Show production OF GOLD COLD of all AH produced since 1493 one halt half dates sinco since 1860 washington D C oct 29 ot of the morth orth of gol god I 1 produced in ich tho world world since tho the discovery covery of amerl ca mota than one half has been produced since 1560 and more than ihan one fourth or to put it in ili othir cords ono one halt half of the gold product of tile ills lat it years haa ats been produced within forty years slid and one fourth within fifteen flarv 1 these fads facts the gold production of the ilia world are presented by some compilations of the treasury buican of anent the temporary sub suspension pension of told gold mining in fit south africa anti la Is effect upon the rold gold supply of the world taft th compilation rash lits the facts facia collated by dr adolph and the director r bior ot at the united states mint mant which show tho the rold gold product produce of the ibe nelld bild by badoa and years since the discovery tit of america and when summarized hl om ow ehlt the giand total of kold gold tro pro from rl 13 to mid and including the tha estimate for amounts aino unta to 19 A castle casual c or of the a fie I 1 ures of the annual production shows so ao plainly the very rapid increase Irr ronae during the last half of the closi ng century of I 1 the term under consideration na as to so auff g gest a detailed of the relate i latine e proportion ot of recent production 0 i 1 that of periods this elaml develops dove lopa the fact that of oc this th 9 8 gold produced since 1103 akan 1311 agoo or considerably more theal gnp half has all produced since or more than one fourth since 1885 the follo following nini table chows the sold gold product by cout and trac tiong of ren centuries from to ISM and by decades from 1860 to 10 tho the close of adoli ting for lie ho current year nn all esil mate recently made hv bv the be it tor of tilt faint but deduc deductions tins float tl it thi ih temporary loa ions likely to result suit from the of production in ahr transvaal during the closing quarter or oc the year the original estimate at 0 chri th director of tho the taint mint for tho the year ISO avas and deducting wo cod for the ot of work in tha transvaal during the closing quarter of tho the year would put the production at the nl of the worlds gold cold production for the period 1493 therefore stands ua as folio follows 5 aag annual at pro pre years tears r HM IATO I 1 miao kni etc O 1 I W M 6 01 6 MIM isato i 1 is cm isow M 1801 IS dec a to lo 1911 ika 1870 2 3 N amo docabo ada iian 1151 fri I 1 W I 1 do dhali cz to as im im ftc mr fidfl ra isn iw WK 1000 total HIO ISM lm ia arm total 2493 avo 4 ill am wi total 2161 MD 53 lM total production HM am an n exa examination naton 0 t iha e a aboa ve to babli tabli is and the average for earn earh of the periods stated indicates the rapid In increase in production aurini recent years during tho the years irom from to and including cl tho the average annual product nam nh and during th thal period 1899 19 the average annual production d u ati n v was la s 13 6 g 4 5 0 1 0 or m moro than m n I 1 t ten c n t times i me s t tho h a v e r a g e 0 oc le t the h orica earlier lri ll 11 e period coming don domn to still later years tho the period ll lam S shows an an nual ul average of per annum and tile the single year IM 1899 by tive estimates |