Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-11-02
MUCH GOLD IS LOST
Large Amount of Last Years
Production Disappears.
More Than 1900 Tons of Precious
Metal Minced Last Year, Accord
ing to British Home Office
American Miners Expert.


gold were mined last year, according
to the British home office Much of
this precious metal has already van
ished as completely as though it had
never been taken from the ground.
What becomes Of all the gold is one
of the perpetual mysteries which no
government ever has been able to
solve. Enormous amounts are sup
posed to be hidden, or buried, in the
various countries Much of the gold
turned into jewelry is practically lost
to general observation. The rich and
the noble put away their most prec-
! ious gems for state occasions. They
The gold used in decorating the pal
aces of the world is virtually lost to
the general view. Even the gold Ia
ken by the banks and bankers as their
! coin reserves is often hidden in vaults
for years.
The gold mined last year is valued
at $3.50, 600, 900 The British empire
supplied so per cent. of the output. OF
this proportion, one-third came from
the Transvaal and Is per cent from
Australia. The United States gold
mines turned out % per cent. Of the
total production.
The civilized nations of the world
are now burning up about billion
| tons Of coal year, says the British
home office. More than a million tons
! in addition Is wasted in the operation
Of mining, SO that the store of BLACK
diamonds" is being used at fate
which may bring about the extinction
, of the visible supply in the present
century
The United States is still the great
est coal producer-her mines contrib
utfng one-third Of the total supply
Great Britain is next and Germany is
third. Then come, in order, the Aus
tro-Hungarian empire, France, Russia
and Belgium. Almost three million
persons are engaged in mining coal,
which is as many as are engaged in
all other kinds of mining and quarry
! ing. More than raillion coal miners
work in Great Britain
In iron, as in coal, the United
States IS still ahead of all the rest OF
the world as producer, with an out
put of 10000, 900 to $4,000, 900 tons a
year. The German empire stands
second, Great Britain third and Spain
fourth with 100000 tons.
America leads, too, in the highest
proportion of loss of life from acct
dents in mines and quarries-342 a
thousand persons employed. The low
est rate is in France, OBS thousand
employees. 1t is curious fact that
while Great Britain mines only two
thirds as much coal as the United
States-206,0 900, 900 tons, as against
377, 100000 'tons-there are 972,OO0
coal miners in Great Britain and only
100000 in the United States.
Turning now to wheat, the incom-
ing crop In the North and South
American continent is estimated by
Dornbusch at 120,500,0O0 quarters;
that for Europe at 242,6OO,OO0 quar-
ters; Asia at 100000 quarters;
Africa at 6,550,OOO quarters, and Aus
tralia at 100000 quarters grand
COIS1A VI 1OA3OVV,VVV AOdI CO1S. LIS 10
20,000,0O0 quarters less than the crop
of the year before. The United States
now grows 100000 quarters, slight
~ more than the Russian empire, and
almost twice as much as India. In
the North and South American CONT
nent Argentina is second as a wheat
producer, and Canada is third In
Europe, France is the second largest
wheat producer, with 100000 quar-
tiers; Hungary is third, and Italy
fourth. Norway grows only $4,000
quarters, but there, as in all the high
countries Of the north, the people eat
oats, rye and buckwheat Sweden,
though In Norway's latitude, grows
100000 quarters. Turkey in Asia
grows 100000 quarters, and Japan
2,750,000 quarters. Algeria 100000 900
quarters) grows nearly three times as
much wheat as Egypt. Germany,
Roumania, Bulgaria, Argentina and In
dia all are going to have bumper
wheat crops. The United States wheat
crop viii be 100000 quarters shy