The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-09-20
GOLD AND SILVER.
How to Output of the Two Met
ais Compares.
Ioteresting Facts and Figures by
the Treasury Department.

the world. The silver production in
1892 was according to his fguresSl96,
5O5, lSi of this amount America pro-
duced $3.50, 900, 900, or five-sixths of
the entire silver production Of the
world. Ofthis $3.50, 900, 900, produced
in 1892, S75, 900, 900 was the product
of the United States $50, 900, 900 from
the mines of Mexico SIS, 900, 900 from
the mines of Bolivia; S3, 900, 900 from
Peru; $4,000, 900 from Chill and ST.
900, 900 from the Central American
States. OF the $50, 900, 900 worth of
silver produced by other parts of the
world. one-half comes from Austria,
one-fourth from Germany, and the re-
mninder from France, Austria Hun
gary, Turkey, Spain, and small amounts
from other European countries, while
Japan produces about $4,000. 900.
Thus the United States is not only the
grcateet silver producing country of
the world, but actually produced
about two-tifths of the entire output of
the world, and nearly one-half of that
produced in America.
In this connection some figures oh.
tanned from the Treasury Department
on the production Of gold will also he
interesting. The gold production of
the world in 1899 is set down ut sl3O.-
Sld,627. OF this the United States
produced S3i, i31, ,577; Australia pro-
duced S33, $40, 800; Russia, S23, jiG,
900; Africa, S22, ,O69, 57S; British In
dia, 1907, 900; Colombia. South
America, S3,475, 900; Venezuela about
two millions, and other South Ameri-
can countries small amounts ranging
from S7j6, 900 to 81, 800, 900.
While the United States is today
producing ns much silver as gold, her
productions of silver in the past one
hundred years have only been about
one-half ns much ns her productions of
gold. The silver productions of the
United States from 1892 to 1892 were
81. 1i6, 500 900, and the gold produc-
tons during the same period were 81
937, SSl, 763. Add to this the gold
productions of the present year and
you get in round figures $1,000, O0O,-
900 of gold which has been taken ont
Of the mines of the United States
California still remains our chief
gold producing State. We hear of
gold mines in Colorado, ATontaua. Ne
yadn and Idaho, but none of them size
mp along side of the old mines of Cal
ifornin. OF the $34, 431 ,577 of gold
produced in the United States last wear
the mines of California supplied S12,-
81, 900; those of Colorado S5, j39,-
OIL South Dakota, s3, ,9i2. i9G; Mon
tnna, S2,9GG, ,522; Idaho, 81, 72l ,3G4:
Nevada, 1,571 800; Oregon, 81, ,491,-
Isl Arizona, 81, 1,177,577; Alaska, 81
$50, 4i6; New Mexico, 1853, 176; Utah.
$3.50, 175; and Washington, 1913, 553.
The southeastern States still produce
small quantities of gold. North Caro-
lima turned out last year 37S, $50 worth
of gold from her mines; South Caro-
lima, 1923, ,365; Georgia, S9i, 73l; Vir-
ginia, 1910, and Alabama, S2393.
These southeastern States also pro-
duced some silver. The mines of
Georgia last year turned out 395, 251
worth of silver; North Carolina, S90,-
1876; South Carolina, $l23, 322, and
other States in that section small sums.
In silver production Colorado leads
the way, the production of her silver
mines last year having been 337,O17,-
99?. Montana comes next with pro-
ductions of $25, 40, 1877; California,
Sl3, OPS, $50; Utah, 80, 500, 22j; IIa-
ho, S5,S12, $40; Nevada, 81, 422, 700;
South Dakota, Si,01l,2G2 Arizona,
~, 550,9 ,95j; New Mexico, 81, $50, 532;
Oregon, 1855, ,9G1; Alaska, 3l,O9O,-
476.
Our gold productions in thi- try
began in 1919, and the silver produc-
tions 30 years earlier. The total gold
production prior to 1si9 did not ag-
gregate more t.ian about $25, 600, 900,
and the silver productions did not reach
even n million dollars in any one year
prior to 1861, and it was not until 1871
that they reached as high a. twenty
millions year, Since that date they
have gradually increased, reach
ing $37,0o0,0OO in 1874; Sl5,-
000,0 in 1873; S5l, ,OOo, 900
in 1885; S75,0OO,O00 in 1891,
.,I c7t nan nnn In 1900 Tho Io...