Show production OF quicksilver according to F L ransome of the united states geological survey department of the interior producers in the united states reported for the period july 1 1 to september 29 inclusive a total output of flasks flacks of quicksilver of 75 net each it is estimated that three or four small operators in california and two or three in nevada from whom no returns have yet been received may have produced from 10 to 20 flasks flacks and that it win be sufficiently at accurate curate pending final ng ures for the entire year to consider the total production for the third quarter as flasks flacks this is an increase of 1285 flacks flasks as compared with the second quarter or about 32 per cent the total production in 1918 was flasks flacks As the production for the first three quarters of 1919 has been only flasks flacks if the total for the year is to equal that of 1918 the output for the fourth quarter will have to amount to 17 flasks flacks this is far beyond any reasonable expectation and the outlook at present indicates that the total production for 1919 will be about flasks flacks sixteen mines were reported as productive during the third quarter or the same number as in the second quarter of the flasks flacks reported flasks flacks were produced in california 1209 in texas 71 in nevada and 24 in oregon quicksilver reported on hand at the mi mines I 1 nes or in transit to market at the end or the quarter amounted to 2185 flasks flacks as against 1635 flasks flacks at the end of the second quarter and 2800 flasks flacks at the end of the first quarter the average monthly prices of quicksilver in san francisco for the first nine months of 1919 as quoted in the mining and scientific press were as follows january february march april may june july IOU louco 00 august september 10 layou u As compared with the prices in all previous years except 1874 these prices are aie extraordinarily high yet the output for the year does not seem likely to surpass the flasks flacks produced in 1912 when the av average price was only a flask |