHOT HEELS” Is AT Y PALACE TOMORROW g Another of .these. gay exuber- ant comedies of youth with ‘Glenn Tryon and Patsy Ruth Miller vill‘ be offered at the Palace Sunday ¥ | 1ed for a violation of the prohibi- tion laws, and condemngd as for- feited to the United States by the judgment of conviction of the owner of sald vessel, defendant and ordered sold by the order of the above entitled court entered January 31, 1929, ALBERT WHITE, United States Marshal. By W. F. SIBLEY, { Deputy. First publication, Feb. 2, 1929 Last pubication, Feb. 9, 1929. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, FEB. 9, 1929. SEGRAVE PREPARES FOR NEW SPEED ATTEMPT ' machine, “That’'s the kind I am ing to buy the || buy th il log ring. same brilliant | see- | next time,” murmured Lar- he studied a cast-off “Yes, that’s kind Nothing will be tco good that one of my heart.” orget that darn dog of yours, rry. Now I suppose that you thinking of buying her a nic | diamond-studded collar,” cally came from Jack. “l am not thinking of the dog this time, Jack. I am thinking of the time my girl returned my This time I am going to buy her a platinum ring and she will like it so much that she will take me with the ring. This is some time off, however. “You know, Ja every time that I see anything about platinum I think of the story told me some r's ago. It seems that some years ago several Americans paid a profitable visit to Ru a, or to be more exact, to the Urals. These men visited many homes and when they were about to leave the coun try they went around and boughi {all the stove pipes that some y as the for me for des sarcast ally the Americans knew tha percentage of the metals stove pipes was platinum. I sup- pose that the country people knew that platinum was in the pipes but did not kmow its value—but the Americans did. At that time platinum was not at its present high prices because its uses were not well known. Good Both “Sounds good, if tr good even if not true d Jack, as he waited for Larry to con- tinue. He knew that Larry, was in a talkative mood and that he might as well allow him to run his course, They had lived together a long time and thus Jack learned to recognize his partner’s moods in advance. “You know,” continued Larry, “that platinum is much in demand today. It is now worth about $68 an ounce and about $78 an ounce if refined. And the price will be coming up soon again. Only a few months ago it was worth around $100 an ounce. “Platinum was firdt used as an adulterant of gold, and in Russia it was used for coinagce for a num- ber of years. Now it is used for crucibles and other chemical ap- paratus which are’ subjected to high temperatures or very strong acids, It is also employed ‘in dentistry, for electric lamps and electric apparatus, in photography, for jewelry, and some other things I cannot think of now.” “Is platinum ever found in the native state as gold is found?” in- quired Jack. Commercial Quantities “That is about the only way it is found, Jack,” answered Larry. “It is the only way it comes, as far as commercial quantities are con- cerned. Commercial quantities are the only quantities that I like to talk about. Yes, platinum is found as pure platinum, just as gold is found as pure gold. Tt is commonly found in placer deposits, but its original home is in associa- tion with chromite in peridotites, or in serpentines derived from the peridotities. In the Urals the “mother” rock was a dunite or olivine rock. Usually the original home is rather poor. In the Urals the dunite contained plati- num everaging only a grain or less per cubic yard of the fresh rock. In Nevada it has been found in quartz veins while in Mumatra it oceur: fim a contact-metamorphic deposit. Most of the world's supply of plat ys Sounds i cata- | ing to a large extent, the Tales From'the Hills (A Series of Popular Articles on Prospecting) By ALBERT S. WILKERSON Instructor in Geology and Mineralogy Alaska Agricultural College and Schacl of Mines PLATINUM inum is obtained from placers, however. It is taken out by dredg- sama gold. With platinum, are al found other members of ‘plat- inum . family” such as palladium, iridium, osmium, et “Does platinum ever eins other than the you menticned?” oceur in quar inquire Where Contained “Platinum is contained in tain nickel deposits as at Sudbu Ontario; in copper veins, at Butter, Montana, and elsewhere; | also in certain veins in which gold | | is associated with copper and oth or base metals. In these the plat-! inum minerals oceur only in min-| ute quantities unrecognizable in assays of the ores and arc t ed and recovered only in the ‘final refining of copper and nickel, or of gold bullion. Platinum con-| tributes scarcely at all to the com- mercial value of such ores, and no! deposit of this type has T been| worked for platinum alone. It«is erratically and discontinuously dis-| tributed in High a sa n s nens are ob able from some of these dikes, and | for that reason these occurrences| have repeatedly created temporary | excitement at different times, bui| platinum has never heen found in commercial quantities in them. No, | as I said before, if you want plati-| num you must find it concentr | in placers if you want it in com-| mercial quantities.” “Is there not platinum beig mined frogn dikes in South Afri ca?” Jack continued to inquire his talkative partner. Pipe Out Again i “A few years ago,” zinc\\'mr'!“ Larry, after a moment's reflect and after relighting his pipe for| the tenth time, “a few years ago, platinum was found in South Af rica s you state, The occurrence of this comparatively rare metal is in the Transvaal. Years before its presence was detected in the of n Engineers are shown nae;nbllng the 1,000 horse power “Goiden Arrow"” in which Major Segrave hopes to regain for England the world’s automobile specd record at Daytona Beach, Fla. s how the automobile will appear when complcted. Upper left At right is Capt. J. S. Irving, designer of the ounce s per tom, but the distribu- the metal is extremely A core of granite is unded by a band of norite, a y of gabbro, and in this no- rite, platinum is found in three Itypes of deposits, namely: (1) in pipes or lenses of dunite or oliv- ine rock, (2) in an extensive band of norite, and (3) in alluvium de- rived from the erosion of the pri- jmary deposiis just mentioned. The joccurrence of the mef {the district is unusual in so far as it associated directly, not with an ultra-basic eruptive, but h lauartz in a fault-fissure traversing | sandstone and felsite. How rich of the impregnations, are, is indicated by the fact that one mine lunite, for example, 44x75 feet, assayed two ounces per ton at a dey of 72 feet. Particles of | crystalline platinum as big as the head of a match have been found 1 this ore. Yes, ‘indeed, Jack, these lode deposits are heing work- ed as well as the placers. “Russia and Colombia are the main producers—comes from plac ers, too. In the United States there 1§ small\ production in .California of irregular. surr of land Oregon and a couple of other I'States. Alaska has produced some platinum. On Dime Creek, in the Seward Peninsula Country, it has been found by the larger part of the Aalskan output of platin metals was palladium recovered from a copper lode on Kasaan Pe- ninsula in the Ketehikan district Recently some platlhum was 1 from Goodnews Bay Kuskol Like Silver Grains “In the gold pan, platinum ap-| pears like grains of native silver. In color it varies from a silver- white to dark gray or even black It is heavier than silver or gold and it is as soft as copper. In dia- mond drilling, or churn drilling, | I've seen the panners get excited and think that there was platinum in the drill sludge but these finds are generally fragments of steel worn off the bits. A magnet test will decide the.matter or if there is any doubt, the suspected sub- stance should be boiled in nitric or hydrochloric acid. Platinum is| unaffected by these acids but steel or silver will rapidly d slve.” Jack interrupted with: “I under- stand that the Salt [Chuck Mine near Ketchikan was originally a copper mine and that they ship- ped copper ore to the smelter for heavy residue from the stamp mills that crushed gold ore. Some | of the ore ass ys at the rate of some time before platinum and palladipm were discovered in the ore. ow possibly we m t have e R EYESIGHT Eye Health Eyes quickly feel the cffects of any wrong con- dition, either within or give a timely warning. If you are having difficulty in reading or doing close work, or if you are or blurred vision, you should heed this warning and have your eyes atten trouble and indicate the treatment which should be given. 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A Ziegfeld personally supervised The (and try and buy and dazzled Broadway for over a AND LLOYD HAMILTON IN “BREEZING ALONG” 3 -’ K /3 Pavi FLORENZ IEGFELD'S CGKI BOOTS” E Starring ddie Cantor with CLARA BOW BILLIE DOVE LAWRENCE GRAY \ A FRANK TUTTLE PRODUCTION Ly a. b. C. “That platinum in o a fire assay for ver in our ore, cures. silver bead will lustre. how are we going “There you go, Jack!” said Lar- ry with a hearty laugh. prospector believes there must be platinum with his ore and if one assayer doesn’t find it, he will try them all. When the assayer malkes a skillful man, watch the lustre of the silver-gold bead which he se- If there is platinum pres- ent in important amounts the gold- Another thing I ber is that if you have the green LEON F. DREWS offers as FAREWELL CONCERT “From Dawn Till Dark” “A Musical Time Cycle.” Old German Band.” “Au Revoir.” Arranged by Drews. livine you ore, and 50, [ mineral to kno | your ore, “A simple test the substance in the gold and sil- he will, if he is a frosty remem- present in our ore; houl samples for platinum tests. Simple Test presence of platinum is to dissolye three parts of hydrochloric acid to one part of nitric acid. to this add a solution of ammonia chloride and if platinum is present, small yellow crystals will form.” “I must write to our assayer and warn him to look out for platinum and, Larry, do you want me to write about that ring for your girl at the same time?” PRICES—10-20-40 cents Loges 50 cents Saturday Only BUCK JONES in “BLACK JACK” n| was paor, for the send | , Rocbuck catalog missed Jack's ear by a margin of one- sixteenth of an inch. e — STORE HOURS For the accommodation of the trade, this store will be opem Saturday evening, February 9th. adv. B. M. 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