Show PRECI META 1 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 production of gold cold and silver in the hi 1 states r 14 OF m aim slits I 1 1 mining labor employed ii in the actual fro buttion tion tf of coll cold ind and allyer li Is till the test raid or iny Tos july 17 A bulletin rel relating abing to the production 0 of gold and 1 dilver I ver in the united states during the calendar year of 0 was issued irona from the census office tady ta 0 dy day the bulletin shows that the production of bullion daring during the year 1889 1880 was gold ounces united states coining value silver I 1 ounce united states coining value 60 in gold this is nearly 28 per cent of the product and in silver 41 per cent TUB trio bulletin save the number of 0 gold an and d silver mining claims or floca loc tion 11 commonly earn called ailed mines la in the unit united 0 I 1 states is practically beyond bei boi I 1 computation the names ot of I 1 nearly such ouch claims or mines were received by the census office bat but upon limiting the investigation to producing minee mines mines we working I 1 king but bet not producing pro I 1 acing m alnea ines to temporarily pora rily stopped but bat which bad had ah pr produced need and u upon 0 n tabulating only such mines as mado ado production returns or labor statistic statistics the list was reduced to expenditures during the vear year including inc ludm wises the value valas of supplies etc ma 03 tota I 1 mining blant planta made up of building buil railroads ma chinery underground improvements improve menta boing auppl les an epand aind ed 04 value of mines exel neive of above item value ot of nulla mille aal ua reduction redact loa work total value of mines and works of lain mines a on which returns of production oa on labor statistics are mode made were reported idle 1000 were re reported working but not producing pro duLing ballion 23 were producing worth of bullion 44 were producing to 2 are producing to 95 from to from 1 to 50 1401 from 1000 to 0 and 1610 1 less than 1000 1 from the statistics it appears that ahat the labor employed emed plo ed in to the actual production of the precious metals is better paid and end more productive in tact fact than in any other industry thua thas far reported in fia the bulletins lesuea issued by the eleventh census the average earnings ear ninea of all per sons em employed aloyed at the gold and silver mines 57 was wag while tha the I 1 average output per mah amounted t 11 laj par yer |