Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-01-03 | Page 6 | Alaska Makes Gain in Gold

ALASKA MAKES BMNJN GOLD Her Increased Output Represents Repre-sents Approximately Gain of the Country. UTAH AND NEVADA SHOW ABOUT SAME INCREASE Produetion Silver and fiold According Ac-cording to the Director of Mints. WASHINGTON, Jan :.-The preliminary prelimi-nary eetlmatea of the Director of Mints upon the production of gold and silver In tho United States In the calendar year 1105 shows a gain of approximately JG.fiOO -oOO In gold and one million ounces of illver over the product of 1904 The gain In gold Is almost entirely represented by the Increased In-creased output of Alaska, the product of which Is placed at $H.r560.KO. against 18,100,-000 18,100,-000 In 1604. The Alaska gain Is nsarl all In the Tanana district, the returns for which are $.-,,107,000. California shows a loss of about $l.rwi.-000, $l.rwi.-000, due, it Is said, to severe dr.. nth. which not only brought hydraulic operations opera-tions to a standstill, but interfered with quartz mills to some extent. Nevada shows a gain of about $400,000 and I'tah ns much. Colorado gained about $1,000,000; South Dakota. Montana Idaho, Oregon and Arizona are estimated at about the same us in the previous year The Klondike continues to fall off, aiid Is about S2.000.irt) below 19T4. The tlgurcs of the principal States follow: fol-low: Gold Silver at 61c State and Territory (Value l (Fine On , Alaska ... $14,630,000 $ 2M.S7 Arizona 3.COO.OO0 3,.oy "allfornla 17,602,600 S79 411 Colorado 23.:U3.3 i:,704,fl9 Michigan 1J7.8 ) Montana 5.04. 6 M.toO.OOl N- ad a 4.700,000 6,000,000 New Mexico 113.40O :vvr Oregon l.3:o.?oo si &w South r.trollna 101,100 223 South Dakota 6,961. 600 IU.VX Texas 2,3r 45.COO I'tah 4,651. 200 13,000.000 VHshlnfrtun 36$. US.42S Wyoming 30.700 r.2.;S Totals $S6.37 700 $3S,93S 3nj Klondike S. 239,600 94.155 Nome (Included In Alaska) Alas-ka) 4.337.330 2:1.270 Tanana district (Included In Alaska) B, 107,000 37 314