Hello everyone,

Here is an update to something I wrote a couple of days ago on Bible Codes. 

>This one is peculiarly American: At Revelation 6:15 the following words 
were found: >bay, deed, dice, feat, gay, hie, men, mint, rain, sear 
>"And the kings of the earth and the great men and the rich men and the 
>chief captains and the mighty men and every bondman and every free man 
>hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains" 
>
>[If you are looking for a haven of (gay) (men), then San Francisco (Bay) is 
>one contender. Sear=to burn. Hie=quickly, etc. I put up what the dictionary 
>says about a few of these words and they all seem to tie in. The only one 
>that stumps me is mint (if anyone has any ideas about this one, I'd like to 
>hear it).] 

Some people did write info on the word "mint" (thank you very much), but 
just on a fluke (?) I went to a web site on San Francisco to see if there 
was a mint there. Here is what I found in the history section under "New 
San Francisco Mint--1936" 
(http://shell3.ba.best.com/~sfmuseum/hist3/sfmint.html):

"New Mint Strong as a Fortress
Will Defy Fire, Earthquakes and Attempts at Robbery

"The new San Francisco Mint, scheduled to be completed next February, will 
be structurally stronger and better protected than many a fortress. It will 
resist fire and earthquakes and withstand any attempts at robbery." 

Further down:
"To keep Uncle Sam's gold and silver safe, the storage vault and the melting 
and refining vault will have reinforced concrete walls two feet thick. The 
storage vault will be 72 feet long by 44 feet wide and the refining vault 48 
feet by 33 feet. Several smaller vaults will be almost as formidable.

"The new Mint, costing more than $1,000,000 occupies the block bounded by 
Duboce, Buchanan, Hermann and Webster streets, and fronts on Duboce. The 
site has steep cliffs on three sides and is 100 feet above the pavement at 
the corner where Duboce and Buchanan intersect Market street. A concrete 
stairway of 72 steps leads to the main entrance."  

Lastly:
"Opening of the new building will mark the eighty-third year of the San 
Francisco Mint. The first Mint was established in 1854, in Commercial 
street, between Montgomery and Kearny, and for many years turned out a 
steady stream of gold and silver coins. The present Mint, at Mission and 
Fifth streets, was begun in 1870 and put into operation in 1874. Last year 
it handled 2,493,334 ounces of gold and 28,230,585 ounces of silver­ and its 
successor will be capable of handling infintely more." 

At another site I found this:
"The first United States branch mint in San Francisco was authorized by 
congress July 3, 1852 and opened for operation April 3, 1854."

Most "mints" in ancient times were in the great temples of their day and I 
don't know why (arterial flow problem?) I didn't see the correlation before.


Moza