Show = CALIFORNIA IS ECLIPSED Gold Yield of Klondike Now Exceeds Golden State I I MILLION DOLLARS BETTER I Product of the Yellow Metal in California Cali-fornia During Year 1800 was 15 000000 that of the Klondike 16 110129 Of Silver the First Warned Produced 636000 and the Latter 114017 Statistics Prepared by Superintendent and Statistician of San Francisco Mint San Francisco Cal Jan 1Frank A Leach superintendent and Charles G Yale statistician of the United Stales mint have prepared a preliminary statement based on receipts ut the mint and other bullion depositories on thiis coast which shows that California produced pro-duced In 1899 gold to the amount of ir000000 and silver to 630000 The increase over last year Is 35G110G In gold and S220GOG In silver An estimate by the same officials of tho output of Alaskan mines during j 1899 shows that the Territory has doubled dou-bled Its gold product over the previous year The record for 1899 Is1 Gold 1 917 S21 and silver S82CSO nsi compared with an output of gold of 52517121 and of silver of 19152 in 1S9S Tills shows an Increase for lie year of 200700 in gold and 33728 sliver or a total of 2 42142S It should be stated that the returns of the United Stales assay office of-fice at Sealde an Included In this statement i state-ment as well its those of the United Stales mint and private depositories The Klondike output for the year Is Gold 16110120 silver 111017 In Ihe year 1S98 the gold yield was I1U3MS and silver SSOUiS an Increase of Klondike Klon-dike gold ifl shown of 5071051 and of I silver S31119 the total Increase being I 5517770 The Klondike annual gold yield thus for the first time eclipses lhat of California and by about a million mil-lion dollars |