| Show I L UTAH IS THIRD 0 ON THE LIST I t one of the Greatest Silver I producing States I 4 Ii OUTPUT WAS 9696969 DURiNG T E YEAR 1899 I I 1 Was Exceeded Only By Colorado and Montana i Was Also Sixth Among Gold Pro duc I lug States the Output For the I Year Being 3369509Director I of the Mint Roberts Estimates the Total Production For the Year at Gold 70694170 Silver 74 I t 424 696 Washington Dec roThe preliminary estimate of the production of gold and lyer In the United States during the calendar cal-endar year 1899 mad by Mr Roberts thJo j dIrector of the mint shOws a total g9d production or 0ro41W an Increase over the production or last Year of 626CO The production or Silver juring the year Is estlmatorl at H4216I6 an Increase aur I ng the year of 40nm The gold prouc lion by states for the years ltS9 and b is given a follows Gold Pro Gold Pro States ductlon dUCtiOn I lS93 IS1S 1 Nevada 241t000 2m5JO Washinglon O ro 766O J Oregon 1sOs7 I 117700 > I Alaska 4 tjrYS19 2SClsoo Callforr1a 1493292 1563i900 ldalo 4SO6tJ 17169 Iontarn 4JLI1 > 97 5125JOO i 1 Ltah 33G9SOJ Z23 4JO Appalachian states 333H Zi27fJ I Colorado 2iOOJO 31fAJOO I i South Dakota 6l2JOOO 5699700 Arizona 25OOOti 24tIOO Nw Mexico GO OOO 59OCO I Wyoming 6000 Others 500 f Totals 7O6941O 6447OO BritIsh Klondiko 16Ill1SO Production of Silver Tho eaimated production of silver durIng I dur-Ing 199 and 1lS Is given as follows I CoIrin COining I States Value Value ISA lS1 Nevada l2UOO S ltIQs I Washington 425S 328P1 Oregon 1939 168061 AlaskI St5S5 119167 California 139 3G3 0118 Idaho 5171717 65COW Montana 2OO4O4O 1911131 Utah 960099 3S5S10 AppalachIan states 9S07 2QS I Colorado rr233t 7 995958 South Dakota 5G7 iiis 1 Arizona l o3i too 2lOt54 M 1 Others 12020 3 I Tot li 74it6JG 01485 l13riti ondikc 5 oro Values of Foreign Coins Washington Dee OThe quarterly statoment or the values of foreign coins issued by the director of the mInt shows that during the last three months the ahie of aiivdr has decreased 118 cents per ounce and the value of foreign sflver I coins MS decreased accordingly These figures win be followed In estimating the I value or all foreign merchandise exported to the United Stutes on and after Jan I J 1oo |