The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-05
WELL GUARDED CASH
The Millions Piled Up IN the Mint
at Philadelphia.
STORED IN ARMoRED VAULTS.

Vss@0 80 p~NetSs&vN0S 0SSSeS -
The Whole Building 10 Embedded In .
Solid Generate Foundation. and the
Underground Strong Rooms Are In.
prssnahss-Ths Night Watch.
The Philadelphia mint always con-
aims coin and bullion which nuctuates
70 value each day between half and
.hree-quarters Of billion dollars. One
millions Of dollars OF this
amount IL In silver dollars stored for
several years In room by itself 100
BY IS feet In area. About $500. 600. 600
Is In gold coin. ready to be put In chr
,ulation or to be stored in the national
at Washington against the L.
rue of a corresponding number Of gold
A million or two is In
bronze and nickel coins. Finally an
amount OF bullion varying from =
smah quantity to several hundred mil.
lions Of dollars worth occupies the
four massive vaults designed for the
lncolned metal.
Now. how h this vast hoard pro-
tected1
First OF all, the whole mint 10 em-
bedded In q solid concrete foundation
about three feet deep Concrete. %
every one knows. II ono Of the strong
est Of all known substances and the
most impervious to drilling or wear.
Then on the Interior. where the vaults
d. III
ton. comes solid armor Of battlcship
steel six inches thick. % strong that
m expert working on Il Z week could
scarcely make an impression. much
less penetrate 1t by hand tools.
The vaults themselves arc sunkon
deeply below the ground. Descending
several lights Of stairs and passing
by doors guarded by Z fsarsoms ar
ray Of rides for use by the night
guards. q long. fairly wide corridor
Of solid concrete masonry shows the
entrances to the six vaults. one for
tho silver already referred to, one for
oil kinds OF coinage. but mostly for
gold. and the remaining four for the
gold, silver and nickel bullions The
bronze bullion Hes in another room By
itself. but 40 4 few dollars' worth Of
this substance makes an uncomtorta-
bly, heavy load 1t IL not thought nee
essary to surround It with the minute
safeguards used In the case o. the
precious metals.
The vaults themselves have double
That to the outer door
il known by the cashier only ana that
to the inner door by the custodian Of
the vaults only. TO enter vault both
men have TO be togsther. and 4 = .
rule Of the department that beth shall
stay together till the inspecticn a.
other object for which the huge safe
Ii opened Il accomplished.
Entering one OF these great cares
after ave minutes working ct TIE
combination. one finds himself II .
huge room partitioned on In nftsen
compartments by steel gratings ofsthe
strongest kind. A straight paseago
six feet wide and the height Of the
chamber goes down the length Of the
room from the door. At the entranco
are stored the bronze coins, the cents.
about $4,000 worth Of them. but the
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