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000.00; September 30th, $315,780.00; October 13th, $203,835.00; November 14th, $260,483.00; November 29th, $240,000.00; December 5th, $750,000.00. On October 12, 1865, Wells Fargo & Company shipped $150,000.00 in crude bullion. Another trip brought 1,125 pounds of crude bullion, twenty-eight sacks averaging forty pounds each.^[1]

Wells Fargo exports of treasure were as follows :

1864 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

$6,200,000.00

1865 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

5,800,000.00

1866 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

5,400,000.00

1867 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

4,001,000.00

The merchandise exports, wholesale prices, for 1866:

Apples—68,860 boxes at $1.00 per box ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

$68,860.00

Dried Apples — 2,603 pkgs. at $10.00 per pkg ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

26,030.00

Bacon — 4,376 gunnies at $16.00 each ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

70,016.00

Eggs— 1,760 packages at $10.00 per package ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

17,600.00

Flour — 29,813 barrels at $5.00 per barrel ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

149,065.00

Hides — 4,674 at $1.50 each ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

7,011.00

Onions — 1,325 sacks at $4.00 each ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

5,300.00

Pork— 72 barrels at $20.00 per barrel ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1,440.00

Pitch— 292 barrels at $50.00 per barrel ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1,752.00

Staves and Headings — 59,203, gross value ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

15,000.00

Shooks— 14,972 at $0.40 per shook ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

5,989.00

Varnish — 124 packages at $10.00 per package ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1,240.00

Wool—1,671 bales at $40.00 per bale ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

66,840.00

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Total ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

$457,967.00

The total value of the merchandise exports in 1867 was $2,462,793.00.^[2]

The freight and passenger traffic handled between 1861 and 1865 was as follows:

Year. 1861 1862 1863 1864 Passengers. Tons of Freight. 10,500 24,500 22,000 36,000 6,290 14,550 17,646 21,834^[3]

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1. Weekly Oregonian of dates noted.
2. Overland Monthly, July, 1868.
3. Pacific Monthly, Jan.-June, 1907.