The Washington weekly post., 1899-10-24
GOLD COINED BY The TON.
some Startling Statistics of the san Fran.
cisco Mint.
From the san Francisco Chronlcle.

| rum lAe san FIdHtisCo tHfcucie
Ordinarily people speak of gold bullion
when quantities are mentioned, as sc
many ounces. except in San Francisco
where the receipts of gold bullion at the
United States branch mint are referred
to as so many tons for certain days. II
sounds like an enormous boast, bordering
on the fabulous. yet it is none the less
true. The mint books show it; the bullion
was received, coined, and turned over to
It's owners. One day in August last four
tons of the precious metal were received
at the mint for coinage, while in October
1881, the receipts for one day We're six
| tens. That exceeds the receipts of any
other mint, as Ear as known, and so does
! the total coinage of the san Francisco
branch mint exceed that of any other of
| recent years, and is still on the increase.
| Tie coinage 0f the last fiscal year ended
| June 20, 1883, according to the report lust
| compile led. was the largest in the history
! OF this mint. II consisted of 10 S73, ,31j
/ pieces. valued at $63, S62 275. That COMA ge
has been exceeded only in amount in the
| coinage history Of the government on two
| occasions. Al the mint In PHILADELPHIA
/ in the year 1861, some y70O0GOCO was coin
| ca, and again in the same place. in 1851.
some llng over S6,UUUOo0 was coined
Since then California has pushed forward
and now holds the front .ank for
amounts. The largest amount heretofore
coined in the San Francisco mint during
any calendar year was in 1873, $50, 1S6 800.
IhlS year the coinage is expected 20 AT
least approximate that OF 1855 Prior 10
| 1891, and for the fifteen years preceding
the coinage at the san Francisco mint ay-
eraged about S25,oet.oJg a year In thar
year the amount took a sudden lean and
went UP TO s10,Os4, 81. The largest number
OF deposits for one month In the history
OF ne mint was in August, 1899 They
fea' ned I503, aggregaung nearly 10000
ounces, value about So, $4,000
For the three years prior to that tfroo
deposits averaged from so To 7O0 a
month, which was considered very good
business The heaviest deposits for one
cay IN that month aggregated four tons
81 o. soId- A large consignment OF Eng
l!sn soyeTeIgTs arrived that day from
Australia, anu were sent 10 the mint to
De recoined; large lot of dust and nu1-
gets were landed from the KIondvks
while some gold came from Pacific coast
mines and Mexico This WAS only ev
ceeded once, as far as the records SboW
ana that was one day in October 1897
The deposits for the month were a.
and the coinage 10000 But SIX tons
OF gold came In one day, valued at aboEI,
s5,vv,We rating ton at SJO90D which
is the accepted valuation This deno =,
consisted largely OF British sOyereIgns
from Australia though there was c9,TI
SIDERABLE klondyke gold received that
W Tic INST Two fnDNtng of The
current year the coinage was Sl0.Z72. .e3s. a.
against the corresponding two month-
or the last fiscal year, SO. .se7. .s34 NearI,, |
ali the gold from the KlOndyke and cane
Nome has found its way Of late 10 Gso
rranclso. Last year the gold was sent
from Seattle 10 Philadelphia for COINAGE
NOW mat the bulk OF the gold produe,
OF the north comes 10 San Frsnctsco
the best record OF the output l. obtain,
able here. On September / OF this w.
fet
ton. Since that date about 81 40 40 ,rora |
has been received al the San FrsnniS'oe /
mint. making practically QIgg0 6s5 f-o,n
the Klondyke this season Judgin1 1rorn
the receipts OF last year. IL ie ssfs -
estimate the total output OF the ySsr -
sl4e1.o6. If this be realized IA ,siI e
eeed the output OF last year -bv "a o. 90 l
The average value OF KlOndyke soid iss,
year received at the mint was n :. -
ounce, although it ranged from ga "a an
sls Botn were exceptional cases
large number OF tsstH were rnsds f.
deposits, showing an average of ~ = ~
ounce. The Cape Nome gold shouS a.
ayeTaFe OF n7-5o but ranges from az -
sl5 Ine nner quality predoninates
Nnile the mint al Philadelphia mas pro-
uuceo a larger number OF cSlns dttTfnx
tne same period, requiring twice The for
tne coinage OF the San E'rauciseo rafn. |
exceeds that OF Philadelphia and nsr
maps, OF any other mint In value pf,ijs |
turns out more subsidiary ecins |
pui san Francisco has pT0duced more |
phia. -'' '-'is''e'-
During the wesk just passed three car.