Show OUR quicksilver production the worlds production of quicksilver last year was short tons of which the united states produced short tons quick siler is usually quoted in fl asks a flask containing seventy five pounds the american production therefore represents flasks flacks of this amount california furnished flasks flacks in 1850 the quicksilver production of that state was flasks flacks but Cali fornias greatest production was in 1881 when the yield was flasks flacks in 1910 only two countries produced more quicksilver than the united states italy tons and spain 1102 tons these and other statistics are given in an advance chapter on quicksilver from mineral resources of the united states 1910 by H D mccaskey of the united states geological survey A copy of this chapter may be obtained upon application to the director of the survey washington D C |