| Show c United States Assay Office I 1 yet HEN Undo Uncle Sam Informed the WHEN citizens of or Utah that he would accommodate tho ho mining interests here h r iby establishing an assay which 1 j Is tl really a branch branc L co established by bythe bythe bye eek the th e government go for o the purchase of oC gold bullion It was vas dream d that it ft would grow to such great pro proportions lb tl portions an as It has now nos attained When hen the year rear 1910 1310 opens this will in ini i tho the 11 months of oC Its Us existence tence have havo 1 purchased over a million dollars In gold sold 1 1 front from tho the mines Nearly all of oC this tl s has como come from Utah When Uio the opened It was ex ox expected oab p b petted that about a IL month IN 7 would be lie all nil that was necessary for Cor forthe Corthe forthe I the purchase of tho the yellow metal The Is has hUll continued to Increase until is IN now avenges avers is close etolle to a month for foi tho the purchase of oC gold Yet Yot there are aro man many people In the tho state nho sho ho aro are unaware that there Is ItS an an as annoy alila Q toy noy la of office eC here hett and that Undo Uncle Sam II will their gold bullion here i I lit II t tho the same price as they tho could get In Int Ina a 1 t aw w Yo York k c or San Francisco and the ther expense cc r of oC expressing It that distance bo would W b be bd S saved Jik Up to Dec a J tho the following was f the thu amount of oC gold cold and silver sliver and und its ha value an as received d at the States dal assay nna once and also an estimate 14 the tho end of oC tho the year jear Ounces Value Gold ol old I received 00 d to Jan Jail 1 4 1 Total of or gold go gel receIved 3 33 Esta is to Jan 1 SOO Total of oC silver sliver 3 3 Lo Grand total value r PAY FULL TULL VALUE VI UE The Tho silver allver that Is lIS purchased la is what Y 0 has been be found In the thu gold cold bullion b ll n The Tho purchase ulo price of oC this metal H is governed b by tho the director of oC the mInt mini who Is governed principally principal b by J the tho market price of the tho metal The gold purchased Is II paid for Cor at full Cull value aluc 2067 67 an nn ounce This price does not fluctuate as nt docs does tho the silver Although most moat of oC the gold purchased this year came from Crom Utah and nearly 75 iG per cent of oC It from Crom Mercur there Is a Cl growing for Cor to send Its bullion to Salt Lake Lako In Indications Indications are that another yell year I will see close to half hair a million dollars worth orth of oC gold purchased l at the of lice fieo each h month Tho The old J ark Valley district In Boxelder county Is Just be lie beginning e ginning to send scroll In bullion and with lt l the Century and Susannah Su annah mills running run running runnIng ning It w will III greatly add to tho amount of or gold taken from Crom Utah Ono One of oC tho the advantages of oC tho the local assay office Is IH Its splendid equipment which will allow a return on almost any nn amount f of f r bullion within 24 hours Among the latest additions are two balances from Crom the mint at Philadel Philadelphia Philadelphia phia They The are probably the tho finest of ot any owned by b the tho government Tho The largest balance will weigh as high as ill 2000 ounces and as low 10 as of oC do an ounce Tho The small set Slit Is of oC weighing up to ounces and Is sensitive to one ono of oC an nn ounce All 1111 the tho heating at tho Ulo office for Cor furnaces and room room Is Isby Isby I by b gas and tho the equipment throughout la Is dato In every particular EMPLOYS E MANY Seven persons are employed a n tho the local assay office o co J 1 U Eldredge Jr being the assayer In charge J L LoW May oW Is cashier and assayer In charge In tho the absence of oC Mr Eldredge rho Iho others are arc D C CIa Clayton ton clerk clork James H n Hance assistant Arthur E C stor ster inciter and assistant assayer Charles Gammon assistant I Norman C Hopper and Arthur ArthurA A Macko watchmen VO r V V |
