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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LakeEffect, post: 26791782, member: 43201&quot;]That question wasn&#039;t really directed at anybody, just a comment on the amount of gold and silver used. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Found this <a href="https://spoonplanet.com/montanasilver.html#:~:text=Standing%20an%20imposing%2012%20feet,Columbian%20World%20Fair%20in%201893." target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://spoonplanet.com/montanasilver.html#:~:text=Standing%20an%20imposing%2012%20feet,Columbian%20World%20Fair%20in%201893." rel="nofollow">on-line</a>:</p><ul> <li><i>24,000 ounces of sterling (about 22,200 ounces of pure silver) </i></li> <li><i>...almost 12,000 ounces of gold, over 800 pounds</i></li> <li><i>At the end of the fair, the statue traveled to various county fairs and stores and eventually ended in Omaha where it was consigned to a smelter and melted in 1903.</i></li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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