Arizona republican., 1895-03-16
MORE GOLD THAN EVER.
An Increase In Production in Almost
 Every Gold Region.

An Increase In Production Tn AlmOst
 Every Gold Region.
 The worlds gold product for the last year will surpass any year in its his tory. The production of last year ex- ceeded that of all previous years, and was reported by the mint bureau at Sf55, 5,522, ,000.
 The production for 1894 seems likely not to be less than S175, 900, ,000, or a gain of nearly s2O, O,OOO,OO0 over the fig ,ues of 1893. The principal gains have been in the United States, the Witwa- tersrandt region of South Africa, in Australia and Russia.
 It was evident last summer, says a Washington authority, that mining ac- tivity in Colorado and other western states would carry the product of this country for the year from s35, 1000 in 1893 to s42, 100000. It now looks as though the total would reach s45, 1000.
 Director Preston has checked. and pruned the estimates from the great mining states, but even with large re- ductions they indicate an increase of S4, ,75G, ,000 in Colorado, &, 100000 in Cal ifornia, s1,000,O0O in Montana, and $500, 900 in Idaho. Large gains are also reported in Oregon and Washington, for which exact figures have not been obtained.
 The increase in the production of the Witwatersrandt region has been stead fly maintained for five years. The pro duction of 1890 was 494, S69 ounces, at about s17.5O an ounce; the production of 1891 was 729, 9,23S ounces; of 1892, f,s1O, s6S ounces; of 1893, 1,47s, ,475 ounces, and the estimated production for 1894 is 2,2O0,000 ounces. The complete fig ures have been received up to the close of November, and every month shows an enormous increase over the core spending month of 1893, with an ad vance during the present year from ,214 ounces in January to 175 1909 ounces in November. The value of this product was about s26, ,0O0, ,OOO in 1893, and will be about s56, ,000,0 900 in 1894. Other portions of America are expected to show slight gains, but they produced in the aggregate only about S3,000,00O worth.
 Australia, which shows production in 1893 of s35, 5,6SS, 500, is credited with an increase of s3,0O0,0OO in 1894.
 The Russian empire was credited in the last mint report with the same pro- duction in 1898 as in 1892, which was 4,s06, 200. Official figures since re- ceiyed show an increase in 1893 of about s1, ,5Oe,000. and it is thought that this will rise to g, 1000, 900 for the pres ent year.
 These gains alone will swell the worlds production by s26 1000, ,OOO, and would make an aggregate of more than s1s1 100000, if no losses were in dicated in other countries. It is ex- peeted that such loss may occur in China, where the product in 1893 was e6,426, ,00O, on account of the war with Japan. Even a large loss there would leave the worlds production above sf75, 100000, and would exceed the most sangufne estimates made by Director Preston in his last report on the pro- duction of the precious metals.
 MT. Preston is endeavoring to keep tlis estimates within conservative bounds, for he does not wish to make a- larger claim than the facts will finally warrant; but it would seem that his estimate for this year of s17O,- 0D0,00G was certain to be largely ex- ceeded.