The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-06-05
TELEGRAPHlC NEWS
PRECIOUS METALS.
what the Country aid Last year

What the Country did Last Year.
Washington, 3.-Following is an abb
strsct of the specia. repor! Of Burchard,
director Of the mint, upon the production
| of precious metals in the United States,
now in the hands of the printers. The
yield Of the mines in the United States
for the year '82 was S92, 500, 600 in gold,
and 81, $50, coo silver. Compared with the
previous year this shows q decline
of 81. 200. GOO gold, and an increase of
$500, 900 silver. The comparative de-
cline in the production of gold was grester
in California than any other state or ter
ritory, the yield being 81 400, 900 leas
than in 1891. This resulted from the in
teri upton of hydraulic mining in some
| of the northern and middle counties
of the atate owir z to litigation; also from
the falling off in the production in quartz
mines at Bodie. In O.egoR, where the
mining is chiefly placer, Il ere was a di-
minution, and also in Nevada, Idaho
and Dakota. In silver the principal IN
crease was in Idaho, Montana and New
Mexico, Idaho showing an increase of
$700,0C0, Montana S740,0 coo and New
Mexico 100000. Colorado furnished
about 5000, 600 less silver than in 1881.
| OF the bullion production of the country
$50, 1864, 95S gold, and S31, 400,792 silver
we're deposited at the minis and assay
| offices for coinage or return in bars to
depositors. Of deposits, z Id, $5, 900, COS
were paid in bars for manufacturing pur-
poses, and the remainder went into coin
age; 81, 400, 600 were furnished by private
refneries for manufacturers in the United
Statee. There was an export OF SI75, coo
in silver bars. Of the total silver
production, S15,750C00 we're ex-
ported; S5,994, 900 furnished by m nts
and assay offices to manufacturers SO o.
600 by private refneries for the same
purpofes, and S24,7OO, 600 used in coin
age. The production Of the country
from states and territories is as follows:
Alaska gold $3.50, 600, silver, blank; Ari-
Isl, $50, 900 $845, 600; Colorado, 3, 500, 0OOl
O0C; Georgia, $50 600. blank; Idaho ST..
100000, $4,000, 600; Montana, $4,000 900.
lS4S7, 900; Nevada, $4,000 600, $780,
900; New Mexico, $3.50, 600, $1,000, 600
North Carolina, $780, coo, $25, 600; Ore
lyon, $3.50, 600, $35 600; South Carolina
lS25, 900, blank; Utah, $4,000. $780,.
600; Virginia, SIS, 600. blank; Washing
ton Territory, $4,000, blank; Wyom
ling, $4,000, blank. In '82 seq, S99, Iii
were paid in dividends by incorporated
lcompaiesq. This was slight falling Of
from the preceding year. one hundred
and ninety-fve companies made assess
ments upon stockholders for the purpose
Of carrying on mining operations,
amounting to about$9 600, 900. Duringth'
yearEthere was greater decline in thu
amount Deposited at minis and assay Off
lces than the difference betWeenstte COLE
production of 81 and 'S2, but there wa!
larger amount of gold consumed By
mechanical industries of the country
The amount of silver deposited at mintE
and assay Offices increased about So. $685.
1000, which corresponds closely to the in.
creased production of the year. The ex.
cess Of production over the consumption
OF the year, added TO the net imports O
Igold resulted in net gain to the circula
ton of less than $4,000, 600 gold, but BY
coinage and the ne. import Of gold tht
metallic circulation gained $39, 200, 00t
tgold and about $27, 600 600 in silver coin
California still maintains the eecon
place in the list of gold and silver pro-
dueing states and territories, and is likely
to do so for some time TO come. The
suits brought to prevent the deposit o
ldebris from placer and hydraulic mine!
have been virtually settled Nor
attention is also being paid to TIT
development Of quartz mines in Califor.
inis and their low grade ores by improved
lamalgamatiRg processes which promise
to yield in fEture steady if not larger pro
fits. Its gold fields show no evidences
of exhaustion. On the contrary, tn
magnitude of the deposits in ancient rive
beds, the number Of permanent quart;
lodes, as we'll as virgin ground ye
Iundevelf ped, insure a golden harves
for many years. In Montana the mining
Industry has increased in importance
the increased yield having been il silver
which from $780, 600 in '8l, is in 49,
tS4,370, COO. Utah shows increased pro
lduction of $1,000 in silver, and thu
ipermsnency of the mining industry
of the territory is assured. Arizoni
has msint ined her large production
nearly SO, 90, COO New Mexico, the oldes
mining section in the country, has no
hitherto appeared as large producer o
bullion, but during the last two ear
rich discoveries have been made, which
| increased her annual production to 81,
1900, 600. In Colorado it has been claimed
there was large excess Of production il
1882 over that of'8l, but from an exam
ination of the reports the shipments 0
ore and bullion from smeltingToTks shoJ
THAT such has not been the Gaze in ID
tualBa of hasa Tnetale