The Meeker herald., 1892-11-12
THE WORK OF THE MINT.
Annual Report of Director Leech. Show
ing the Amounts of Gold and
CoinaHe.

Silver Coinage.
Z. o. Leech, director of the mint, has sub
mittcd to the secretary Of the treasury re-
port on the operation OF the mints and assay
offices Of the United States for the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1892.
The value of the gold deposited at the
miuts and assay offices during the year was
e66 4T8,9r5. or the original deposits s3l ,90l,-
548 were the product OF our mines, S-a, ','i2
foreign gold coin and bullion. t55T,9Gs light
weight domestic gold com, and $685., COZ old
mineral.
The deposits and purchases OF silver aggre-
gated II, $50 sos standard ounces, OF the colin
age value OF SS3 922. $50. OF the silver re-
ceiyed CO, l03, 600 standa.d ounces, OF the
coming value of $40, l6l, or, were the pro-
duets of domestic minis and reiinerles; 2, u.s.
OTIS standard o,lnces OF the coiniEg value OF
g., 464, 67a were foreign silver bullion and
coin; 1888, 9O1 standard ounces Of the coin
age value OF 81, 509,2 14 were uncurrcnt domes-
tic coin for recoInagc; ,g,l standard ounces
OF the coinage value of S2,a36 trade dollars
melted, aud 656.soo standard ounces of the
coinage value OF sllO, III OF old plate, jcwclry,
etc.
The collage Of the mlnts during the last
HeSai NVHE hkklNkat' iA't'NNsi-N iN'''' ''
ued as follows; Gold. staaod, s9,; silver
dollars, ss,:5sa td'; subsidiary silver. 5000
si2, minor coins, ne. total value,
l.fs$ "a
The py,sai ,rem silver dollars eclncd during
HE s,seal yesr iroa, the bullion purchased I'M
aef isc act o. JGJy IA, 1870, Wa saes,,+si.
The nei profit Ga the coinage OF silver dur
Tag fourteen ycsrs, including the balance in
The eNlasce mlats on July /, 1873, has aggrc-
ya'c4 So 5,sseSS.
The total amount o. silver purchased dur
lac The year aggregated 5I,S55,'a5 fine
caaees, costing SSl ,lo6,Co>. al an average
oosi o, ~ cents per dne ounce.
The net prodI>, or earnings, OF the minis
oveT expenditures was sss3,ssi.
The miucs OF the United States produced
durfn: Re calendar year 1921, 1,Gi, $40 fine
Ounces Of gold Of commercial value OF S's5,-
l7S,oco and ! coinage value of s33, lac, 600, and
sS,sso, 600 fine ounces OF silver Of CONNER
eial value o: So ,63o, $50, and a coinage value
o: sI5, ZIG, 5d5
The coinage OF gold and silver in the vari-
Gus countries of the world during the calen-
dar year 1881, so far as reports have been re-
celyed, aggregate: Gold Sll9, lS3, 135; silver
Sldo,tus,l Ia.
The stock of gold and silver in the United
States on November |, ls92, based on official
tabulations brought forward from year TO
year, was approximately; Gold $3.50, Oil, SOB ;
silver s5s1 GA, 95l; the total $l,2i3, 656,sl4.
The amount OF money in actual circulation
(outsldc OF treasury Vaults, including paper
and metallic, was 81 COS, l39, 135, or "a per
head.
The value of gold bars furnished for In
dustrial uses during the last calendar year
shows an Increase OF s., 039 ,053, and OF silver
an increase OF sGO0,6 II there has been no
falling oil in the amount Of coin melted an
nually for use in repairs and jcwelry the total
value OF the precious metals used in the In
dustrial arts and manufacturers In the United
States during the last year, was approximate
ly: Gold $40, 200, 900, and silver e., 100000; y
total of So, 33o, 900, of which sl06 ,GT9 gold
and 81, $50 O,3 silver, consisted OF new bull
lion.