Show ONE DOLLAR CHARGE FOR ORE ASSAYS one dollar is the price the federal government will now charge for each metal determined in ore assays essays by the united states assayer in salt lake city helena boise and carson city accord according ing to an order issued by secretary mcadoo of the treasury department at washington 1 t C the cost heretofore hereth fore had been three dollars for cach ach c metal director robert wooly of the united states mints was in the west and salt lake city some months ago on a trip of inspection the first since his appointment one of the things he na noticed was the cost of assays essays and he thought it excessive I 1 returning to washington on he recommended to the secretary of the treasury a reduction to one dollar and the order is the re result director wooly believes according to advices advises from washington that lowering the rate will encourage mining and bartic prospecting two months ago the salt lake city assay office was equipped with apparatus I 1 for assaying ores theretofore only bullion was assayed for instance a sample for ore assaying gold silver zinc and lead will cost the owner one dollar for each of the found metals under I 1 the new schedule rate for the work it also applies to tung sten and tin I 1 however assayer gammon it is understood has written to the director of the mints recommend ing that the price on these two metals be more than one dollar each sanc that amount does not meet the actual cost of the work nothing has yet been heard from the recommendation gammon expects work any day the commercial assayers charge five dollars for tin and three dollars for tungsten |