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19. A ton of gold is 14.122 inches by 14.122 inches by 14.122 inches.

Mon Mar 2, 2015, 03:01 PM

Mar 2015

Thus a normal shoe box is 12 inches by 6 inches x 6 inches or 432 Cubic Inches.

http://www.traditionaloven.com/metal/precious-metals/gold/convert-ton-short-sh-tn-to-cubic-metre-m3-gold.html

One ton of Gold equals .047 cubic meters which equals 2868.1 Cubic Inches or 1.66 cubic feet or just a little bigger then 14.1 inches tall by 14.1 inches wide by 14. 1 inches long.

Thus 7 shoe boxes is all you would need to haul ALL the gold in. You will need a TRUCK to haul those 7 shoe boxes for we are talking about 2000 pounds or 286 pounds per shoe box.

This is assuming pure 99.99% Gold (i.e. 24 caret). Gold Coins are 10% Copper so the sizes will be larger.

If the gold is less prue, such as from jewelry, you would need more space. On the other hand Gold is the easier metal to melt, 1,948°F (1,064°C) thus it is possible this was gold that have been melted and put into barrels for later processing. The Barrels may NOT be larger then a Shoe Box and could weigh over 300 pounds.

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$4 million in gold stolen from truck in North Carolina [View all] Omaha Steve Mar 2015 OP

Yipes... Agschmid Mar 2015 #1

They broke the golden rule! Major Nikon Mar 2015 #2

Sounds a bit ... coincidental ... that they happened to have vehicle trouble and some petronius Mar 2015 #3

Gee, ya think? DFW Mar 2015 #5

the guards might not have anything to do with it Marrah_G Mar 2015 #10

Yup though it certainly does sound like an inside job at the least cstanleytech Mar 2015 #22

Very true, and you're right - the best part is no one was injured petronius Mar 2015 #39

Yep. I'd love to be a fly on the wall in this investigation. KeepItReal Mar 2015 #11

You must be a conspiracy theorist for stating the obvious! valerief Mar 2015 #24

Is that the shipment that came through Mayberry? Kingofalldems Mar 2015 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author wolfie001 Mar 2015 #6

139 lbs of gold would fit in a shoe box SoLeftIAmRight Mar 2015 #7

I was going by the 1800 per ounce wolfie001 Mar 2015 #9

But how many barrels would they have to unload to fill a shoe box? Orrex Mar 2015 #17

A ton of gold is 14.122 inches by 14.122 inches by 14.122 inches. happyslug Mar 2015 #19

Yeah, but... Orrex Mar 2015 #21

Dry Barrels in the US is about 26 Gallons, a US Oil Barrel is 42 Gallons, Beer is 31 gallons happyslug Mar 2015 #29

Right. I know that. However... Orrex Mar 2015 #30

The fineness depends on the type of gold coin Art_from_Ark Mar 2015 #40

So is gold transported around the country often? jwirr Mar 2015 #8

Gold in varies amounts is transported all the time as it has many uses from electronics to jewelry. cstanleytech Mar 2015 #23

I wonder when the truck was tampered with In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #12

Maybe the robbers have been watching too much Lesley Stahl. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2015 #14

Anything is possible. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #16

Or just sugar in the engine. happyslug Mar 2015 #20

Diluted pancake syrup mixed with some sort of oil to thin it would cstanleytech Mar 2015 #25

directed microwaves AngryAmish Mar 2015 #35

Maybe they were late on the payments and the bank pulled the plug. Orrex Mar 2015 #31

Stranger things may have happened due to those kill-systems. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #32

Me, I'm betting on some Maximum Overdrive-style alien activity Orrex Mar 2015 #33

I think you've solved the crime. In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #34

Couldn't possibly be an inside job. Gold transporting trucks notadmblnd Mar 2015 #13

barrels? phantom power Mar 2015 #15

They dont convert all gold to bars. cstanleytech Mar 2015 #37

I am thinking Munificence Mar 2015 #18

Stealing barrels of gold? Must be a Leprechaun Gang! nt valerief Mar 2015 #26

Goldfinger did it... Playinghardball Mar 2015 #27

Didn't I see a documentary of this rock Mar 2015 #28

Inside job KG Mar 2015 #36

Was the truck armored? rocktivity Mar 2015 #38

UPDATE: I've heard of "inside" jobs, rocktivity Mar 2015 #41