Sounding
Every chart drawn in this format, newest first. How it reads: Methodology.
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The Great Consolidation: Post Offices, Farms and School Districts, 1900–2025
US post offices, farms and public school districts as three shafts, each measured down from its own record high, year by year since 1900.
Updated 2025 -
Gold Reserves: US, France and Germany, 1950–2026
The official gold of the US, France and Germany as three shafts, each measured down from its own record high, month by month since 1950.
Updated August 2026 -
Gold Reserves: US, China and Russia, 1950–2026
The official gold of the US, China and Russia as three shafts, each measured down from its own record high, month by month since 1950.
Updated August 2026 -
What Washington Kept: Gold, Oil and Helium, 1947–2026
US gold, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and federal helium as three shafts, each measured down from its own record high, from 1947 to the helium sale of 2024 and today.
Updated 16 September 2026