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Gold by the yard.

--A cubic inch of gold is worth one hundred and forty-six dollars; a cubic foot, two hundred and fifty-two thousand two hundred and eighty-eight dollars; and a cubic yard, six millions eight hundred and seventy-six dollars, which, wielded in one mass, would be contained in a cube of 23 feet.

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