The Platinum of New Granada: Mining and Metallurgy in the Spanish Colonial Empire

By Donald McDonald B.Sc., M.I.Chem.E., F.R.I.C.

doi:10.1595/003214059X34140145

ISSN: 0032-1400

oa The Platinum of New Granada

Mining and Metallurgy in the Spanish Colonial Empire
By By Donald McDonald B.Sc., M.I.Chem.E., F.R.I.C.
Source: Platinum Metals Review, Volume 3, Issue 4, Oct 1959, p. 140 - 145
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1595/003214059X34140145
- Published online: 01 Jan 1959

Abstract

The first important source of platinum to be discovered was in the western part of what is now the Republic of Colombia, then part of the Spanish American colonies and known as New Granada. This article recounts the early history and exploitation of these deposits, which have been worked continuously since the earliest expeditions of the Spanish Conquistadores.

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