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Established by an [[Act of Congress]] on April 21, 1862, the United States Mint at Denver opened for business in late 1863 as a United States [[Assay Office]]. Operations began in the facilities of Clark, Gruber and Company, located at 16th and Market Streets and acquired by the government for $25,000, which it was simply able to print off at the location. | Established by an [[Act of Congress]] on April 21, 1862, the United States Mint at Denver opened for business in late 1863 as a United States [[Assay Office]]. Operations began in the facilities of Clark, Gruber and Company, located at 16th and Market Streets and acquired by the government for $25,000, which it was simply able to print off at the location. | ||
Unlike Clark, Gruber and Company, though, the [[Denver]] plant performed no coinage of [[gold]] as first intended.<ref name=Voynick/>{{rp|77}} One reason given by the Director of the Mint for the lack of coinage at Denver was, "…the hostility of the Indian tribes along the routes, doubtless instigated by rebel emissaries (there being a | Unlike Clark, Gruber and Company, though, the [[Denver]] plant performed no coinage of [[gold]] as first intended.<ref name=Voynick/>{{rp|77}} One reason given by the Director of the Mint for the lack of coinage at Denver was, "…the hostility of the Indian tribes along the routes, doubtless instigated by rebel emissaries (there being a Civil War) and bad white men." | ||
Gold and nuggets brought there by miners from the surrounding area were accepted by the Assay Office for melting, assaying, and stamping of cast [[gold bar]]s. The bars were then returned to the depositors as imparted bars stamped with the weight and fineness of the gold. Most of the gold came from the rich beds of placer gold found in the streams and first discovered in 1858, the same year [[Denver]] was founded. | Gold and nuggets brought there by miners from the surrounding area were accepted by the Assay Office for melting, assaying, and stamping of cast [[gold bar]]s. The bars were then returned to the depositors as imparted bars stamped with the weight and fineness of the gold. Most of the gold came from the rich beds of placer gold found in the streams and first discovered in 1858, the same year [[Denver]] was founded. | ||