Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-13
'Oas of dollars The produ"' " N!ova
clo,in mines has amour .C\s' millions
NJ I,ltaVa Tho ,NN GOLD mines

'OHs of dollars The produ"' " NtOva
cy0,in mines has amour .C\s' millions
Q dollars. The .oupN gold mines
We're discovered by Edward Hammond
Ihrgravcs, in the Bathurst and Yelling
Ton districts, on the 18th day of February,
1851, and extend from 80 degrees to 80
degrees of south latitude. Their product
T. ,Ao present time has amounted to cigh-
pca hundred millions of dollars. The
iu.,t gold WIS obtained at Ballarat, and
BE largest nugget yet obtained was dug
.pli Victoria, and weighed twenty-five
.'r lied and ,iNiy-eight ounces, valued at
Weight thousand dollars. The New
Z, NHd gold mines were discovered by
'r- Hartley and Reilley, in the Otago
lct. ON tie Moineux river, on the
+ ol =; Agrcc Of south latitude, on the 2Oth
= ra .u.t, lSGl Their product TO the
fu4 . 'mc has amounted to one hundred
FrlNGly millions Of dollars.
Nth, 70 The earliest time to the commence
-lId VI The Christian era the amount Of
O. 4l,aiucd from the surface and mines
VI "cartl was fourteen hundred millions
F.. w.
D,. Nt 10 the discovery of America, thirty
+, !" hundred millions of dollars were OBJ
Atd thence to the close of 1872, twen-
eight Hundred millions of dollars were
n 64ained; thc extensive working Of the
Nssiau mines in 1913 added, to the close
". 1892. nine hundred millions more; the
/ HE discovery of the California mines in
l. Is, the Australia in 1851, and the New
IL dand in lSGl, added to the close of 1876,
hundred millions of dollars {;
Ntlvg " gr,nd total of fourteen thousand
,.''0, "a duN\ars. Yhe average loss by
'u, ,"n Of coin is estimated 10 be twen-
lr',s u oHp per- cent. per annumi and the
Nh1tJ consumption in the arts, and des-
Nn,I IN by fire and shipwreck, ut three
NlH Us Of dollars per annum. A cubic
4 G',F gold is worth at G3 lis. l0id., or
d., per ounce, one hundred and nine
i Ii, hr dollars; cubic foot, three hun
1n md lhiriy-threG thousand i've hun
tAnE hd four dollars; and q cubic yard,
l. million, four thousand six hundred
o. t. 'Sbt dollars
|EN y Pamount of gold in existence at the
H. " hcnccment of the Christian era was
I'N huudr,d and twenty-seven millions of
"a '"f, a' the period Of the discovery of
'hSHc.fiva bad diminished 10 fi(ty-seven
Jillons uI dollars; after that event it gra-
'laily increased and in 1900, it attained
70 one hundred and five millions; in 1900,
10 three hundred and fifty-one millions; in
N0O. to eleven hundred and twenty five
millions IN 1858, to three thousand mil
Inns. and at the present time, the amount
Of gold in existence is estimated to be
Sven thousand millions of dollars; which
u melted into one mass, could be contain.
Iei in q cube Of twenty eight feet. Of the
'uount now in existence, five thousand
billions Irr r,timaled TO be in coin and
lullion. uur housond in watches, and the
r maind,i mNatc, jrwelry and ornaments
The annual product Of gold, at the com
hruDcm,u, Of the Christian era, was eight
hundred ILou,and dollars; at the period
Of the discovery of America it had dimin-
i,h,d io 600, hundred thousand; after that
event DO gradually increased, and, in 1000,
il attained two millions; in 1913, to tif-
v.twu millions; in 1850, to one hundred
md SIX millions; IN lSo3j, II attained its
lcue. wien IL was Two huhdreG anu 'ilrI
y-siN ni"@0' oOI IN lSo7' IL I,. almlhlSneu sn['
10 two luNIl'd ana cignt milllons' l ne
supply from New Zealand has
not oil-r ,lc partial exhaustion of the
and Australia mines therefore,
the prudn"i Il the present year VIII not
Nrrd one hundred ana 1orty
10 dollars. =,
Since l''- to the present tlmc the gold
coinage o.. The Ihl'od states mint mas
10 WE'VE luh4reu anu my mn
lions al dv.'FS' OF WhIc" elGFch luIUtG'' o-6
and my nave "2Gh issued sIlce y, loo2' =
Since l'2'' the GoIu coinage OF 'hG frehch
mint h'' AHoUn'eu 10 LWGiNc lhouSanu
wA'i'h',. .' HIncS' Vi "hlch elsIV L'loo- In9o
-AuA n'lI'nI nave oeen ISSUED slhce I02o'
J. >NHa ''''.. 'he 3o'o coinage Oh lile brlV,
'a 7'"' nus .I,' 3,no,"lcu 10 tIltee muilorcu
Hi aus ~n''on' ,,.,.'1 ol ol pounuS s,erilhg' oil
which, '"' 'I".,V" ,.." ana my nave peGll
i,,rd -'.,' l'T2' olhce lo9f' Inc Sola
II ,oluaer'I 'I In' russian mlnI mas amount
,I foo seven hundred ana hiIy lhllIionS OF
oublc- m whlch iour hundred ana elShIy
3 have been l',ucd since lcoo' Inc soVer,
rsu oi LngIahd contains one huhufeu