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Show Golil and Sliver Product. A valuable report from the director of tho mint Btates that the total product of gold and silver in the United States during 18H7 exceeded fSO.500,000. Of this total tho gold was $;J3,093,000. California is the largest producer of tho yellow metal, tho yield of her mines exceeding $13,000,- lion and coin by imports was $it,o00,000, and that wo used in tho industrial arts about $14,500,000 worth of gold aud $o,-UOO.Oy $o,-UOO.Oy worth of silver. Tho product of those frecious metals in the United States appears to bo moro than one-third that of the wholo world. In 1SSG tho world produced pro-duced about $U9, 000,000 of gold and $120,-000,000 $120,-000,000 of silver. If, however, of our production of these metals is largo for our population, our consumption of them Is proportionately large aud seemingly extravagant. ex-travagant. The world's annual consumption consump-tion of gold and silver, as nearly as car, bo determined, is respectively $J'J,U00,-000 $J'J,U00,-000 and $-'2,000,000. The population of tho United States cannot now ho more than 5 per cent, that of tho world, but wo uso in the industrial arts not far from UO per cent, of all tho gold and 23 per cent, of all the silver similarly consumed by all tho world. New York llorald. --ja |