, 1873-08-23
A HUNDRED TONS or GOLD.

4no ArNnafEr O3 -Four Toms from Cn1l,
fornfn 10 Now York.-Tvclvc Stroa,u
eannrslti by Nirc Armed Mon from
ssan E'rnnciscO to Wall Street.
From The Hc1o York Sun, aug. 20.
Ihe Widest md most visionary of s' Tho Ar
gona,it!sS, U.s., of ~ hovor dreamed Of tho golden
Pacific coast. Capt. sutter, whom ho droarily
worlicd his little Wooden mill on tho Amoricai,
Fork Of tho Sacramento NIyor, III tho winter Of
1848, could not, by tho widest stretch Of imag-
tnation. have had q conception Of tho magnitude
md yaloyn about him. Little did ho dream Tint
hlR insignificant mill-race led to wealth tint
would dwarf tint OF oyen tho fnblod land OF
Ophir ~ lis influonce On tho world.
q, or Il Monday afternoon there arrived at tho
Hnb-Treasury In thia city 81, ,000, 900 in gold coin.
II was forwarded by the Albums Express Com
pnny from the sub-TroaBury in Han Francisco.
Tho weight Of this coin was about four tolls It
was packed In twelve strong iron chosts, each
about two feet aud a half IN leugth by sixtoen
i1ichcs In breadth and depth.
The gold consisted entirely Of double engloB,
incoand IN l00 stout canvas bag8 each contain
ing $4,000. Every bag bore tho seal Of tho
Assistant Treaa1rot in San francisco, and each
explanation Of tho combinations was sont to
Assistant Treasurer HillhouBo in two install-
monts, one by mail and ono by o1pross. This
was to pIoyont ita possible uae In the oyont Of
VI ltb 1E!llDR l0[U unworthy 31h1lua.
Tho car containing the. troaBuro was guarded
BY niue Hr1ned mon. AZ m additional Bocurity
tho Express Company was held responsible to tho
Government for the safety Of tho gold. On it's
arrival hero 1t was carried in oxproaB wagons
to tho PING strcot entrance Of tho Treasury,
whore tho ~chostH, which weighed botwoon six
and Hoven hundred pounds oach. wore placed on
tr1lcka mud rolled into tho coin division. Tho
bags wore emptiod ind tho contents counted by
weighing, BY this mode the absence Of q single
t1{a<, = -
weight Of $4,000 III gold coin IL registered.
About 81 100000 OF tho treasure iH frosh from
tho mint, and this 1t was necessary merely to
weigh. The remainder, having boon in circnla-
tton, rs to DO oxnminod piece by piece to SEQ that
every ono is genuine. Tho experts began this
wook.
Mr.. Ashley, tho chief Of tho coin division
says that 30 largo m amount Of gold is rarely
received In tho sub-Treaunry At ono timo. It
WAS sont hore BY tho Treasury Department be-
ca'1se Now York ia tho only city whore tho Gov
ernmont needs to keep large quantities Of gold
for mercantile purposes. At tho close Of busi-
moss Yesterday thoro ssaB balance Of gold coin
100 tons Of gold. This is an unusually hoavy
supply. Ono reason for 1t Ia tho light shipping
delnand, only $11 ,o00 having been delivered for
shipment since Jan. l. That is less than half
the amount In tho corresponding period last
year.
In addition to tliis, the Sub Treasury contnins
about s1o,0n0 600 in gold bars 800 900 in silver,
and about $32, 600, 900 in currency.
There aro two Observation-Disclosures on different
sides OF the main floor in tho Sub-Troasury.
Each Eas wals Of mnBsiyo Btono eight foct
thick, built IN two parallol SECTIONS. Tho inter-
mediate space iB fillod with boxes Of chilled iron
packed with balls Of the Same material about IN
inch in dlaneter. Theso will turn tho most
floor is covered with Iron plates. aud rostB
On solid masonry, which extends thirty
feet below tho eurfaco OF tho side
walks. Tho flyo iron doora arc secured
by scgoral heavy locks. ThoHe doors weigh
about two and u half tons each. Tho chambors
are divided into iron compartments. In tho
west side chamber, tho gold Is deposited, each
compartment containing S500,000 when filled.
The gold ia packed in nmall canvas bags.
Tho chamber on tho east side contains tie
currency, silver coin, and gold. in bars. The
currency ia in packages Of $1,000 notes. Those
packages weigh scarcely pound eacll, yet thoy
arc stamped y ,ooo goo. Tho gold barr ara gem
molted in tho aaHay Office, preparatory to being
coined into money in the Philadelphia mint.