Show GOLD PRODUCTION WAS WASI I INCREASED IN 1915 V Inthe joint statement give out ut bythe by bythe bythe the United States geological survey survey and th the bureau of or the the mint the value o of new new gold added to the homo home supply from mills mis and smelters m operating on domestic ores 1 II Including those of Alaska the Philippines Philip Philip- pines nand Porto Rico in 1915 was 98 This shows the substantial In Increase hi- hi n- n crease of or over the the output of in 1914 and was within of the record production of or In 1909 An increase In the yield of or gold Is Indicated by the mine returns from every important gold mining state and a e Jo- Jo crease is reported only from while the output of ot Idaho remains the the same The principal increases were nearly nearly near near- ly In Colorado over In California over In Alaska over In Montana nearly In Utah over in Nevada and andover andover andover over in New Mexico Smaller In Increases increases increases in- in creases were reported from Oregon South Dakota and Arizona California retained first rank In 1915 with an output of ot about and was followed by Colorado with over oer 22 Alaska with nearly Nevada with nearly South Dakota with wih over Montana with nearly Arizona with over Utah with over Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon with nearly Nex Mexico with nearly early and Idaho and the th Philippines with wih about each |