150 Years 1857-2007 The Dalles THE DECADES OF HISTORY February 28, 2007 Gold Rush Brings Mint THE MINT AGAIN - Recent advices from Washington lead to the belief that the U.S. Branch Mint will yet be built at the Dalles. The original bill locating it at this point, and making appropriation for its erection has not met with any successful opposition, and the difficulty of procuring fresh legislation upon matters of this nature, encourage the belief that the law will stand as first passed, and that the Branch Mint will be built here. - Before, when this question was agitated, the citizens of the Dalles deeded to the Government a plat of ground on which to erect the necessary buildings. Letters have been received, and the title to it be properly proved up. This, we believe, has been done. We have always contended that the Dalles was the most available point for a mint if one was to be established north of San Francisco, because, to locate it at Portland would be to take it an unnecessary distance from the mines, and to place it at Idaho would place it out of the way of the Canyon City and up-river gold yielding regions; moreover, we believe that we have every reason to anticipate fresh and rich discoveries throughout the whole circle of country to which the Dalles is the natural centre. If there is any action which our citizens can take at the present status of the question, let it be done at once. A grain may turn the scale in our favor, and our local prosperity be made certain. [Caption beneath picture of Mint building reads: Congress gave money for a mint in The Dalles in 1863. Before the mint was finished, gold petered out in the Canyon City area; the building was never used as a mint. File photo.] The Daily Mountaineer April 27, 1866 Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program