Platiniferous

Cauca, in the direction of Mariquita, we will call the central Cordillera of New Grenada; and the chain which continues the Cordillera de la Costa from the basin of Almaguer, and separates the bed of the Rio Cauca from the platiniferous territory of Choco, we will designate the western ❋ Unknown (1851)

On its western slope lies the famous auriferous and platiniferous land, * which has during ages yielded more than 13,000 marks of gold annually. ❋ Unknown (1851)

The Rio Sinu in its upper course approaches the tributary streams of the Atrato which, to the auriferous and platiniferous province of Choco, is of the same importance as the ❋ Unknown (1851)

Purace, widens considerably towards the west, and joins the western chain, which we have called the chain of Choco, because the platiniferous land of that province lies on the slope opposite the ❋ Alexander Von Humboldt (1814)

Almaguer, and separates the bed of the Rio Cauca from the platiniferous territory of Choco, we will designate the western ❋ Alexander Von Humboldt (1814)

The Rio Sinu in its upper course approaches the tributary streams of the Atrato which, to the auriferous and platiniferous province of Choco, is of the same importance as the Magdalena to Cundinamarca, or the Rio Cauca to the provinces of Antioquia and Popayan. ❋ Alexander Von Humboldt (1814)