Editing Platinum, Alaska (section)

==History==
Platinum was named in the 1930s due to the [[platinum]] ore found in the area. The site was a mining boomtown by 1937 boasting a roadhouse, two trading posts and a population of 50. A post office had been established in 1935. An earlier Inuit village called Arviq had been abandoned. The town was incorporated as a city in 1975.<ref name=gnis/>

Ray Petersen Flying Service was awarded the exclusive contract in 1937 to fly for the Goodnews Bay platinum and iridium mine, hauling miners and company supplies out of his base at [[Bethel, Alaska]].<ref name=Bo>{{cite book |last1=Bennett |first1=Bo |title=Rods & Wings |date=2000 |publisher=Publication Consultants |location=Anchorage |isbn=9781888125627 |pages=70–72}}</ref>

During [[Aleutian Islands Campaign|World War II]], the [[Alaska Territorial Guard]] served to safeguard it against Japanese attack as it was the only source of the [[military strategy|strategic]] metal [[platinum]] in the [[Western Hemisphere]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Marston|first=Marvin R.|title=Men of the Tundra: Alaska Eskimos at War|publisher=October House|year=1969|pages=51, 54–57}}</ref>