Show OUFI GOLD AND SILVER I Statement Showing Product Last Calendar Year IT IS I PREPARED AT MINT In Yellow Metal In the United States Principal Gains Were by Alaska Arizonn Colorado and TJtak Silver Sil-ver Output of tho Worldtlie Largest Larg-est Ever Known United States Leads All Other Producers With r Slight Excess Over Mexico Several Interesting Tables Presented 1 1I I Washington OcL 25 Director Bob erta of the mlh has prepared a statement state-ment showing the production of the precious metals for the calendar year of 1900 It shows that the production or gold In the world that year was 124157 287 ounces of the value of 257514700 a loss In value of 19070200 from 1899 The loss was mainly In the Transvaal I field and due tQ the war The production produc-tion of South Africa in 1899 Was of the value of 73277100 and In 1SOO 9071000 The principal gains were 8llS00Mln lie United States and 6000000 In Canada Can-ada The United States again heads the list In the United States the principal prin-cipal gains were by Alaska Arizona Colorado and Utah 0 SILVER OUTPUT The silver output of the world amounted T7S72G79G fine ounces the largest ever known I exceeds the product of 1899 by 11572013 ounces The United States again leads all other producers with 0 slight excess over Mexico There was an Important advance ad-vance In the prices of sliver during the year the price ranging from Cil cents per ounce in January to 663 cents In the last month of the year The chief factor In the rise was the purchases for the account of the Government of India Silver rupees still constitute the com mon currency of India and to supply tho demand the Government gives rupees ru-pees In exchange for gold sovereigns at the rate of 15 rupees lo the sovereign sov-ereign Under this policy the Government Govern-ment reports an outlay for Its fiscal year ended March 31 1901 of 6133000 which at the average value of the year would make the purchases amount lo nearly 30000000 This would seem to restore India to somewhere near her old position as a customer for silver GOLD PRODUCT BY STATJBS Tho production of gold In States and Territories producing the t largest amounts Is estimated by the director as follows Alaska SS171000 Arizona 4lKvlOO California Colorado I 2SS2y100 irSli20G Idaho 3721700 Montana JiO Oo Nevada r 2oOG200 t O Oregon JC9700 South Dakota C177COO Utah ltah 30721XK SILVER VALUE BY STATES The commercial value of silver In the States and Territories producing the largest amounts is as follows Arizona Ariiona v 5 lS72ao Colorado 12700018 Idaho r 12iOOl 2 MontaniD A 3 8S 0 8Sl oS Utah f v 55T4fl2 CHIEF COUNTRIES PURcnASTfjc GOLD PURCrAS United States k 5W101M Mexico SKOOOO cunada and Xowfoundland J SQ 7110 Africa j 9G7l7Ci J96IC Australasia 7 260ICOO Russi ussI1 2O1455 AustroIIungary i i4U70Q Colombia 1SOO OQ Brazil 1S rcnczuelR 331 British Guiana French Guiana iO 22 Peru 1055200 I China G57UOO 65710 Korea JEOaOOO British India i 9433600 VALUE SILVER BY COUNTRIES The commercial value of silver In qountries producing the laigeat amounts is as follows United States j357Jl100 I Mexico M z Mfjm 35011100 Canada and l > wlo rlnmIJ 2578 200 I Australasia l y70310Q I reHungary < 1233000 < 12 I Germany Ao 3301200 Spain aJ7900 j I nspnlIIJ m Bolivia1 1 f 723GOO Chile T J L97 900 Colombia isctoo Peru ursaw Ir Japan 1023300 |