Show I III r i v l rA l i H j r n i ij Jf I H r f k II II i l i f L in N E t fY I r rF IiI t m M f i t I L Lri I r 1 d ri 1 ij I I 1 HJ X h I 1 L 1 1 1 J C J t Ft I rl t n t til v 1 I Assaying of Bullion and Local t ff f fJ i it Settlements s With Owners OW lers Im J r 1 jiJi 1 I 41 J ConsideratIOns i l t l ll II f tl j df I 1 L 1 1 t EXPLAINS L INS COMPLETE PROCESS If li l M l f il Q 1 t l I t l 1 I I K i r of Gold from Receipt H to Sale Salo 1 Ji i R 4 j v nC for I Wi j ii 1119 TU 1 1 h tl I A b n I n I J tl t i tj ti J I ri ot of the thc United States j ii 1 Y who Is I 1 il ti fili tl fi tending thu Installment of a I federal H Q W I Ii t W fE i U assay office hi h Salt Lake said this f tr 1 1 J fil oln ng tim that the tho g public anil ii Jl q J 1 ft 1 I those o Interested In thu install 1 t of the assay ns a hardly realize 4 W 1 t ff advantages to tho state and i s t t I I J of or this new of or tho treas treasury I h fN ury UI department It J Is planned to Lo open 1 m th Jan 1 1009 9 fi 1 rho rhe gold and silver bullion which f I Ii I j Lf Ii ft Is liro In this be bc tak talt I 1 i IY en to o the h assay ass and an 1 after being ca sn c the mint through the local II I JJ n a ol cc will wUl pay for tho bullion K I f r t i m r day after r the assay is made m ele The I Jg money monc will be pe paid out In Suit Salt Lake I t i i IJ landl bo deposited In Salt Lake Lakei i jW J banks and as a it Is given gon out hero much f JJ fi t of ot It will wUl bo spent sp nt hero To give an nn fl il t II 11 4 of or the amount I of ot money mom handled I liY t II i If by an assay of this type Mr f Kerfoot said that on thoi establishment jI ti 1 t fit ot the th federal assay It Jt t was that the would woul f 1 if L bo approximately Ono One year ear eari i after the had been In III operation 1 tt ij It was found that Instead of 2000 J f tho output amounted to t i t fj 1 t even II an approximation fl i tion t n of tho amount to be handled by hy bytho hyI I i li Ith tho new new office be hb Impossible 1 1111 i 1 I lt It will Into 1 largo ugo j f I according to the productiveness of ot till the f i i district t I ll l ONLY 1 I J t t d II j Tho establishment cst of it a federal assay y yI I i r t j office here Is Js also Uw first move to toward r 1 tI ward havinga II United S gold re ii j i t 1 hero tr said that ho lff j I ti dirt 1 pot not su li bo be the Mj i I Jt case cao but as us It had ha proven in other I t J j I cities It ml ht mean rn an In Salt Lake In time the tho location ot oC a federal fe eral re refinery finery Another and not an 1111 ud od of having an assay hern hernIs Is the th saving to It owners and amI bonks banks bf Jf freight and insurance e In I shipping bullion At present pr the bul bullion bullI lion lI n is 11 shipped to lo Denver where tho nearest a Is now n w located Tho freight fr on each 1000 amounts to about 2 and the insurance the fame When large shipments of ef bul hul bullion hullion lion aro made murle tho time In traveling between und and Denver Is con COli considerable sl ami Lilli the tho Interest upon th gol gold goes gocs up fast A government assay ns aY is a re receiving receiving depot of oC tho mint and the thi of ot such sueh sin ln hold quite as responsible positions as ItS do 10 the em om of the mint All in connection tion with the local l cal will be re i to put up UI u 11 heavy bond THE DONE lJ XE Following Is the tho process to bo be us USand J Jand and the arrangement of the tho work aj a explained by b Mr Sevan members of ot the staff those who flo 10 tho practical work of assaying will be bl civil men who ho vo taken passed the service examinations dont and cuShier cashier will be bc appointed by bythe bythe the president will be bc received with more mor than SOO parts p to tho 1000 parts f of t bano that Is more than eight tenths foreign material Any ny quantity of bullion will bo he received sufficient In value to pay the assaying charges The Tho Charge will be hc 1 1 per pel assay re IC of the size of the tho bar or 01 quan quantity quantity of bullion An additional charge n or oO per ounce for iCer refining will ibo Charged and amt lul ari n bo Tho ot otI I r ij tho pub lie or r owners n rs Tit c can hitch ith I cl f CC cess 9 n check jo J d r Ncy Y bank D AGAINST DECEPTION will receive the Million 1 and each It Jn t other i will then c ro their lh lr respective weights In presence of the l of the bullion b n Thi will to rb m It will bo melted Hi Iii a bar This I to sc In thoroughly d ert ot c e In Sall 1 where nuggets had gold the object of oC deceiving Il tho th mint fI ahe melting Is J I to guard against such cc r H The iThe samples will then be b taken by b two One will lake a sample from fl m tho top L 1 of tho bar and tile the other oWel troll froin tho bottom of ot the him b il Each er will make a IL test of ot tho Independent ent en t of the they will 1111 not bo allowed to compare c mp holes Kuch 11 assayer will weigh out a given ghon amount of the gold shavings or uj gold tiling filing which will constitute tJ tho sample will bo bu wrapped pell in lead Idd foil and the amount of o silver there then is gold oW will be he added s ll lj will then bo be fused Iii Ii a Ii agis gis and the lead copper cop pel or 01 who lever tevel the sample may contain wll wl be b oxidized driven off or I will be absorbed abs in a n cupel tofi O i The he silver gold will ref re i main ln In this cupel 1 In a rl round button This will thun bo rolled Into a ri thick foil placed In III a 11 flask with nitric which will dla dis dissolve solve the ad aIle leave leavo the Bold in inthe the bottom of ot the flask as us a 11 black spongy lI ngy mass This mass S will ba bo jc re removed moved 1 to 10 a small porcelain and again the uil furnace turn ce when h tHe bl ck portion of the sediment carbon will be burnt up and leave leao the g ld bright and shining This Is I called tho 1110 annealing III DY TO ro WEIGH The gold is Iii then ready read to weigh aa as asIt It has Ims been from till 1111 base metals such Inch as copper Iron etc and foreign matter that might have hav been present Tho Th weighing Is 15 done do no on very Iery delicate scales which Weigh to of ono milligram scales aro so line that they the will weigh upon a piece of ot paper papel The hc two assayers s weigh tho produce of oC their samples separately and when the re results aro alO compared thoy lust within four Cou Lenth u In hi the tho scale of ot fineness th ratio r used In the tho original weighing of ot the sample tho as assay say Is In the furnace that nono of tho gold goW may be bo can led away II I with the volatilizing base metals a small quail quan quantity of borax Is added i which floats upon l the top of or the molten melten metals Upon pouring some somo of tho gold remains In I ILlio Llio borax In the tho form of small globules This borax slag Is then ground tip p and panned l 1 tl ir t of org gold d ro ro g l In the weighing v immediately the th assay is J completed the bullion b boiler bellei can get a check for forth tho th v 11 IIi or his gold Tl i b will bo stored in III nf to the thc Denver Donvel or r San Franc sc mints The vaults aul will have 1 combination lon one half hulf of which will II 1 4 In the I of J two cl clerks thus it requires thu two men their half of ot thu tho thoo o pen open the tho vaults vault In the pr of tl t Watchman who time the vaults v aro mo open opened ed cd MUCH DUK Tiie Utah Ut h senators aid Ker Kerfoot Kerfoot foot ivory l much credit for OU the tho assay for Salt Lake andIn hl fact fuet for Its JI 1 establishment wai WM the only ono of Its kind through Every EvolY Everything thing U lug ri and the tho treas treasury ury ur fought the a hut but to no ito The only reason r ason which proved pr ed sufficient for opening Up an an office herb horo was that Salt Lake was of or a largo mining district fe assay pf lice Th at present seven sOlm such offices 0 rel es hi country countr I havo figured that tha t tho cost of running the office for COi forthe the first sIx months ol installments ma material l 1 salaries will amount I to JO 20 the tho present force thc tho tola tota of at salaries will amount to per year cl l Civil CI J He m will be beheld held In Stilt Lak Dec for nt the seven civil 1111 service positions ns with thu office j U Eldredge has lIas been heen re recommended re commended as wi assayer In charge Ores Oro or or minerals of any kind will not bo at ut the federal office offered fur for salo salu to the tho mint will J be b tested |