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Show COAST GOLD MINES PASS WORST POINT SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 19. Cold min-1 min-1 intr In ""nlifornlR apparently has payed . low point In Its career caused by th war and Its alter-offects, 8tat.- Mln-eraloarhrt Mln-eraloarhrt Fletcher Hamilton declared in his annual production summary made I puhilo todsy. III figures showed the I trial value of mineral production for 1921 nc 8844.858,910 an increase or 83,-; 83,-; :..; 848 orar 1810. due to greater output I of petroleum gold and silver. Preliminary reports Indicate n rerord ,. id f. r petroleum Baihllton announced In l'it of the strike In the old flolds In September a:i'l 'ctoiu-r the yield av-I av-I eraglng 10.iO0.0Ou harrelB a month for I the flrft eight m. nth. Lower prlOM held down the Increase In value as .on-1 .on-1 ared with Increase In yield, he said. Rooorts Indlvute a revlyal in mun goid districts, according to Hamilton, who said the output for the year, based on 11 months' shliinents. I estimated rt $1 -100 000, or mo Increase of approximate ly $1 500 ooo. Silver proelutlon ll estimated ftt $a -"00.000 ftt a price of $1 an ounce, the ri eateat of any ear except one, 1884, In "allfornla. Hamilton attributed this ' the persistence of high grad ore hli-mcnU hli-mcnU from the California Hand mln and adjacent Leasee near Randshurc Ban Bernoralno county. i"'.pper decreased one-sixth in quantity, with a drop of nboul one-half In value du to the fall in price, while lead, zinc and quicksilver all showed msaerlal de-oreascs de-oreascs both in ouantlty and value per unit. The qulcksllrer .jtp'jf riven as the Irewest In the history Of California Califor-nia attriliuted by Hamilton to the com petition of foreign metal frrm S:.in nnd Italy. |