Folder: S.F. Mint-New-Interior.
Newscopy: "If they seem extra cautious in their work, you can excuse them, for the piece of metal they're handling so gingerly, although it weighs only 100 ounces, is worth $3500. It's one of the bars of gold being moved from the old U. S. Mint to the new building - a movement involving approximately a half billion dollars worth of the precious metal."