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Show UTAH LEADS li TIE MHBJF SILVER Director of. the Mint George E. Roberts Estimates proSuQ,-lion proSuQ,-lion .of Precious Metals- V WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. t! gold production of the United Stales mii 1011 was $rGfL':t3.f2S, and the silver production 57,736,117 ounces, according to a preliminary prelim-inary estimate irsued today by George K. Roberts, director of the mint. This Is a reduction In gold of about 5-15.000 and In silver of about bGO.000 ounces, as compared with the returns for 1910. Among the states and territories the principal gold producers were: California, $20,510,387; Colorado. $13,IF.:;.Si;0; Nevada, $1S,Ci6S,578: Alaska, SlG.002.n7C: South Dakota. Da-kota. i.7.4i"0,3fi7. I'tah. 54.700.717: Montana, Mon-tana, ?3.1;S.S't0; Arizona, $'-.0o-l,700, nnd Idaho, $U60.2fil. In the order mimed, Utah, Montana, Nevada. Colorado and Idaho led as silver producers. At the avornge price for tho year, the total silver product was worth foO.srM.r.oo. Tho net amount of gold and silr used in tho industrial arts was. approximately $31,000,000 gold and X4.000.000 ounces of silver. Tho coinage of the mints was: Gold, J5C.17C.S22: silver, 56,157,301; nickels and copper. $a.l5G.72G; total. 56n.70rt.S30. The net gain In the country's stock tu" gold coin, including bullion in the treasury, during the year was close to .sui0.000.u00. The director's report gives the final figures for tho production of gpkl in the tt-nM In mm afc 5 to 1.703.1100. Tho director also makes a preliminary tsUiuat on the world's production in 1011 of 5-IG6.7rt0.0Oft, or a. .gain of about. M'J. 000,000. The Trant-vaal Increased its output by about 3M.000.000 and other African fields gained ?2.000.000. On the other hand, Australasia showed a con-tinuunco con-tinuunco of the decline which "has been persistent since 100". the losa in 1011 being be-ing about M.00O.000. The production of North America was about the came as in 1010. These three gland geographic, divisions produced nearly 5-100.000.000 and the gains and losses In other producing countries piobably offset ench other. Although gold production contlnuos to increase, the ineroat-o was at u diminishing diminish-ing rate and the director expresses Hie opinion tYiat thero Is nothlag to indi-tnte indi-tnte a rcpctilon of the phenomena) guns that wore made between 1S00 and 1SO0 and between 1001 and 100S. They were the result of the discovery of the cyanide process and .of the development of the Transvaal field. The only count it that is showing notable not-able gains at this time is Africa, and the Transvaal field Is nenrng Us maximum. |