| Show THE PRECIOUS METALS PRODUCT The report of precious metals output a reckoned by John J Valentine Esq president of Wells Fargo Company San Francisco is received a I makes the product of Utah as follows Gold dust and bullion by express 2145233 Gold dust and bullion by other conveyances 2115151 Total gold 42 > 341i Silver bullion by express 1E3G3S Ores and base bullion by freight 13172126 Total 513353Wl 133M Aggregate for Utah 17619378 or course the ores and base bullion by freight Include some additional gold besides the silver copper and leadthe Items comprising this lump item not being segregated by Mr Valentine Val-entine The totals for this State by Wells Fargo Co as given In The New Years Tribune were Gold 41252COOO Silver C2ISG1007 Lead 312281325 Copper 251l5 > 7lb Total 1001123075 The Tribunes own estimate in the same number was as follows Gold 5 4 JK34US7 Silver 63 US Lead 3SI3C2400 3813240 Copper 2973lCoCl Total J17102I311 The differences arise chiefly in the basis from which the computations start and are not material as lo the actual quantities produced The total product of precious metals In the States and Territories west of the Missouri river including British Columbia Co-lumbia and the Yukon territory during 1900 is given by Mr Valentine at 220315427 of I which 09100733 was gold 5J2402C02 silver 60752284 copper and 18059008 lead This says Mr Valentino is the greatest In the histories his-tories of the countries that of gold being be-ing above any precious record officially reported At the sac time he Bays Allowances must always bo made for probable variations from reported figures by reason ot constantly Increasing facili constnnt ties for transporting bullion ores and base metals from the mines outside of tho express and thc difficulty of getting 1Ieult en trely reliable < flatV from private sources Estimates Estmatcsobtnlnedln thh way arc liable to be lable exaggerated and ore to a consldoru blo degree guesswork but Cnsldel ue5sorl some wih Iorno nod mo llcatlon on this account made here necOUn in the general results reached while only approximately correct may be accepted mn as tho closest approximation possible un der the circumstances Mr Valentines figures by States and Territories are an follows t8 eS 2 6 ie 1 9c OP g = U I 5 o a p 1 m o I s I fJlriI C r i I I g I iH H l i I I t i 1 < L gr cl S JIXi tq I z C OC j Uohllflq put I H 5ghgi g t i Ump PloD i 8 I 2 t I giUn 1 p tJ fOAuoa L 1 SliteisMssgiS 1Ilo < 1 1 a t 011 pm 8 JUI8LIL SWS lnp Pion a 4 Sil i h onlxo Hlulxo I IgSpeSgll SSSH cq 101 2g O fJg2 H 111 JIS 6ct oc I < W riojn c 1 4 i l I f 1 rI IJJ tq 3 iJ Z g 1 i S 12C I V g 1 JOlln i1 ofml i JO I J I f 5 jnBwiiSJSItl 1 M y I 1 C ss 1 I I S3 I sliissysgssgifg 5ugregat Tlo 1055 IQ1 for lV0 showaatj a I hreftc l 18 approximately 3M follows In 100 1 Silver l rIf SIer J4J I2I02651 i cal 12 rii221 I LcnclThtal is 18 OS Thtal I Thu carR 2127 comulned lroduct or tho metals hercln treated of JJrotuct I In the history or tIm grcQtest SlIOM or Aucrlca nnd countrlC9UUltd COluinli and 21 I 1ulcol BrlttlColumhlL r 01 lO Ithcl JHolou hF niior1 Onl t t I chilly I ot clnl tepOntod but tlwworlllH gold lcpCrlud tnulo fop Iol mo roxlmiilely l l rilfiVCOOOO hows a tQt ncor bout ftWOCb from I iint year iAltfilrauHla dcrci lOO flQn llcr ae I whie the ttocr war was the cause ur Cal w Ine away of tho product of South Africa Tho British possessions of tho Northwest Increased 600 and the United States of North America about 3COOOCQ Mr Valentino reports the exports of silver during tho past year to Japan China tho Straits etc a follows From London 53091033 from San Francisco 9434690 total 62525723 a8 against 39886795 the previous year nn enormous Increase A singular feature fea-ture of this export in view of tho reported re-ported great demand for Mexican dollars dol-lars In the Orient and their scarcity Is that the export does not appear to have taken tho form of Mexican dollars though is very likely that some of the silver exported was In that form In this connection wo may note Mr Valentines valuable compilation of the mintage of Mexico In different tables showing tho coinage of gold and silver and also copper dollars by years and In tho aggregate from the establishment of the mints in that country In 1537 to the end of the fiscal year of 1900 These show n total coinage coin-age of 3611819751 The coinage of 18991900 was 598036 in gold and 18102630 In silver a shrinkage from 715882 gold and 20181117 silver of thc previous year This shrinkage Is also Incongruous with the reported Increasing Increas-ing demand for Mexican dollars in tho I Orient Mr Valentines statement is one of great Interest and Importance it shows a most gratifying condition of mine production in thc metal producing produc-ing regions and the best of Jtls that the product Is almost certain to be greater tho current year than it was the past |
