Show W oP The Tho ll Past t Year Shots n a cor or tit Per pcr In A brIef review of the sliver lIver pr lucU II for tor the year 1199 from the flu 01 urea urel collected nIl mi prepared for The Mineral Industry volume 8 the En and Mining Journal anya In lie tate the total r duc Ion showed a small ounces or 07 per 1898 l but was wal It less by or U 2 per percent cent than In 1897 There Theire were no f faa f tureS turea In the years production to call for tor comment Colorado to Ua th leading sliver producer pr du r the output of the State a decrease In the see e ond producer In Importance there was wasA wasa A oon considerable gaill due to the reopen lag Ing of several Important anti inI the he hemore more active ot of other In III Utah Is I third In order there was als alsa LIllO a increase from causes enuse sm smilar ilar to those mentioned for Ion tn 11 In Idaho which comes fourth as al a pro 1 producer dUeer ducer there was a decrease derM which r re suited from Crom the thi labor troubles which Interrupted work In the great creat n mines ot of the d Taking the sliver dIver production of at tho ho world w we find that the tots total In 1899 oune or a as compared with 1891 or of ounces ounce or U 26 percent per percent cent This I Is a very nry smut change and that tha t sliver production for tor the Ibe present Is II practically constant large proportion of oC silver pro In connection with other metal I such II a lead and coppel tends to keep i up the output hilt the steadily In I creasing demand for the Metal In VI VIone one arts ArIC milk makes the outlook for Cor allver not so dark as ws was at one time lime sup No oilier country approaches che tit either hit of at the two leaders The third country In production Is III where the outpUt ot of sliver silver Is II nearly nearl all In con conJunction Junction with Iad as Elt at In Cv w South Wale Valee or with copper at as asat at Mount Lyall In Tasmania Fourth In order we hind where silver Is III the most Important Industry ot of the country In mot moat ot of tilE the Qun coun countries trl tries of secondary Importance we find little Chile find and Peru In South Routh and Germany where much of ti silver is IB won from import Imparl imported ed ores show but little change chanse In SpaIn there was wae a large do crease which was waB the result or of a ro ic duJ output of iad |