The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-05-25
THE METAL CROP OF THE WORLD

I 8. WIsCOVerV
of the gold fields of Australia and California, the
crop OF preclus metals throughout the world
| maintained as uniform production as the cereal
or other crops and even since these discoveries the
! rate OF production, suddenly and enormously
! expanded, has subsided into regularity The
amount OF gttering dust shipped yearly from San
! francisco, Melbourne, and Sidney is now as accu-
rateiy estimated as cotton, wheat, tobacco, or any
| ct our great stap
| Inc value OF tprecious metals produced per appum
III .he oIlteu states as compared with Europe, is
estimated IN round numbers in the EncVclopqdia
Britdnntcd thus: United States sixtaan millions
pounds sterling; Great Britain twenty mill Al
to; the Russian Empire five millions: France onIr
three millions; the Austrian Empire less thar boF
million. Prussia, a little upward offour millions:
Belgium, nearly two millions. Spain million and
a half; Sweden and Norway, a million; Saxonv
three hundred thousand; the Hartz District rather
more, and Italy, considerably less than hafa million
and switzerland only seventy thousand pounds
sterling. The annual average of precious metals in
Australia, is put down at G9,2l4,l Mexico and
Chilli foot up about nine millions sterling and
the rest of South America, exclusive of Chilli gives
less than three and half millions. According to the
estimate the grand total of the crop of precious
metals, produced annually in Europe and America
including Australia, is nearly seventy millions
pounds sterling, in exact numbers, S75, ,7S5, ,O6O
Mr.. Whitney's table of the metallic product of
the world for the year 1854 presents some interest
ing facts. Russia in that year is supposed to have
produced $4,000 pounds troy of gold and SO 900
pounds of silver. Of "copper" she produced $500
TONS 900 tons of znc 500 tons of lead and 900
tons OF iron. The disproportion here between the
precious and useful metals is very striking as will
be seen by comparison with Great Britain. The
gold of Great Britain in 1854 is estimated at 100
pounds troy; silver at 1000 pounds; tin at 900
tonS "copper" IA, 800; zinc, 900 tons; lead 81 900
tons; iron, 100000 tons. In the same year the
United States, including California, is sup
posed to have n o produced 100000 pounds troy
| OF gold; 22,OO0 pounds of silver: GOO 600
! pounds avoirdupois of mercury Great Britain
| and Russia producing at all; $500 tons of
copper 1000 of zinc, $4,000 of lead, and million
of tons of iron.
Mexico takes the palm in silver, the product of
1854 amounting to 100000 pounds trov Chill
ranks next, to 100000 pounds; Ecuador and New
Granada are put down at l30 900 pounds; Bolivia
the same; Spain l25 900 pounds and so on Brazil
closing the list with only 700 pounds Prussia and
the Hartz District yield the same 30, 600 pounds
each. Saxony gives GO, 900 pounds; France 5000
pounds; Italy, Africa, the East Indies Southern
ASA and Cuba do not appear in the silver list.
In the gold column We find the United States
taking the lead at the head of 200 OOO next Austria
lia 100000; Russia as before stated 60 600: East
lndes @ ana southern Asia % 900 pounds; Ecuador
and ew Granada Is, 900 do; Mexico 900 pounds;
BAIL 5000 pounds; Austria 800 pounds, and At
RIGA 900 pounds. Spain brings only AZ pounds:
the Hartz District gives but pounds, and poor Swe
den miserable2 2pounds. Norway, Belgium Prus-
sa, SaXony, Switzerland, France, Italy and Cuba
make no return in the gold column.
The great country for mercury is Spain which
produced in 1854 two and half millions of pounds
|
pounds, as we have seen; then Austria with 500 900
pounds, and finally Peru, with 100000 pounds
The tin crop is larger in Great Britain than any,
where else the globe. To her 600 tons the
East Indies and Southern Asia bring 5000 tons;
feru 4,9OO tons SaXony 100 tons; Austria 80, and
SPAN 10 tons. Great Britain also surpasses
all other countries in the production of copper and
will continue to do until some acile process of
making marketable the vast masses of native copper
which abound in the Lake Superior region is dis
covered. Next after Great Britain comes Chilli
tralia and Oceanca, producing 500 TONS the same
In the United States Austria $500; the East Indies
and Southern Asia with 1000 tons, and so on Sax
0ny closing the list with bare so tons. France
Switzerland, Mexico and Brazil, it seems produce
no copper at all-at least none is set down in MIR
Whitney s table. Cuba produces 900 tons Africa
only 600 TONS
From Mr.. Whitnev's letter it appears that Great
Britain takes the lead cf the United States not only
in silver tin copper and iron. but lead also The
product of this metal in 1854 in Great Britain is
set down at 900 tons against Is 900 tons in the
United States. We had supposed that the lead
mountains of Missouri would have given differ
ent return. Even Spain produces twice as much
lead as the United States, the yield in 1854 being
put down at 80 900 tons. Prussia produces & 600
tons, Austria 900 tons the Hartz district + 600
tons, Saxony 1000 TONS France 500 TONS Belgium
OOO TONS Italy 500 tons, and lowest of all Sweden
200 tons.
As regards the iron crop We have seen Great
Britain and the United States heading the list, the
lOrHleE Win lnree Lne latter Win one million
OF tons France comes next with 100000 tons;
then Belgium 100000 tons; Russia 200. 900 tons
Prussia 100000 tons and so on, Norway bringing up
the rear with 5 900 tons. The grand totals of the
metallic produce of the world for 1854, as summed
up by Mr.. Whitney, are: Gold 479,950 pounds troy;
Silver 2,Sl2,2OO pounds troy; Mercury 1000, 900
pounds avoirdupOs; Tin 1860 TONS Copper 58, $50
tons; Zinc CO. $3.50 tons Lead l3S 600 tons and Iron
4,792,OOO tons
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1t has been reported for the last two or three
montns-a report which cannot at all guarantee
that NJ Mlllaud Is IN embarrassed circumstances,
ana that he Is even reduced to the point of being
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is certain that he has retired from the nncnniarr
support of NJ. Belly and his Nicorapuap schan,s
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LENGTHY artico oehGIGme i t. mas l%sS published
h, ai =; - ',I'o ii iS Journal on tne SUBJECT OF Cu
ond the ang an1ther on central America
n III Ia "a a u" cahaI question: According to
Government, are strongly opposed to the annexa-
ton OF Cuba by force to the United States and
their opposition would be manifested in more eff
tectlVe way than by mere protest. have every
reason TO believe that II Louis Napoleon dis
posed, ne could easily gain the consent Ofhis people
to constitute this one Of the civilizug missions of
which he has talked so much in his late manifest 9.
His new and powerful navy, which viii have little
opportunity of developing its strength in the pre-
sent war; would only be to glad to measure its
strength with maritime power like the United
States. In fact the Emperor cannot know what
value to attach to the improvements that have been
introduced and whether II is safa to cont;nua tho
PpesenI sem Ui ouGlulhg, without having trla
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News FROM AusrRALrA-The steamship Great
Britain arrived at Liverpool on the 8th instant,
from Melbourne, with advices dated the lst OF
March;
Sne haa 5Z,OOO ounces OF gold on freight.
The Melbourne markets were without improve
ment. Wool was less firm, and inferior had slight
ly declined.
the appearance of a considerable ouanity of Ameri
can -four which was selling at IOi. a ton hioher
than the domestic article-sav E24 per ton.
Rice had reached f26@26 per ton.
An extraordinary amount of activity prevailed
among the miners, and prospecting parties, with
out number, were being rewarded by the discovery
of the most promising fields
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