orval harrington worked in the mint for many years. he was a trusted worker. in 1920, orvil had been working at the mint for many years, handling gold every single day, but he knew he would never make more than $4 a month, and it frustrated him. he hatched a plan. he planned to steal one gold bar a day from the mint, and he was going to do it between inventory periods so that no one would really be aware of the embezzlement. to dispose of the gold, he planned on renting or leasing a cold claim and victor, colorado. melting it down, a gold claim in melting it down, and claiming he had minded himself. it was an ingenious plan and it might have worked. unfortunately he stole one too many bars. one day, a coworker noticed him behaving suspiciously and alerted authorities. in this case, the secret service. and they watched him steal a gold bar and they confronted him at a bus stop right outside of the mint. he confessed. he did have a gold bar on him. he was sentenced to prison and spent years in leavenworth, kansas, in the prison there. in the 1930's, the federal

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orval harrington worked in the mint for many years. he was a trusted worker. in 1920, he had been working at the mint for many years, handling gold every single day, but he knew he would never make more than four dollars a month, and it frustrated him. he had a plan to steal one gold bar a day from the mint, and he was going to do it between inventory periods so that no one would really be aware of the embezzlement. to dispose of the gold, he planned on leasing a gold plane -- a gold claim in victor, the gold downing and claiming he had minded himself. it was an ingenious plan and it might have worked. but he stole too many bars. one day, a coworker noticed him behaving suspiciously and alerted the authorities, in this case, the secret service. the local sheriff, and they confronted him, and he confessed he had a gold bar on him. he spent years in leavenworth, kansas, in the prison there. in the 1930's, the federal government decided to move the gold reserves stored in san francisco to denver. they did it for a couple of reasons. probably first and foremost wa