COMPOSITION OF BULLION. 



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Assays of bullion The following assays show the varying proportions of gold and 

 silver in the bullion. The specimens assayed are those which had been mixed for 

 analyses : 



Thus it will be noticed that the bullion produced in Big Evans gulch is generally 

 richer in gold than that of California gulch. 



Assays of bullion made at Messrs. Gumming $ Finn's smelter in August, 1880. 

 [Each assay represents a car-load of 10 tons oi bullion.] 



(Hadelberg.) 



Daily assays of bullion made at one of ihe smelters in Leadville 

 [Each assay represents the bullion extracted in 24 hours. I 



