Telegram-herald., 1890-06-02
GOLD AND SILVER.
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ons wosld shEak 80 rFsr f1aI becsuse
OF lhsiF greats val-es gola and silver
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existence T. aoul3 seen - though the
se2ouat eirou L.ts3 uDder various forms
sould reualn practically co2staat. or.
a. least. Dot lessen. bit such . far frou
teing TIE case. saYs svter u Ia
Mature. Whether - the forG u money
or otherwise, t,oth gol1 and silver grad
ualiy wear away Then here ere
numerous other causes which aii the
iiSappe2ranoe Of these metals Those
who heard uaoaey otsea hide x 80 ~ell
thst they themselves are unable 10 re-
discover II. tbs IS especially the c2se
IN India. Nhese asrge quantities Of
money may b. ssia "a be literally
swallowed up I'm the earth; then, TO,
the precious aneszls are oiten lest
through nre. sApwreck- etc
Taxing ne figures Tar the last year for
which VI have reliable statisties--isss
we And the total ANIMAL product OF
gol ! 70 have been l59 4gO kAogFanmes.
og IN round numbers, lee, GOO. OF
the total amount. the gra2e part came
! from tbs great gold producing
+ ooontry, the United States. This
country furnishes annually 90 tons Of
I gold. the exnct lgores in lsSs being 49,
/ slT kilogrammeS, or One~third Of The en-
I tire pro1uct. Australia yields almost as
large an amounts tons, In round mum
! tSrs. Russia stands next in line. With
an annual yield sf 81 tons, and China
| holds fourth place, With lS,52e kilO-
grsmmeS year. The romaining coun-
iftTies can be passed over rapidly, "a they
are very snail factors il the grand total.
| Ofthese the first is Africa, where trade
/ Ia gold. especially in the form Of dust,
| has certain Importance, with a little
/ more than 8 y tons 20 its credit Chilli
furnishes 2,S95 kilogramnes, Columbia
! .. PSF, CaAada, 2.O5l Germany l,s1O. and
,sAustria-H Hungary 1877, the figure given
for Germany Is much above the cOun-
tgy's average yield. Mexico and Ven
bznola, having nearly the same geo
Craphicol sisue tiOn, como next IN the
/ table, the ttrss W. "a ] 40 kiIogrammes,
and che second with T,a2i. There re-
main now only countries Of comparative
/ insight ac1uCe. SEA kilog-ammes FOR Ja-
pan, 2a6 Tor all Central America, SSl FOR
/ Brazil, in tho neigh bOrhood Of lo0for
Bolivia, go for England, with nothing
in 1885 and 1885, 100 for Italy, ~ for the
Argentine Republic, 70 in Sweden, and
finally lOin Turkey.
Coming now TO the production of sill
yer, it hardly seems necessary to state
at the outset thatits production is much
less restricted than that Of gold, as ii is
this fact that makes gold 50 much tho
more valuable. In the production Of sill
YER. as in the production Of gold. 1t is tho
United States which stands at the head
OF lhe'list OF the world total product
OF 3,A27, ,2s5 kilogrammes or S,427
tons, /, the United States fur
nished 1.424 tons, or nearly
half. Australia, among silver produc-
ing countries, holds position far down
the list, with the comparatively small
Yield of 'feo, ,39s k1logrammes. Mexico,
this tine stands in second place. This
country, which was mined before the
discovery Of America, and from which
the Spaniards, at the time Of their con-
quest, shipped large quantities Of silver
70 their native country, yielded, in 1883,
S95, 800 kilogrammes. Bolivia and Chilli
also hold high rank, Bsiivia's product
being 964 tons. and Chib's, 205. Peru
produces 75 tons. Austris-HunFary,
Spain and France hold nearly equal
rank, with productions vayying from so
TO % tons. Italy furnishes only about
"a tons. Columbia contributes IS tons,
Japan 80, Germany about % and Russia
II. There are still to be mentioned tho
Argentine Republic and Canada, each
OF which yields about 10 tons, Central
America with siI tons to its credit, Nor
way with :, Sweden. with ~. and final
y England with 6E tons, and Turkey
with <. Airioas prOdqcGon is very
small and, very irregular, having been
littlc more than a ton IN 1885, half ton
in 1887 and nothing ia 1855.
In order 70 give a clear idea Of what
thts yearly production represents, i;
may be stated that the gold annually
produced ia valued - Slo6, 200, 900. and
the silver at s142, 900 900.
Ia weight the silver represents twenty
times IS many pounds 90 the gold; IN
vslue it exceeds it By scarcely sthird.
To give graphic idea OK tho produc-
ton Of the two etals, tho total annua
, product of gold may be represented by q
cube having faces two meters square. 2
little higher than tho ordinarily tai
man. while tho silver dug out IN yeai
would form a cube having faces nearly
seven meters SQUARE.