The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-04
THE GOLD PRODUCTION OF 1894.
United states First. Australia Second.
south Africa Third.

Engineering and Mining Journal
We have from time TO time through
the year referred to the increased acttv-
ity In gold mining in this country. as well
as in other parts OF the world, and have
called attention to the probability that
the year 1894 would show a considerable
gain In our production of the yellow metal.
We have now collected the statistics or
our output for the year In sufficient de-
tail to be able to say that the United
States still holds the first rank among the
gold producers, with an output OF nearly
81, 100000 as compared with 1900 in
1888 an advance of about $4,000 600. or IA
Per cent.
The chief gain has been In Colorado.
where the Cripple creek district has near
" doubled it's output, and Ieadville has
also added an important contribution.
California also shows an increase in
amount. though less in proportion than
Colorado.
To this statement we have added below
some notes of the gold output OF other
countries from advance reports received
The gold output of the Witwatersrand
district in the Transvaal for December Is
reported at 1S2.iei ounces. tne largest
monthly production ever reported. and
exceeding by 5.39i ounces that of Septem-
Der last, which was previously the highest
on record This makes the total produc-
ton of the witwatersraud mines for the
year 2024l59 ounces, an amount which
compares with 1,i7s.i73 ounces for 1898.
f.210,s65 ounces for 1892, 729E225 ounces for
1851, and s9i.s6s ounces for 1890. AT the
usula value OF Witwatersrand gold-.sG0
fne-this would meake the output equiva-
lent to I.61sSs0 fine ounces of gold. and
its value. $33, Al SOL. For the other dis
tricts of the Transvaal the December re-
turns have not yet been received but es-
tlmating the amounts for December at
the same rate as that for October and
November their products for the year
would be 1890 ounces, equivalent to H.
$50 fine ounces OF gold. This would make
the total production of the Transvaal for
1884 1851. $50 fine ounces. with value of
S33,7i7, $40. Ii Is to be regretted that the
excellent reports made by the johannes
Der Chamber OF Mines do not give the
output In fine ounces. This is a fault
found also In many other returns.
While showing a lagre increase over
1898 this is not sufficient to put South
Africa in the first rank as a gold pro-
Queer, as some of its ardent friends pre-
below that OF the United States, which
was about s4l co., O0 and below that OF
Australia. SO that 1t viii still hold third
rank. Undoubtedly a considerable addi-
ton will be made to the South African
production during the current year BY the
extension OF workings on the Witwaters-
rand. and by the opening up of the prom
is.ng district In Mashonaland and Mata-
beleland, some OF which will be repre-
scented In the producing list during the
present year. The deep-level mines on
the Wtwatersrand. OF which such high
expecta tons are entertained. can hardly
become producers before 1896. although
some of the shafts have already reached
a considerable depth. On the other hand.
the large accommodations of tailngs, the
working OF which by the cyanide process
has added largely to the production dur
Ing 1894. has been nearly used up. and the
'cyanide gold" VIII hereafter come from
the tailings produced in current work
only.
Gold exports from British Guiana. as
officially reported for the year, were 49,.
e1I ounces. valued at s2.3lo.09l. The total
exports for 1893 were li2.7S9 ounces. show
ing a decrease last year OF 13ifs ounces.
or 90 per cent. The actual production is
not yet officially reported, but as very
nearly all the gold found is exported. tho
above figures may be taken to represent
the output. with only a small margin.
The valuation given shows that the gold
averages .s25 fine. so that the exports
for 1874 were equivalent to lossIs ounces
OF fine gold
The total value OF the gold exported
from Western Australia In 1894 is reported
by telegraph al sTS7.ioo about S.sS5.co0l-
the quantity is not given. In 1893 the gold
exported was 1851 ounces. valued at
si.lss. 50 that the increase last year was
S.9l7, or 81 per cent, a gain 1sie 10 the
remarkable development OF the Cpolgardie
almost entirely
The production Of gold in Tasmania.
which reached its maximum In 1879. when
6ai55 ounces were produced, commenced
Ia decline from that date. and in 1870
reached the lowest point. . i5i ounces.
Sine then Il has been increasing.
though with come fluctuations. In 1891 1t
rose To S9,@G ounces. and further In
creased TO 45.l1o ounces In lss9 In 1893
there vas a setback, and she output fell
70 81 20 ounces. In 1894. however. there
has been large Increase. ard. with a
portion 81 December estimated. the pro-
dacilen is given at 1890 ounces. which Is
the greatest amount reported In any yrar
since 1881. This increase ia due partly TO
TIRE opening ~ several hsw workings. bur
largely 10 Increased activity in the older
districts
The Collar gold field II India. which in
the ars' hair % 1894 showed some re3uc-
ton IN output. more than made up the de-
nasercy in thu second half. and reports for
is; total ~ 20. III ounces gold. against
z'I.iSS ounces for 1856. an Increase la$t
year o. $50 ounces. or IL per cent. The
results 81 tire different operations in tha
district showed great variations, however:
OF The four companies which produce to-
ggihsr g per ce az. 90 the total, tae Cham
T3on Reef Increased IT'S production from
SisSt6 20 a3.5Ie ouacex. stiiie the Myxo-e
eTapped heavily. and the Nurdydrcog ard
ooregu1H Showed small decreases. Fer
she lsst FIVE years fhe growth OF shIs
fed has been d zyiatle: I'm ts-a the output
was 1882 ounces, which increased ~ !sa.-
- ounces ia iss1. 20 iss.iaa ounces In fass.
= ~ L.