Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-08-19
TONS OF GOLD CROSS ,
 OCEAN TO AMERICA

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 NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-Gold, tons of it, coming here on every large pas senger liner that plies the Atlantic, is handled by seaman and longshore- men as nonchalantly as if it were scrap iron.
 On such ships as the Olympic arrive millions of dollars worth of the precious metal-shipments such as would have swamped an old galleon sailing the Spanish main. But the heavy, steel-bound boxes of ingots or coin stored away in the holds of the giant liners arouse among the passen- gers and crew far less interest than the presence of an internationally known actress or prize winning Pom- eranian.
 Huge Amount in U. S.
 It was recently announced that the U. s. sub-treasury vaults here already hold $1,5O0,OOO,00O in gold, one-fifth of the worlds entire supply.
 Gold is classified as freight and a certain rate per ton is paid. for transporting it,. although due to it's value special consideration is given to its safety. On each of these big ships is vaula a-known in ship language as the strong room. It is big box or chamber, heavily lined with armor plate steel located in one of the lower holds in such position that it can be approached from but one direction, by a passage opening from but one door or hatch. /
 There is no space around the strong room for a would-be thief to work with a drill, and indeed if he should get in he would probably find himself a prisoner. ...
 Purser Responsible
 Delivered to the ship in a European port the purser carefully checks the number of boxes, notes the, stated value of the contents, sees to it that proper customs permits for shipment have been issued and in the name of the ship signs the bills of lading. Un- der his personal eye it is stored in the strong rom where it is again checked. The room is locked and the keys and combination of the door are retained in the purser's own care. On several of the ships electric alarm de- vices add to the protection. z.
 On arrival in New York the gold shipments receive first attention after the passengers have been discharged A special force of longshoremen under the eye of a trusted boss is led to the strong room in company with repre- sentative of the bank or banks to which the gold is assigned. The boxes are checked out, loaded on trucks, a certain weight to each man, and trun- dled away to waiting vans near the ship sides.
 Lives Come First '.
 The longshoremen who handle the treasure make no fuss about it-it is all in work day of eight hours gold or pig iron is the same to them. However, once in the vans, when the ship is released of responsibility, there is a sho wof guards. What would happen to the gold if the ship should meet with an accident and go down? "It would have to go with the ship, unless conditions were such that it could be removed after the lives of all on board had been saved,' is the answer of the lines. Like other freight it is insured ,and not even treasure must be taken into consider ation when lives are at stake. Gold shipments which have gone down are occupying the attention of scores of marine experts today. Nu- merous devices have been patented and many lives have been lost in at tempts to salvage sunken treasure. Among hundreds of others rich re- ward awaits the man who can salvage the treasure lost with the Lusitania.