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Show INCREASED PRODUCTION OF GOLD AND SILVER SHOWN WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. The production produc-tion of .both gold and silver In the United States increased In tho calendar year 1000. according to preliminary estimates mode by A. Piatt Andrew, director of the mint. These show the gold production to have been ?!'0.2::c,i:0O. as against 501.-560,000 501.-560,000 fr 100R; silver, 53. Sin, 000 fine ounces, an Increase over the previous year of 1.108.200 line ounces. At the average av-erage prlc of silver. 50.52016 nor line ounce lor the year, the commercial value of the silver pioduccd ror 1P0D would amount to S2R.010.100. Nevada, shows an apparent Increase in her gold output of $.'!, 210.000: California, ?1.0ll.00, anil Alaska. $l,n$S,800. Colorado Colo-rado shows a decrease of 5016,::00. and South Dakota. $S!)2,:!00. The decrease in the latter stale is attributable lo "the closing down of the works of the Home-stake Home-stake nilno on account of labor troubles. Montana shows an Increase In her silver output of 1.6i::.S0O fine ounces; Utah. 1,-OS'j.lOO 1,-OS'j.lOO lino ounces, and Arlv.ona 7.!L,,"0U flue ounces. Tho greatest decreases In the silver production were: Colorado, l.o.li; 6no line ounces; Nevada So.V.Ou lino ounces, and Idaho, .03.S00 lino ounces. |