Nobody would trust the stamp of a private assayer as he trusts the stamp of the Government, because the private assayer could never succeed in placing his personal disinterestedness so absolutely above the suspicion of fraud.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
The mail that night bore a sample of white quartz to a custom assayer in Vegas, but Virginia guarded her secret well.
"Shadow Mountain"
Dane Coolidge
A great deal of water had flowed down the gulch since he had advised her to keep her stock, but the assayer at Vegas was worse than negligent-he had not reported on the piece of white rock.
"Shadow Mountain"
Dane Coolidge