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Article: Ask Tip Sheet.(Fort Knox)(Brief Article)
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- June 6, 2005
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Byline: Carrie Sheffield
We used to hear about the gold in Fort Knox. Is there gold there now?
--Don Smith, Eau Claire, Wis.
Yes, there still is gold: 147.3 million ounces, to be precise, and it's worth a cool $60 billion, according to the U.S. Mint. Gold's been stored in the Kentucky depository since 1937. "It's an asset for the United ...