Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-30
MINING STATISTICS.

THE special bullctin issued by the
Census Office relating TO the produc-
ton Of the precious metals, IL very
interesting document. According to
the estimate OF this bulletin, the pro-
duction VI gold In the United States
during tho year 1859 amounted to
1890, $50 ounces, Of n coinage value Of
So, ssO,7H. The production Of silver
amounted to 5l,&i .s5l ounces, Of a
coinsge value OF s55,so8,oss. The
gold product Of tho United States Is
nearly twcniy.eight per cent. Of the
worlds gold total, and our silver pro-
duct Is about forty-ono per cent. Of tho
worlds silver total.
During 1850 Colombo came inst
In the yield Of silver with s23,.
55T7il; Montana second, with
IL, iGs, 900, and Utah n good
third with s9,O5L0li. Nevada, Idaho
aud Arizona produced each n little
over six, four and two millions rcspec.
lively, Alabama 800, Georgia siGi,
South Carolina 1929 and Virginia
$500. There are two States which
produced gold but no silver In 1850.
They are Maryland and Wyoming.
There are twenty.onc States and Ter
ritorics In the catalogue OF silver yield.
Ing States.
California stands first In gold pro.
duction with sl2,bsJ,722; Colorado
second with s3,sS3,sj0, Nevada third
with 5000, a0i; Montana fourth with
sa,laD,S25; aud Dakota nah with g..
Ooi,l87. Idaho produced sl,osi,liD,
Arizona sJlO,i7i aud Utah sisTG66.
Alnbama stands lowest In gold product
with $3.50 and Arizona next lowest
with silOO.
The total value Of mining plant Il
put Mt iGj, 0B1,51J. In addition TO this
must H. given the value VI mills and
reduction works, which arc estimated
ut $50, SJs,5T2. This makes a total Of
over $4,000, 900. The expenditures
during the year, including wages,
value Of supplies, etc, were 500, 900, 900.
The Census ONCE received the
names Of 100000 mining claims, or
locations, but II limited ita invcstlga.
lions relating TO wage1 10 producing,
mines, TO mines In operation but not
producing, and 10 mines temporarily
suspended. This process Of exclusion
reduced the number TO about 10000,
but only reports were received from
5000 pertaining TO production and labor
statistics. OF these | ,2GB were reported
idle, 1909 working but producing no
bullion, laos producing from $1,000 10
$4,000, 1910 less than $1,000 snd 437
from 500 to $4,000. Only twenty
eight were reported as producing over
s5OO,0OO each, aud forty.iour as pro-
duclng for $3.50, 900 TO 100000.
In the production Of the precious
metals there were 67,O35 persons en-.
ployed. The average wages was s7il
n year, aud the average outpat per man
was SIZE u year. There we're en-
ployed under ground 20 300 miners,
averaging wage per day Of $500, aud
2aS days per year. Mechanics ayorag,
$40 days and 1907 per year. They
rank highest In the wage scale.
II Is difficult 10 collect accurate sta
tlstlcs regarding the production Of gold
Its brought out generally In small
quan,itlc. and by separate miners sea-,
cred over a wide field, who, for many
reasons, are reluctant about givinl
truthful reports. From large mines
however, accurate and ineligible In
formation can always be- received, bu
the data thus obtained form no guild,
to the conditions affecting small mines
The census office, II must be admitted
has done exceedingly well.