Their first stop in Denver was the public library where they accessed the internet to find out where they might get the gold assayed and to try and find someone to purchase the metal. He could find no one who purchased and smelted ore. He did find out that commercial smelters in the US were few and far between because of strict environmental laws. There were any number of places who would purchase jewelry and coins but none of the advertisements mentioned raw ore.
The places listed who purchased ore were some distance away. Seth would have to ship it to them. He hated to do that because he didn’t trust it out of his possession. Seth did find a place in Reno NV that would take raw ore and purchase it. After talking it over with the women he decided they would drive there and see what they offered.
This was turning out to be a headache deluxe for the three young miners. Finally after a two day drive from Denver they arrived at Reno. They got a cheap room and waited for the next day to visit the offices of the company whose advertisement they found.
When they told the people what they were there for they were ushered into a small private room. They talked to a smarmy greasy looking man. He treated them like welfare beggars. He said, “I understand you have some gold you want to sell us? How much do you have? We usually don’t buy jewelry from individuals here.”
Seth felt his anger rising. Something about the man’s contemptuous attitude made him go from nervous calm to blazing hot anger in a microsecond. He looked at the man and said, “I wasn’t asking about selling jewelry here. I came in to see if you wanted to purchase some raw ore but I think I’ll find someone else.” He stood and walked out of the room. The women followed quietly.
The man followed them to the door to the room and said, “If you want to sell your rings why don’t you visit a jeweler next time? I’m much too busy for games like this.”
Seth’s face was contorted in anger by now. He again turned toward the door and began to move once more. To his embarrassment he bumped into a large older man in an immaculate suit. He apologized and started to step around him and leave. The man saw Seth’s angry face and the tears running down the cheeks of the women. He looked at the sneering man standing in the doorway to the private room. “I’m the manager of this operation. Is there a problem I can help you with sir? You and your ladies don’t seem very pleased with us right now.”
Seth looked at the man and started to speak when the buyer jumped into the conversation. “I was told we had a customer who wanted to sell a large amount of gold sir. When I got to the room I found these people there. I merely told them we didn’t bother with purchasing a piece or two of jewelry here that we dealt in larger amounts of gold and precious metals.”
The man turned to Seth and said, “I’m afraid he is right sir. We purchase in larger quantities here. Smaller businesses purchase individual items or you can ship them to one of our other centers.”
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