Sec. 2. Findings

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The Congress finds the following:

(1)The Carson City Mint played an important role in the founding of the Great American West.

(2)Congress established the Carson City Mint in 1863 to serve the coinage needs brought on by the Comstock Lode during the silver rush in Nevada.

(3)The Carson City Mint was designed by Alfred Mullett, the supervising architect for the United States Department of the Treasury.

(4)The brick used to construct the Carson City Mint was manufactured at the Adams Brick Works in Genoa, operated by the grandsons of John Quincy Adams.

(5)The opening of the Carson City Mint was delayed due to the Civil War.

(6)The Carson City Mint opened in December of 1869, and produced its first coins on February 11, 1870.

(7)Coins struck at the Carson City Mint were distinguished by the CC mint mark.

(8)The Carson City Mint coined more than $49,000,000 of silver and gold.

(9)The Carson City Mint ended coin production in 1893, due to reduced mining of the Comstock Lode.

(10)The Carson City Mint is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.