Show silver reaches new low mark in old world new york march 6 quotations for foreign silver on the local market today fell to 2 an ounce the lowest price in nearly six years j the decline here was precipitated by another drop in the price of 0 the metal abroad london which controls the world worlds silver market re ported a further reaction of d to the minimum figure quoted there since august 1916 depression of silver extended to remote foreign n centers inc including ludin 9 china today s exchange price on shanghai of 5 9 showed a losa loss of i 4 c since the first of the week silver mining in the united states as well as the entire western hemis phere Is said to be at lowest ebb in he the recent history of that industry the steady depreciation in the market value rendering operation unprofitable except in fix isolated cases |