Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-13
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE d.
RECTOR OF THE MINT.

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Branch Minis; and the fact that Doc
tor Lindrrman alluties to his official sell
rs The Director Of the Mint, indica-
ties that the United States workshops in
which the precious metals are made into
coins and buiiion-b bars ere officially con-
siiered consolidated under the one gen.
e.ic head of The Mint" This new ar
ransemen. in terms relieves the Oldest
institution, at Philadelphia, of the honor
aswell as the responsibility OF being re-
cocnizsd as the parent MINT" ard IL
yiies the glory and the ameGability
equally among the coming places and
Assay offices. wherever situated.
The Report before Us is of much gen.
.ral AMI of sill greater special interest:
.. general interest to the people a:
large and their representatives.. and Of
special i2teres: 70 Us OF Carson where 4
section OF the Mint ranking third In im-
portaEee, is relates to the entire estab-
iish,nent, is located. Ii IS natural that
the dxcIls.s IN town should be pleased
with It's Importance and distinction with
regard to its chosen or natural speciality,
and it is fog tnis, among ether reasons,
thatwe of Carson may experience sense
o. satisfaction in the fact that as place
for handling silver bullion. Carson ranks
first, in the statistics of the United
States. and, therefore (the Comstock
bein. the greatest and most productive
silver mine ever,deve!opedl in the world.
This fac. is Sc: forth in the following
comparative statement Of tie impaired
silver bars made and issued ct The MINIS
AMI assay ofices dU,ing the year last
past
Phiiaieiphii .------ o.OJo 40
san Francisco. ......... 209.U.i %
Carson. -.------., ,5i, oJJ -
So much for our handling of the crude
product of orr mines.
In the working fine silver bars we are
Only outranked by the United States A.
say Office at New Yo-sS.
With regard 20 the coinage Of trade
dollars and the relative Importance Of
the Carson Mint in the manufacture 81
the same, We gather as follows from the
report:
The coinage Of trade-doiiars during
the fiscal wear amounted to 81. IS. 900,
the greater portion of which were ex-
ported TO CHINA. where they found Il
ready market. and continue to grow in
favor for trade and exchange purposes.
Diving to the limited capacity Of tie
rIints on the Pacific coast. We have TO.
been ALE to meet the demand for these
eCias. The Increased capacity u the
.rew iatrt III san Francisco. 10 which
operations Will soon be transierr,t. and
.hs addition Of new machinery and ap-
piiances AZ the Carson mint. will enable
rs to meet all the demands for all the
coin. both gold and silver. which may bc
required on tia. coast ior circulation
ami export.
The total issy,e Of silver dollars from
.1a or-aniza:ion of the mint to the Izt
uf April. 1915. ~ whicl, time. under the
provisions of the coinage act, their coin
ago was discontinued, Amounted to
little over IS, otJ. 600. Adding 1875
30. the amount of trade-doiIars, coined
during the first quarter Of the current
fiscal year. TO the coinage for the year
ended June 81. 1874. gives the issue as
more than half of tine total coinage OF
the cid silver dollars during period OK
nearly eighty years.
Tie Mint Director urges TIE import
anca of Senator JONES' proposition 10 is
sue twenty cent silver piece. The bill
authorizing the issue Of such coin
pas. the Senate las. Winter but failed TO
obtain consideration in tie House,
Skipping a very large amount of very
interesting matter relating 10 MINIS and
coinage We come to take a s!ance At the
Directors tables of statistics: AMI here
We find mass of information which in |
forests us Of Carson, rs ii!ustta;in, the |
Importance Of our local Mint We i.nd
by reference to tabUlated statement Of |
''the gold and silver domestic production
deposited at the Mints and assay Offices
during the fiscal year ending June 80.
1871" that Nevada produced, for dspo-
lit in the Mint, mora than twice the
amount produced by all tine balance Of
ae country, and that at our Min, tho de-
posts were more than twice the amount
n value 10 that deposited at the New
FORK Assay Office and ten times tia: de-
,oSitel at the san Francisco Mint. San