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Show UETAL MINES YIELD INCREASING AMOUNTS . . Gold and silver mines In the jfnited States and its territories Jtrnei out $220,964,529 of the Sonetary metals during 1937. I Preliminary figures announced ' 5? the bureau of mines showed I gold production of '4,752,801 be ounces, valued at $166,348,-35, $166,348,-35, and a silver production of '0,833,514 fine ounces, valued at 154,616,494. Both the volume mi value of gold output was I per l cent higher than in 1936. fhe increase In quantity in 1937 jjyer. 933, when government de-frees de-frees and legislation raised the Wee of gold from $20.67 to $35 Jer fine ounce, was 85 per cent. Silver production last year, was f per cent higher than in 1936 ted 26 per cent above that of (935. j The, report listed gold production pro-duction figures for states and ioniparison with 1936 produc-3on produc-3on showing Utah as fourth in jroduction of gold with only Arizona,' Colorado and South Dakota Da-kota surpassing her. Only Idaho surpassed Utah In production of silver. |