Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-29
SENATOR INGALLS, SERVICE
PENSION BILL.
Another Young ERglishman Dis
appears Under Mysterious Cir
eumStanees in Canada.
OUTBREAK OF SPOTTED FEVER
IN TENNESSEE.
The Chicago Labor Troubles: Pre-.
parations for the Packing
House Strike.
UTAH AND COLORADO
Make n Good showing Among the
Gold aud silver Productions.

WASHINGTON, April 2S.-Director
Of the Mint Leech has submitted TO
Congress his report on the pr0duc-
ton Of precious metals for the year
1859.
The gold product Of the United
States was l,5S7, 900 fine ounces,
valued at So, 500, 600, against $50, :
600, 900 the preceding year. or the
gold product, S3l 1853, OiT was depos-
tied ut the mint for coinage aud
manufacture into bars.
The silver product was approx
mately 80, 100000 fine ounces, Of a
commercial value Of SIS, $50, 900, and
4 coinage value Of s54,6i5, 464,
against the estimated product for
ISIS of i5.7S3,6 32 fine ounces, Of a
commercial value OF Si3, O21. 900. and
4 coinage value Of $50, 1876, 900, an
increase over ISIS of about 4,2l6, SIS
fine ounces, Of n commercial value
8, z21, 600.
In addition to the silver product OF
our mines, about 10000 ounces Of
silver were extracted from lead ores
imported into the United States and
smelted in this country, and over
5,O01,O00 ounces from base silver
bar imported,
PRINCIPALLY FROM MEXICO,
making the total product Of our
mines, smelters aud refneries about
81, 0Jj,O fine Ouuces Of silver. or
this amount the government pur-
chased for coinage -, l25, 80 ounces;
there were used in the arts about g.
OO1,0 ounces; exported TO Hong
Kong, Japan and the East Indies
about 100000 ounces; and shipped
To London Tor sale about 10000, 0s0
ounces.
COLORADO still maintains the first
rank among the producing States,
with an aggregate product. gold and
silver, Of over S3i,CJj,0ll. Mon
taua stands next, with n product Of
50, $4,000. California produced
Sli,O3i, 900, Of which Sl3,600, 600
was coli, being about twO-fifths Of
the total gold product Of the United
States. Utah shows n largely in
creased product, notably ia silver.
Idaho and New Mexico report in
creased products, and Arizona and
Nevada reduced pruducts for 1882
The
GOLD PRODUCT OF DAKOTA
(South) was increased from $1,000
600 in lSSS, to s. 9J1,O in 1859.
Oregon and Washington both report
increased products, the former hav-
ing produced Sl.2J0,0lJ i'm gold.
The States Of the Appalachian range
show a slightly increased product IN
gold over lSS5.
The total value Of gold deposi!ed
at the minis during the Calendar
year was SIS, 9J5, OT32, Of which Si2,-
599, 2Oj was new deposits and S.
3J3, SIS resleposlts. Thet9tal depos-
its and purchases OF silver aggregated
81, 2sT, 56i standard ounces, OF a coin
age value Of S42 2S7, I65. OF which
3J,0T4, 2l2 standard ounces, ola coin
age value Of ST., 977, 265 were de-
pOsits.
The quantity OF silver purchased
for silver dollar coinage was -, 1885,
So fine Ounces, costing S95, 379, $40,
an average cost Of g3l cents per
ounce, fine. The amount Of silver
offered the Treasury Department for
sale aggregated 1895, 800 fine
ounces.
THE NET LOSS OF GOLD
and silver to the United States by
excess Of exports over imports Of
precious metals was as follows:
Gold, SIS, SS6,T5S silver. Sl4,7SS,-
66j; total, s53,675, il9.
The amount Of gold and silver
used in the industrial arts during
the calendar year IsS9 in the United
States was: "Gold, Sic, 597, 900; sill
yer (cojnage value) IS. 756, 600; total,
SOS, 49,, 900. The amount Of domes-
tic bullion used in the arts was:
Gold. S9,6S6. S2T; silver (coinage
valued, ST,297, 9Ss; total, SI7,9sI,-
$50.
The total metallic stock Of the
United States was estimated 10 have
been on January lst, 1890, as fol-
lows: Gold coin and bullion, $685.
275 .O07; silver coin and bullion,
s43s, SIS, 66i; total, 81 ,l2T, G6S 6sI.