Showing posts with label 1908. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1908. Show all posts

August 20, 2014

Russia, 1908


8/1908: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Ural Spot, Ore 83%) =  29.1658 руб (USD$ 15.02)
8/1908: 1 Troy Oz. Pt (Ural Spot, .999) = 35.14 руб  (USD$ 18.10)
8/1908: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (NYC: Ingot, Mkt) ~ 43.69 руб  (USD$ 22.50)  

9/1908: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Ural Spot, Ore 83%) =  27.7075 руб (USD$ 14.27)
9/1908: 1 Troy Oz. Pt (Ural Spot, .999) = руб 33.38 (USD$ 17.19)
9/1908: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (NYC: Ingot, Mkt) = руб 38.83 (USD$ 20.)  

Citation: The Electrical World, Vol.52 12/12/1908 (p. 1313)




Citation: The Russian Year-book, Vol. 2 (1912) p.188


1908/9: 

August 19, 2014

UK, 1908


January, 1907: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt) = £ 7. (USD$ )


Jan 1908:


Apr 1908:


Nov 1908:


Summer 1908: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Mkt) = £ 4.25 ($20.64-20.55)

Citation: The Chemical world, Vol. 1 (Oct. 1912) p. 354

Erroneous?
Citation: Mineral Resources of Australia: Summary reports, Issues 34-43 (1956) p.73

 "A nadir of 23 dollars an ounce was reached in 1908..."


  Philip Harris and Co., Ltd Catalogue with Grove's Battery





June 12, 2013

Colombia, 1908

In 1908, Colombia produced      ozt platina and exported 1,092 ozt to the USA. 

June 14, 2012

USA, 1908



1906-08:

Citation: The Mineral Industry, Vol. 17 (1912) p.711



1908: 1 Troy Ounce platina (US ore, NY Spot) = $ 16.80
1908: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (85% ingot, NY Spot) = $ 25.50 - 18.75
1908: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (semi-mfg, whols.) = $ 35.
1908: 1 Troy Oz. Osmium (US ore, whols.) = $ 16.

June, 1908:



July, 1908:

 Late July, 1908:


 




Mid-August, 1908:


August Low, 1908:



 
  


September, 1908:

9/1908: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Bid) = $ 17.50
9/1908: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Ask) = $ 20.
9/1908: 1 Troy Oz. Iridium (Mkt) = $ 30.
9/1908: 1 Troy Oz. 85%-15% Pt-Ir (Mkt) = $ 21.50
9/1908: 1 Troy Oz. 85%-15% Pt-Ir (Mkt) = $ 22.50
    









October, 1908:









November, 1908:









December, 1908:






c.1908/9:


1908:



Justi Crowns and Iridio-Platinum Pins (~ ? g.)



Tariff Duty Requested


May 17, 2012

France, 1908

July, 1908: German advert in French journals, 'Dental Scrap Wanted'

July, 1908: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (scrap, bought) = Fr 105.74 (USD$ 20.57)



August 22, 2011

Russia, 1901


1901: 1 Troy Ounce platina (St. Petersburg Spot) = 27.42 руб (USD$ 14.12)

 

Platinum miners salary, 1901:

Citation: Archives des sciences physiques et naturelles, Vol. 15, 1903 p.


Working the placers in 1901, Alexandre Grine "Sur Terre et Sur Mer" (p.132-3) reported the same daily wage (руб 1.20) also that miners were paid руб 3.50 per Zolotnik for platina and руб 5./Zolotnik for Gold ore.  Anecdotally, he had heard of contraband prices руб 6.-7./Zolotnik (for Gold? so, ~руб 4.25 - 4.75 руб/Zolotnik for platina)  

1901: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Uralian Spot) = 25.52 руб (USD$ 13.14)
1901: 1 Troy Oz. Gold ore (Uralian Spot) = 36.46 руб (USD$ 18.78)

1901: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Contraband) ~ 30.50 - 35.75 руб (USD$ 15.77 - 18.40)
1901: 1 Troy Oz. Gold ore (Contraband) = 43.75 -51. руб (USD$ 22.53 - 26.29)


c.1901: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Ural Spot) = Fr 37.33 - 46.66 (USD$ 7.25 - 9.06) 
  Citation: Le Naturaliste: revue illustrée des sciences naturelles ; Émile Deyrolle, Paul Groult (1902) p.42


January 8, 2011

UK,1900s - 1910s: Rhodium

This Italian text apparently quotes British catalogue prices for the PGMs.

1905: 1 Troy Ounce of Rhodium = £ 21.77 (USD$ 106.)

1910: 1 Troy Ounce of Rhodium = £ 18.46 (USD$ 90.69)
1908: 1 Troy Ounce of Iridium = £ 10.97 (USD$ 53.44)
1910: 1 Troy Ounce of Iridium = £ 21.95 (USD$ 106.67)

c.1899: 1 Troy Ounce of Osmium= £ (USD$ )
1877: 1 Troy Ounce of Palladium = £ (USD$ )
1877: 1 Troy Ounce of Platinum = £ (USD$ )


Citation: Treatise on general and industrial inorganic chemistry, By Ettore Molinari (1920) p.850








July 9, 2010

France, 1905 - 1910: Various Citations

REFERENCE

Citation: Angewandte Chemie: Vol. 21 - Page 2597





1906: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum = Fr 105.75 - 217.73 (USD$ 20.68 - 42.57)
1907: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum = Fr 186.63 (USD$ 36.49)

Citation: Revue politique et littéraire: revue bleue (1907), p.853

Citation: Études, Volume 110 (1907), p.846


Citation: Actualites scientifiques (1907) Max de Nansouty p.161


1906, 1907


1906, 1907:




1908: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum = Fr 101.09 (USD$ 19.67)

Citation: Revue politique et littéraire: revue bleue (1908) P. xxx


1904, 1905, 1906, 1907: