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Show Tons of Gold Dollars. The statement that there has just been counted in New York, at the United States assay office, the enormous enor-mous sum of $705,000,000 in gold may be visualized somewhat when this is translated into ounces, pounds and tons, writes (xirard in the Philadelphia Ledger. While it lias been asserted that this sum probably is the largest amount of gold coin and bullion ever accumulated accumulat-ed In one place, it is well to remember remem-ber that only wo recently as a year ego there was said to be $800,000,000 In gold and bullion In the Russian State bank. The sum in New York figures out something like this: There are approximately ap-proximately 159,000,000 ounces or 3,000,-000 3,000,-000 pounds or 1,016 tons. The figures are not exact. |