Records to be kept by refiners and purchasers of ore

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It shall be the duty of every person, group of persons, association, partnership, copartnership, firm, joint-stock company, corporation, or trust engaged in the business of milling, sampling, concentrating, reducing, refining, purchasing, or receiving for sale ores, concentrates, or amalgams bearing quicksilver or mercury, to keep a record containing the following information:

  1. (1) The full name and address of the person from whom ores, concentrates, or amalgams bearing quicksilver or mercury were purchased;

  2. (2) The name of the person, association, partnership, copartnership, firm, joint-stock company, corporation, or trust on whose behalf the ores, concentrates, or amalgams bearing quicksilver or mercury were delivered;

  3. (3) The weight, amount, and a short description of each lot of ores, concentrates, or amalgams bearing quicksilver or mercury purchased;

  4. (4) The date of delivery, the date of purchase, and the purchase price of each lot of ores, concentrates, or amalgams bearing quicksilver or mercury;

  5. (5) The name and location of the mine or claim from which each purchased lot of ores, concentrates, or amalgams bearing quicksilver or mercury was mined or procured;

  6. (6) The name and address of the purchaser on resale, in case of resale, of ores, concentrates, or amalgams bearing quicksilver or mercury;

  7. (7) The date of delivery and the weight, amount, and a short description of each such lot of ores, concentrates, or amalgams bearing quicksilver or mercury resold, in case of a resale; and

  8. (8) The date of delivery or shipment, the weight, the amount, the sale price received, and the name of the person, association, partnership, copartnership, firm, joint-stock company, corporation, or trust to whom any and all distilled or refined quicksilver or mercury was sold.


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