New-York daily tribune., 1861-12-27
THE MINT.

BY the report Of Mr.. James Pollock, the Director
of the Mint, TO the Secretary of the Treasury, we
learn that the amount of bullion received and coined at
the Mint and its branches for the fiscal year ending
ibe 3Oth Of June las', has largely exceeded hat Of
any former year. The amount Of foreign coin and
bullion, in addition to that received from native
mnes is also larger than ever before. Tue gold re-
ceiyed is SIG OO2 Co. the silver, 96l 81;
hut dedacting from this the redeposits Of bullion or
bars made in one place, and then sent t" another for
coinage, and the aggregate ameuot received 10
s72, 1861 OIL. The coioage for the year WAS:
Gold coins, SEC, ,693 237; fine gold bars, $2O0l5,.
1863 "a; silver coins 81, eos 700; ilver bars, sS-
O6 81; cent coins, sl0l 600; total coinage $s3,.
5J3,767 50; number Of lieces Of all denominations
of coin, 23, ,72i ,9l3.
Tue distribution of the bullion received and coined
delpia, gold deposits s5l 763 SCI gold coined,
sE sS6,7ll fi,e gold barr, SOC, aga 76 silver de-
poeits and purchases 81 726 3U9 07 silver coined,
81 $500; silver bars, s2,694 81; cents coined,
SlOl 600; total deposits Of gold and silver
O72 g.; total coinage, ,l3O ID number oil
pieces, 2l, ,3l5,255.
Al the branch mint at San Francisco the gold de-
posts were Sl2 ,9sl 81; gold coined $l2 f2l CoO
silver deposits and purchases sl97, IA OF; silver
coined $685. 000 silver bsrr, 81 4s5 7l total coin.
age Of gold and silver, ,4s5 6l; number OF
pieces, !, ,l44, 800.
The Assay Office in New-York received daring the
year So, ,355 Cy5 Ii in goli bullion. aud 81 1sl lS
In silver. Fine gold bars stamped at that Office,
4,sl6; value, $l9,9is,7>8 49, silver bars, l,0Ss;
yalue sls7 O7S 90; total gold and silver bullion re-
ceved, s54, l4J,s65 80.
At the br,pch mint at New Orleans the amount OF
deposits received up to the 3lst day of January A.
ID. 1861, was Sl,2i3,4i9 OIL. of which the sum Of
S33i 40 II in gold, and lO9, ,03l "a In tilveri
coined curing the same period, SA4 ,OJ0 IN Roid snd
$4,000 in silver; silver bare stamped, valde, $lo
SIS 80; total coinage, $l,t6J,Sl5 IS; number OF
pieces, I,23TS0O. Since the 3lst day Of January,
A. ID. 1861, no report has been received from tLis
branch.
AT the branch mint at Dablonega the deposits re.
ceiyed up to the 18th day OF Frbrusry, A ID. leol,
were $62 l03 u.s. the coinage 800 Ji6 and the mum.
from this braueb since the day last named
The deposits at the branch mint at Charlotte mp TO
the 3lst day Of March, A. ID. lo6l, were go 55o 80,
conage So, $50, and number Of pieces IL, ,il6 Inc
deposits at this branch aud Dahlonesa are exciu-
siyely of gold. No report has been received from
tbs ins tuition since the day last named.
Ibis coinage il larger tnan ever before, notwitn"
stsnGl3g detection Of the three Southern branches
What tbese branches have doue since tier last re-
port the Director does not know, nor has be oeen
able to get hold of any OF their coin, which, ne IN
Inmates, has probably been adalterated. and the
fraud couce aled under the emblems aud decices OF
the United STATES coinage.
Tue mines of the United States have yielded TO
the Mint and it's branches, doring the year, $3i2lo,
$50 81 in gold and $780, OH ~ Ill silver The mines
If the Washoe River continue 10 sen0 ali increased
yield, and the gold mines Of k,nsas Amply repay the
oIkiug. The silver niues Of Aiizoua Did fair to
rival those of Mexico, though yet but h'l- is known
Of thep nor they be fully developed ti the set
tier receives Sufficient protection from Indians and
Mexicsns.
The new cents are rapidly taking the place Of the
old copper coin, and tie profits on their coinage
covers production ana scion 10 different pare
of the country. The coiuase for the year has been
principally Of double eagles, the dena and for them
from depostors Of bull being larger than for other
cons there is Iees delay in getting them IL takes
as loDg to make dollar as 1t does double eagle,
while the Mint, therefore, can turn out one million
IN dollars only iG can coin so 100000 IN The Larger
coin. The proport s preserved III other colos. 10
remedy this the Director proposes To alter The deva-
ton from the standard weixht Ia the quarter eagle
and dollar, by which The adjustment now required,
ard whcn causes the delay, may be avoided.
The coinage Of the Mint and lis branches, from the
organization Of EACH June 81, 1861, As ollows
Gold. ..........- ttt9 10 80 q
silver
Copper. er.........s'''.''........'''. Io4'f"' %