| Show MINING INDUSTRIES i Production of Gold and Silver i I I the United States THE WAGES OF THE 3IINE1S The B 1 Paid WageWorkers I tie Ceuatry ABoaat ot Capital Invested 1m ported Mexican Ors WASHINGTON July 17 Bulletin relative rela-tive to the production ofROld and sliver in the United States during tbe calendar year 1S89 was issued from the census offlco today to-day The bulletin shows the production of bullion during the year 18i9 was gold 1590869 ounces United States coinage value 32S6744 Silver 413485l ounces United States coinage value C63969SS In gold this is nearly 2 per cent of the worlds product and in silver 51 per cent The bulletin says The number of gold and silver mining claims or locations commonly called mines in the United States Is practically beyond computation The names of nearly one hundred thousand such claims or mines were received by the census office But limning the investiga II ton to producing mines mines working but not producing mines temporarily I shopped but which bad produced and upon tabulating only such mines as a made production returns or labor statistics the list was reduce to 6 004 600 The expenditures during the year in cluding wages value ot supplies etc was I5411 Total value of mining plants wa tO5t1 made up of buildings rail roads machinery underground roUDl improvements improve-ments mine supplies and cash Estimated value of mines exclusive of the above items 3o30y4sil Total value of mines and works S4s632343i Of 6004 mines on which returns of pro duction or labor statistics were made 263 were reported idle 1000 reported working but not producing bullion 2 producing SJOOOOO worth of bullion 4 produc Jg J50000 to 2500000 107 at producing 100 000 to 250010 95 from iOOUO to 100 UOO 437 from 10000 to JoOCOO 1408 from IOC to gltooo and 1610 less than 1000 From the statistics it appears the labor employed in the actual production of precious metals is better paid and more productive in fact than in any other in dustry thus far reported in bulletins issued by the eleventh census The average earnings of all persons employed at gold and silver mines 57635 was 725 while the average output per man amounted to 1723 a year |
