COUNTY ASSAY OFFICE

This one-story wood-sided building is the office of Deputy County Assayer, Joe Reiser. Reiser will determine the composition, weight and worth of any ore-bearing rocks or dust for a fee of $3 per sample and will certify the sample's worth for an additional $5. His office hours are 9am to 6pm (with an hour off between noon and I pm for lunch), Monday through Friday.

Generally, only certified samples can be used as money. Un-certified nuggets and dust can be sold to a mining company purchasing agent, but will have to be assayed at the time of the sale. No ore samples are kept in the office overnight, but Reiser keeps a 6-shot double action revolver handy during the work day to discourage anyone from trying to rob him of samples under analysis.

At any given time, he will have $300-$700 worth of gold and silver nuggets and dust under analysis.

Reiser boards at THE GREAT WESTERN.

Promise City