Subject: Assaying

Memorandum receipt for a gold deposit at the U.S. Assay Office in New York City on November 7, 1874, by L. H. Hershfield of Helena, Montana. The receipt details the deposit of four gold bars weighing 578.10 oz, 70.85 oz, 48.86 oz, and 82.94 oz, along with $2.32 in gold coin and $111.83 in silver coin. The document provides a breakdown of the gold, silver, and non-value assay of the bars. The receipt is from Donnell Lawson & Co.