The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-12-19
THg TINTED STATES MINT.
us Operations During the PSeal Year
Ending iG Jane.

The annual report Of the Director
Of the Mint, Hon. James Pollock, for
the fiscal year, ending with June
shoSsa very satisfactory condition,
positively and com mDaTatiyely. The
total deposits amounted to So, ,Jjl,
$50 T., of which $40, ,3S2, SOL o was
gold and SO, 0,ll9,4l4 - silver; and
$2,3IS,TT5 - gold and =, 900, ,623 -
silver-in all Si,3l9.39I Gi-was de-
posted in this city. The San Fran
cisco branch received ST, ,@9l ,U3i L,
the New York Assay Office so, H.
81 90, the Denver branch 81 COL
564 81, Charlotte branch SI6,49l 80,
Carson City branch, =, ,j6I, ,i36 80, and
Boise City 1850 -. The coinage
amounted to Si9,T37,7S Of which
81, ,376, 49j was in gOld coin, SIS, SIG, =
( go - in gold bars, 5000, ,SSl 05 in
silver coin, So, ,39l ,94j 62 in silver
bars, Sl23, ,030 in nickel, copper. and
bronze pieces-the whole contained
/ in II, 323, 81 pieces OF coin.
| The Philadelphia Mint produced
| 0,46j, T37 of three cent pieces, repre-
I senting S4, 4,326, ,J04 66; San Francisco,
| 9, 500, 200, representing S26, ,4S2, ,0S0 p (;
/ New York stamped S7,l40,S S55 20 in
gold bars, and 2,287, $40 50 in silver
bars. The Carson City branch mint
received Sc, ,2G9,942 OF, greater depOs-
/ ties of gold and silver, or nearly a
| three-fold increase on the preceding
I wear. The work done, also, amount
ed 10 S., ,497, ,634 O3, against 8, ,2j3, :
2g5 Us in iST0-71. Asit is established
/ that the ComstOcs lode grows richer
rs 1t descendS. greater business Is eX-
pected.
The redemption of copper, nickel,
and bronze coins amounted to SiTJ,-
| 3j2 81 at the Mint-2j, ,GlS, ,372 pieces
of which about Il, 900 were Of one cent
( pieces. The issue promises hereafter
/ 70 exceed the redemption. The Di-
/ rectOr's former opinions respecting
abTaded coin and tokens are repeated.
| The chlorine process for refining it Is
T 10 be tried. The Director speaks at
some length Of the coinage OF Austria,
Germany, England, Japan, Russia,
and Spain. France strikes no gold,
and places the head of liberty on her
silver. The Austrian quadruple ducat
| protects itself from attack by great
/ th nness. Nearly all European mints,
exicept those of London and Bertin
are doing less work. England pays
/ the transportation in order to intro
duce it, anj Austria furnishes her
/ Levant thaler for the trade Of the
! eastern Mediterranean.
I The new German gold coinage does
not harmonic with any system. 1t
| is of ten and twenty marks, valued at
/ SI7G2 and S2.SSI and much of it
J fr,kfrr- INr.r,11, orfra
The mints of the merged principali-
I ties of Germany have emitted their
] last coin. Spanish coin bears King
AmsdeO l., and the peseta has dis
placed the escGdo. Australia has two
1 line mints at Sydney and Melbourne.
/ The new japanese mint emits five
denominations of gold and as many
| Of silver almost cOincident with our
own in weight and fine7s.
The medal department of the mint
/ has made and sold many, and the cab
/ met has been enriched. The total
gold and silver of domestic prOduc-
/ ton deposited at the mint and branch
es during the year was Sd, ,19l, as, :
| 81; the coinage $40, ,73T, ,9S7.I0. The
coinage at the mint increased 1G0 pie
ces of eagles, $50 in S3 pieces, and in
creased in other varieties of gold; in
creased 451 $40 in one dollar, 0S, $40 in
| fifty cent, 90, 1873 in quuarters, 1925
| $50 in dimes, and 8, ,453, 10 in five cent
pieces, The three cent pieces fell of
more than One-half, and amounted to
only 2.O35. The whole copper coin
age was but 10,4G5,737 pieces to 49,
G63. 500 in 1895. The total coinage
was Sj93, ,0I3. % less than In 1871.
a statement shows an increased de-
posit of domestic gold over 1871
amounting to S42l,54 from Virginia; ;
S6,G099S from Georgia; s., ,904.29 from
New Mexico; 81 ,S44 35 from Califor-
mia; SS80,373 from Colorado; S52S.S2
from Washington Territory; Sl6S. &c
from Kansas, and S11.27 from Utah,
in Philadelphia; an increase in the
deposits of domestic gold at San Fran
cisco from California, Washington,
idaho, Arizona, and Utah, aggrega-
ting S25, 24S. .270.9l to the maxium of
S29, ,2G9, ,2ls.24 in 1855. The domestic
gold deposit has equsled last years
only twice, and once, in 1871, the ex-
cess WAS but S73, ,894 %. The report
has the clearness and eXactitude that
should always attach to such dOcu-
menis.