Show GOLD AND SILVER production A washington dispatch says director of mint roberts today made public his estimate of the production of f gold and silver in the united states for the calendar year 1904 these figures show an increased production over the calendar year 1903 of 00 gold and fine ounces of silver the largest gold gain was by california which increased about more than in the previous year and a larger amount than in any year since the sixties this gain the director says came chiefly from dredge operations and a further gain is expected during the curent year and for some years to come the california state milling bureau estimates the possible output of cf the dredges at a year for thirty years colorado shows an am increase of nearly gold and ounces of silver alaska a gain of gold montana a gain of ounces of silver utah a gain of ounces of gf silver idaho a gain of ounces of silver forty eight per cent of the silver was produced from lead ores 26 per cent from copper ores and the rest largely from ores which also carried gold the following table shows the approximate distribution by the leading producing states and territories silver states gold value fine ounces alaska arizona 2744 california colorado idaho montana nevada new mexico oregon south dakota texas 2300 utah washington wyoming the total gold production was silver fine ounces the total amount of gold mined was ounces and the commercial value of the silver was making the total value of the two metals |