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Fine “flour gold,” reclaimed during sand and gravel mixing from the bed of the Columbia, was placed in souvenirs such as the above. C. E. Goody of Tacoma, WA, ran the gold operation, and 10 % of all gold found during construction went to J.G. Shotwell of Hermiston who produced the sand and gravel mix; another 10% went to the government. Courtesy of Army Corps of Engineers