Show PRODUCTION OF GOLD AND SILVER In 1906 for the first time in many years a placer mining county leads In the gold output of California Butte county count having produced more than Nevada county is next with and is closely followed by b Amador The output of or Calavaras Calaveras Tuolumne Tuolumne and Yuba coun counties counties ties Ues also exceeded the t of l the mark Th The also total al gold production of the in 1006 1906 amounted to or less than the production in Of this total was placer gold of which was recovered by dredging op operations operations operations Gold recovered from copper ores contributed about to the output Increased production was shown only by Butte Sacramento Shasta and Yuba counties and Yuba was for the first time timea a heavy hoay producer of dredged gold Labor troubles in some of the counties in 1907 1997 are likely to diminish still further the production of ot offs of the the deep mines minca neis Is The sliver silver production pro of the state not large ounces but shows an Increase of ounces due to heavier copper production In Shasta county The production of gold and silver sliver in lh United States In 1906 is discussed by bv Wal Waldemar Waldemar Waldemar demar Lindgren geologist of the United States geological survey In an advance chapter from Mineral Resources of the th United States Calendar Year 1305 1106 which will be ready for distribution by y the sur survey survey vey ve some time In December |