Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-03

world who assayed the rock, finding
it to be hornblende-schist, containing
only faint traces of gold, and of no
commercial value.
Advises Against Watts
In getting Prof. Watts to assay the
rock Pierson acted contrary to Cherry's
advice which wa, to take it to one of
the chemical assayers doing their
work. "There are only a half dozen
asayers," said Cherry, "Who are suf-
ficiently up to date to secure any re-
suits from this ore. fire assay prob
ably will show no results but any of
the men who have done our work will
satisfy you as to the value of the ore
on these claims"
In speaking of their several as
sayers Cherry, so Pierson asserts, made
frequent reference to what Prof. Watts
has to say of the property, or its rock,
thereby confounding with a reputable
name that of q certain chemical pro-
cess man. named Watt. But for the
purpose of misleading probable inves-
tors, in the opinion of Pierson, they
add the"s" and title of professor and
thus trade upon the reputation of Prof
Watts, whose mining testimony is al
ways Considered as final.
The Watt whose name is confound-
ed with that of Watt is connected
with the Watt Mines Supply company,
upon whose letterheads appear the
name of r. S. Watt, e. NJ, and r. b.
Watt.
The assays upon which the promot-
ers ask an investor to pin his faith
are five in number, All are samples
left by c. r. Harris. One of the as
says, made by Morgan & Company,
227 South Main street, described as
chemical assay for gold, Sept. T.
19O9," is listed as "12 assay tons of
ore, value of one assay, ton. $17,91."
"H. L. Boyd, e. NJ, Analyst" is
signed to another list of assays for
c. r. Harris, described as sample
No. l. labeled, "A, gold per ton $17.10;
sample No 2, labeled B5, gold per ton,
$780," To this list is attached the
following remarks:
"These samples are chronic Tellur-
ide ore containing small per cent of
nickel. The method of treatment is
to roast dead and apply the chlorina-
ton process. The cyanide method is
interfered with in the presence of al
verse metals which chemically unite
to the form cyanides which are detrl-
mental to extraction"
Conner Assay Rich
Four assays are returned by the
Conner Refining company, Lissner
building and Santa Monica, at several
different times last fall. One ass y,
bv the ton run, is described as con-
tanning six ounces of gold, valued at
S12O. Another assay gives 22O ounces
of gold. valued at $44 a ton. To this
ASSAY is affixed the foot note: THE
above assay was made by commercial
treatment on one pound of ore. Cost
of treatment to obtain above results
will be about So per tom" 1t is coun-
tersigned by J. A. Conner, metallur-
gist.
Another of the Conner assays for
C. r. Harris returns $66 to the ton
The last of the Conner series is upon
four different samples, running from
S36 to $126 a ton in gold,
The Watt Mines Supply company
2430 Santa Fe avenue, returned Tor
c. r. Harris August 80, 1909, assays
running $6.14 and s1246 in gold ton.
In a foot note to the first assay sheet
il says the ores We're not roasted but
treated by a cyanide process, under
an air pressure for two hours. In
footnote on the second assay, where
S12.46 was said to have been recoV-
cred, it states the treatment was under
a chlorination system, under air pres
sure. for two and one-half hours.
"ro chlorinate this ore should not eX-
ceed SO per ton, including refining"
Several other assays were returned oy
the Watt company on samples furn-
lshed by C. r. Harris from ores sup
posedly from the Bon Ton claims in
Little Dalton canyon, These assays
run from $40 to $25 ton. These sums,
for no useful reason, at least, are
added making a total of $45.
All these assays were made by some
form of chemical process, as opposed
to the fire or we'll established process
used by legitimate mining men. Pro-
fessor Watts, whose judgment proba-
blv saved young Pierson from taking
a step that would have separated him
from his money, in giving his opinion
on the sample from the Bon Ton
claims in the Little Dalton canyon,
writes:
you may safely disregard any gold