Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-05-18
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In a recent court decision in New
York the fact that the assayer is not
liable for errors in assays unless care
lessness or fraud can be established is
of wide interest, says the Mining
sis of important financial transaction
and necessarily they are not an absO
lutte measure of the value of mine
or a shipment. The assayer is bound
under the finding of this decision only
to use due care and proper methods
and to honestly report the result as is
shown by his test. The understand
ing as to the limitations and necessary
variations in assay tests is presumed
on the part of the man who uses his
determinations as basis for bust.
ness transaction. The experienced
mining man understands that assays
do not tell very much as to property
or as to any large shipment of ore.
Proper sampling of course is admitted
in order to establish an equitable
measure on which both buyer and sell
err can agree, and the accurate determ-
ination of these average samples is
the standard of value of the assayer's
results. New York decision is only
voicing popular understanding Of the
status of the assayer in mining trans
actions.
The recent developments in Nevada
have given a number of old-timers
there chance to realize. In some
of the districts hoary headed men who
located their claims 30 or 40 years
ago are still holding on to them, and,
in cases where their avarice does not
override their judgment many of these
men have been able to cash in a suf
ffcient amount of money to support
them in comfort and luxury for th.,
few remaining years of their life. How
ever, instances are not rare in which
these old-timers have simply named an
exorbitant price and kept all operat-
ors off. to their own continued discom-
fort and, in some cases, hardship. 1t
is easy to understand how man who
has lived with proposition in the des-
ert for years can attach great value to
it, but, on the other hand it would
seem that these men who have waited
and hoped in vain through many moons
would be glad of a chance to secure in
cash sufficient money for their declin
ing years, even though they did not
realize their own estimate of value
of the property This is the human
problem to be handled in connection
with many of the mining deals in the
now booming Nevada and the prob
lem is worked out in various ways.
according to the temper or tempera-
ment of the buyer and the sellers.
There is considerable interest in see
ing these patriarchs of the desert re-
alize some real money as the climax
World.
The great public who mine from
their own offices through investments
in cheap stocks are vertically Nevada
crazy. says the Chicago Mining World.
There is almost wild rush to buy
"any old thing" so long as it is la
beled Nevada" and the rest Of the
mining world is receiving scant atten-
ton at the hands of this class of min
ers," or from the news editors of the
daily press. Without intending to be-
little the magnitude of the progress
of Nevada in mining or the brilliancy
of the future it certainly has in store
it may not be amiss to say here tc
these stay-at-home miners, that there
is healthy progress and many profit
able opportunities in mining in Cali
fOrnia, in Oregon, Washington, Mon
tana, Idaho, Utah. Wyoming. South Da
kota, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado
Canada and Old Mexico. as we'll as F;
few other places. Fortunately Their.
are considerable number of people
who realize that Nevada has no trus
cinch on gold, and the actual progress
in mining in other parts of the ives
outsie of Nevada compares very ia