Show MINING statistics J THE special bulletin issued by ti census office relating to the pr proda tion of the precious metals is a vu interesting document A according peor aling the estimate of this bulletin the w of gold in the united 8 stat during the year 1889 amounted f ounces of a coinage values the production of si al amounted to ounces of coinage value of 8 gold product of the united sta stater nearly twenty eight per cent of tj worlds gold total and our silver n duct is about forty one per cent of tt worlds silver total n during 1889 colorado came lt in the yield of silver with JIM montana second and utah a g third with nevada idd and arizona produced each a over six four and two millions dively alabama georgia H south carolina and va 1300 there are two states w wha produced gold but no silver in hi they are maryland and wyom wyo therease there Ther eare are twenty one states and ri tories in the catalogue of silver aj ing states california stands first in gol gold with cole col second with nevada with montana fourth and dakota fifth with idaho produced 1984 T IS arizona and utah alabama stan stands do lowest in gold product w ath 2539 and arizona next lowest with the total value of mining plant is RU put at in addition to this I 1 must be given the value of mills and I 1 reduction wor works ks which are estimated at this makes a total of over 00 the expenditures during the year including wages fr tolue of supplies etc were ty the census office received the 1 names meg of mining claims or E locations but it limited its tjong relating to wages to producing W mines to mines in operation but not producing and to mines temporarily yi suspended BUB this process of exclusion L reduced the number to about b but u t only reports were received from N pertaining to production and labor t motu statistics of these 1266 1268 were reported idle 1009 working but producing no f bullion 1408 pro producing dueIng from 1000 to f 1610 less than 1000 and J atrom to only twenty 3 i eight were reported as producing over 1 each and forty four as an pro darlng cing for to C in the production of the precious metals there were persons em 11 aloyed the average wages was a year and the average output perman per man C was 1722 a year there were ere em aloyed under ground miners averaging a wage per day of and days per year mechanics average days and per year they rank ank highest in the wage scale it Is IB difficult to collect accurate statistics regarding the production of gold itle itis brought out generally in small quantities titles anil and by separate miners seat scat 5 wed ered over a wide field who for many P lewns are reluctant about giving truthful reports from large mines however accurate and intelligible in formation can always be received but the data thus obtained form no guide to the conditions affecting small mines tie the census office it must be admitted J lips but done exceedingly well |