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Show Product of the mines During the Past Vcar Washington, Oct. 25. Mr. Roberts, the director of. the mine, has made the following report upon the production of gold and silver during the calendar year 1898. He says: "The production of gold in the United States in the calendar year 1898 was 3,118,3&8 ounces fine, of the value of $64,463,000. The amount of gold produced pro-duced from quartz mines in 1S98 was, in round numbers 2,800,000 fine ounces and from placer mines 318,000 fine ounces. The South African republic produced 3,831,975 ounces fine, the value of. which is $79,313.S53: Australasia produced 3,-137,644 3,-137,644 ounces fine of the value of $64,-860.800. $64,-860.800. "These three countries are the great producers of the world, their output aggregating 10,088,017 ounces fine, lof the value of $208,357,557. or 73 per cent of the produot of the world. "Next comes Russia with $25,463,400; Canada. $13,775,400: Mexico, $8,500,000; India, $7,781,500. and China. $6,078,700. "These five aggregate 32,686 kilograni3 valued at $61,59,000, or over 21 per cent of the whole, leaving 6 per cent to the remainder of the world. Second Place For Silver. "The United States still occupies the second place ss a silver producing country coun-try to which it was relegated by Mexico Mex-ico in 1897. In 1S98 it produced 54,438,000 fine ounces of silver with a commercial value of $32,118,400, against the Mexican production of 56,73S,000 fine ounces, with a commercial value of $33,475,400. Together To-gether they produced 67 per cent of the world's product. "No ether country approaches them, the nearest being Australasia, Bolivia and Peru. The product of the last two is somewhat uncertain, but none of the three exceed 12,000,000 ounces fine. "The amount of silver produced in the United States during the year from quartz mines was in round numbers 13,-500,000 13,-500,000 fine ounces; and from lead ores 31,000,000 fine ounces and from copper ores 10,000,000 fine ounces. "The world's gold production in 1898 was 13,904,363 ounces fine, of the value of $287,428,600, an increase over the product pro-duct of 1897 of 2,351,831 ounces, valued at $48,616,600. Sinces 1887 when about $106,000,000 were produced, each year has shown an increase over the preceding preced-ing year. Will Continue to Increase. "There is no reason." says the report, "to expect any cessation of this steady increase for some years to come. The Transvaal has not nearly reached its limit; Australasia, particularly West Australia, is not yet half developed; Alaska and the Yukon have only fairly begun to produce while the recent steady increase . in Colorado and other western states show no signs of abating. abat-ing. The world's production of silver in ICnQ i,-ao OQr. 70 niirvnoa fino cV.r.Ti- jng an increase over 1897 of 1,222,400 ounces fine. V "The world's consumption of the precious pre-cious metals in the arts and manufac- j tures during the year was, in new gold, 97,804 kilograms, of a value of $65,000,000; and in new silver, 1.065.289 kilograms, of a coinage value of $44,273,000 and a commercial com-mercial 4 value of $20,200,000." Table of Productions. The following table shows the production produc-tion of gold and silver in the principal producing countries of the world during the year 1898: ; ' Silver. Country. Gold. Fine Oz. United States...... ...... 4,463.000 ?54,43S,0O0 Africa 80.428.000 Australia 64,S6O,S0O 12.021.6S2 j Canar'a and Newfoundland Newfound-land .: 13.S3S.7C0 4.4c2.333 Mexico 8.500,000 55.7HS.0CO 1 i Russia. 25.4G1.4C0 278,4:2 i Eritis-h India 7.781.700 China 6,078.70 ! Germany 73.60-1 5.571.516 Bolivia 313.500 8.420,59 Chile 340.700 2.591.998 Spain 27.900 5,597,965 British Guiana 2.04S.700 Colombia 2,203,200 5.4S3.717 |