Salt Lake Herald | 1900-01-02 | Page 5 | Gold Yield of California

GOlD YIELD Of IA MINT AT SAT SAN q CISCO MAKE AXE STATEMENT Output From 1899 Was If About a Million Less Than That I of the Klondike J S San Sen n Francisco Jan JaIL 1 Frank A Leaen superintendent t and Charles G Yale eta sta of t the United States State mint maRt have prepared prep red a preliminary statement based on receipts at the mint and Uld other bullion bilon depositories on this coast cosat 1 which h shout shew that California 1 produced ln in 1999 gold to the tho amount amours of or and ai F silver The increase se over test lest year is S in ha ingold hagold gold end and 00 in silver stiver An estimate by the same ne officiate officials of tho the output of ot Alaskan mines during 1 shows bows that th thi i territory has bee doubled Its tta gold gokl product over the previous year The record for 1369 Is gold and aDd silver as is compared with an Nt output of or Old gold of or 2 and of or silver of 0 In hi lIes ISIS This shows an increase for the year of In gold goold and silver 11 or ft a total of or It should hoeW be stated f that the tho t returns of the th United States assay Y of office nee flee at Seattle are included in this state Mate statement ment mont as well weH as 88 those these of or the United States mint and private p te depositories The output for the tile year is 1 Gold silver salver U IB Iu the year IMS 1 the gold yield was U sm and silver W an increase of gold old being g shown of 6 m l and of tv r tho total t al increase 8 beine beI T The annual gold Yield thus for Dor Dorthe forthe the tho first time e that of California by about