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Show gold bullion 144. 419.m.. in allver dollar In other alive. coin .l.2li. In allver bullion 117.. Zl;' n n Irk is and pnna $ji.)i,3. n currency $J4.:40. la metal fund 91.X.1. Thtp count ihowfd an Increaae of cola and bullion in the mint of over 4.oOO.. oo alnce the laat aettlemeat a year ago. them a couple of weeka to do It, but then, they had to be accurate. The amount of change, large and mall, w hich they counted, amounted lo a little more than a half a billion dollars. Tho three men were aent here by t a treasury department to make the annual an-nual rhrk on L'ncle Kam a cash on hand In this part of the country. The hulk of the money ie :n "n-pound olid gol.l hunks what are known aa "gold cetlflcate bars." They are held In reserve Just to prove that L'ncle Ham's currency, hla gold notea and federal reserve bank notes are liter allv 'good aa gold." The men doing the counting for I nele found that he had the following chicken-feed on hand. In gold certificate bare 1 18.-43. liii.M. In gold coin M7.2ifc.iOi, In GOLD RESERVE LEAPS MILLIONS IN YEARS i BAX rOANCIHCO. Au 4 (By A. K I A trio of mea have Just finished I counttnsT a bit ot money here. It took' |