in wasliington a huge stock ot gold is housed in the vaults of the 'United States Treasury. A corridor in the basement lias been shut oft" by steel gates, and the gold is stacked up like bricks, awaiting the mason's hands. In that pile are 1200 tons of pure gold, much of it representing British coins, sent to Washington in payment of war supplies, and melted down in the assay office next door. Each brick is worth about £IGOO, and the total value is more than £150,000,000.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 March 1918, Page 5
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87Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Taranaki Daily News, 16 March 1918, Page 5
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