Show U S GOLD SUPPLY CAREFULLY GUARDED tr treasure asure caves 80 feet below street level new york YA the steady flow of gold into the united states continues add ing in more millions to the more than 0 D W OW in hard metal which the i at its of the country already hold pei ro antly the united states held 5 in gold 42 per cent of the supply of the world with a sim liar moment mo ment going to france the two countries hold 65 per cent of the world worlds s supply th s vast ast supply of the yellow metal Is 14 slacked stacked in vaults in la various parts of the country but chiefly in new aorl and washington about halt half the supply Is in new york the remain ler Is in federal reserve t vaults and such places as the denver mint this gold Is guarded in the storehouses of the nation E gaty feet below surface E gaty feet below the sidewalks in the massive steel and concrete vaults of the new lork federal reserve bank binl about half billion dollars in bars ingots md ind coin Is stacked in great piles awaiting the time when it kiy be called on as a part of the nations reserve the gold presents a fascinating sight stacked in symmetrical piles on steel shelves to steal it would be im possible the safeguards comprise steel and concrete walls eight feet thick massive doors complicated locks and electrical devices the secret of opening which Is possessed by no one man but several they are devised so that in event of an uprising or a revolution they could not be rushed the treasure is in the bottom vaults on the deep foundations of the build ing no staircases lead to them the only ingress Is by elevator and the elevators are not controlled by the operator but from a central control room which lets the elevator down of 01 up only on official command the con could be put out of commission and there would be no entering or leaving marksmen stand ready at the top Is a steel fortress surrounding the entrance with holes for or shooting behind which expert marksmen stand at the bottom various locked doors lead along the corridors to the ponderous steel vault door weighing many tons which is cd ed by time locks and machinery behind that are iron gates with three locks requiring three men to open them then the gold store Is reached steel cells partitioned off by steel mesh contain shelves on which the bars of gold are stacked in ordered and numbered piles as much as 10 worth of gold in each bar some are in brici briel s and some in the con vent lonal ional metal pigs and ingots like so much iron but the bars are smooth and deeply yellow in other corridors american gold coins and english sovereigns worth millions on millions are stacked on similar shelves in canvas sacks not waiting so much to be put into circa lotion lation as to r remain maln there like the bar gold cold as guarantee for tie ft e american paper bills that are issued against them |