White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-08

yer dollars were loaded into freight
cars of $4,000 pounds, or 80 tons
capacity, 1t would require more than
555 cars to carry them.
If these same silver dollars could
be laid fiat, one OF top of the other,
they would make a monument 835
miles high. If placed end to end
they would make a handsome neck
lace" 1880 miles in length. Or
they would make a belt that would
extend more than halfway around
the world.
One thousand dollars in new gold
coins weighs 1858 pounds. Uncle
Sans stock of gold, therefore, is
equivalent to about 30Os tons, which
would require a train of 100 cars to
carry 1t, each car having a carrying
capacity of more than 10000 pounds.
Another interesting fact in con-
nection with paper money is that a
million crisp, new 81 paper bills, If
placed n on top of the other, would
make a column about 260 feet in
height, or nearly half as high as the
Washington Monument.
United States paper currency Is
issued in Nominations of 81, 50, IS,
$40, $40, $50. 500, $500. $1,000
and $4,000. The notes are put up
in packages containing 1000 of each
denomination. So, while a package
of 1000 81 silver certificates, about
Z inches square contains but $4,000,
yet a similar size package of $40, 900
gold certificates would contain the
equivalent of 100000 O.
A Little History.
When the seat of the United States
government was removed from Phila-
delphia to Washington in 1900 the
treasury department was installed in
a small wooden building, which was
completed in 1893. 1t was at the
northeast cornor of the site of the
present building, fronting on
Fifteenth street. In 1901 it was
partially destroyed by fire, and in
1914 was completely burned at the
hands of the British, and most of the
files and documents destroyed.
Anoher building was speedily erectd.
This was also destroyed by fire on
March 81, 1893. This time most of
the documents of value were remov-
ed by the clerks.
A new building, the nucleus of the
present, was authorized by act of
congress July 4, 1886. The building
was completed in 1912. 1t extended
along Fifteenth street and was $40
feet long by 40 feet wide. By the
act OF March 8, 1855, the continual
ton of the building was authorized.
The south wing was completed and
occupied in 1861. Operations were
suspended during the civil war for
awhile, but in 1854 the west wing
was completed. Immediately ad-
joining this wing at the north end of
the east wall was the west end of the
old state department building. In
November, 1856, this building was
vacated by the department, and it was
Immediately demolished. The work
of laying the north wing of the build
ing became necessary in May, 1867.
In 1863 this wing was finished, thus
completing the building as it stands
today. The dimensions of the build
ing today are 46S by 264 feet.
The treasury of the United States
In a broad sense embraces the treas
ury at Washington, as we'll as nine
su~btreasuries located in as many
principal cities; IS minis and ASSAY
offices, and 1873 national banks in
all parts of the country, designated
as repositories.
The treasury of the United States
is charged with the receipt and dis
bursements of all public moneys de-
posted in the treasury at Washing
ton, and in the various s~ub-treasuries
and national bank repositories. He
is also redemption agent for national
bank notes, and trustee for bonds
held to secure national bank circula-
ton and public deposits in national
banks, as we'll as fiscal agent for the
payment of interest on the public
debt. He is a bonded official, and
the financial responsibilities attached
to his office are tremendous.
DESERT HERMIT DIES