Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-09-11 | Page 7 | Utah is Second State in Silver Production

UTAH IS SECOND STATE IN SILVER PRODUCTION WASHINGTON. Sopt 11. Production Produc-tion of both gold and silver declined last year. Director of tho Mint Baker announced Inst night in making public relsed figures which thovod the production pro-duction to have bren- Oold, S60.33S.40O; .silver. $63,533.-652. $63,533.-652. In fine ounces, t.ho output totalled to-talled 2.018.62S of gold and 50.682.44'. of silver. The director placed the loss In the production of gold as compared with the previous year at $8,313,300, while the slump in silver mining raduoed the Output by 1 1.127.000 ounces. California led In the production of fold, the state's output being 841, 63 ounces worth $17,395,200. Colorado ranks socond with a gold production valued at 110,148,800. Alaska produced 4S1.984 ounces v.,1-ued v.,1-ued nt $5.0G3.;.0O Montana was the leading state In the production of silver with an output out-put of 15.012,000 ouik os worth on the current market ubout $16,800,000. liah was second with 12,542,623 ounces worth $14,058,650. Virginia and South Carolina managed to creep Into the IIhI of states producing tho prOClOUS metals, according to Mr. Baker's statement. state-ment. Virginia's total however, was only eight ounces of silver while South Carolina found five ounces of gold and two ounces of silver.