1. 400 -- number of workers who carved the monument
![Close up picture of George Washington's nose](http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/644/cache/mount-rushmore-construction-face_64402_600x450.jpg)
Work on Washington's nose courtesy www.nationalgeographic.com
2. 0 -- number of workers who died constructing the monument, despite heavy use of dynamite
![](http://www.lovethesepics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Dynamite-to-carve-the-presidents-faces-into-the-mountion-at-Rushmore.jpg)
Blasting Mount Rushmore courtesy lovethesepics.com
3. 800 -- number of pounds of rock removed to carve the four Presidents
![](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5064/5617096583_a68d067792_z.jpg)
staticflickr.com
4. 14 -- number of years it took to build
![](http://www.visitrapidcity.com/images/data/images/Carving%20Mount%20Rushmore.jpg)
visitrapidcity.com
5. 1 million -- number of dollars it took to finance the project
![](http://www.nickelbynickel.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/opengear-one-million-dollars.jpg)
nickelbynickel.com
6. 1278 -- number of acres of national park where monument sits
www.nationalparkstraveller.com
7. 6000 -- number of pounds of dynamite to carve Washington's face
![](http://archive.cyark.org/content/preview/350/historic-photograph-of-washington-taken-from-inside-the-iron-mountain-tunnel.jpg)
archive.cyark.org
8. 6 -- height of each head in stories
![](http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/photojim/photojim0907/photojim090700041/5225665-the-head-of-abraham-lincoln-on-mount-rushmore-national-memorial-in-black-and-white.jpg)
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9. 20 -- height in feet of each nose
![](http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/643/cache/mount-rushmore-construction-office_64398_600x450.jpg)
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10. 60 -- age of Gutzon Borglum when he started working on the carving
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Gutzon_Borglum_1919.jpg/220px-Gutzon_Borglum_1919.jpg)
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Source: www.history.com
wikipedia.com
For more information, read my blog post "Million Dollar Sculpture" (October 4, 2011).
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