Bars of Pure Gold Near Lexington

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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.), 24 July 1878.



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[jeff of pa]

This Story Appears to have hit almost Every Paper across the Nation.
All but one so far says Ounces


Discrepancy in Weight.
One of the Editors or type setters, screwed up.
Ounces or Lbs, Still a Good Haul.
I would guess Lbs is more Likely. because it's an Even amount.
20 ounces would be 1.25 Lbs a bit odd imo to create 1.25 lb bars.
add to that Value Back then $18.94 a Pound .
I Didn't do the Math, But That's allot of 1.25 Lb Bars from a Stage,
To Add up to $10,000 Quick uneducated Guess 400 ?

at least Allot More then If 20 lbs Quick uneducated Guess 25 ?

(I'm probably way off


The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]), 30 July 1878.



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