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and
only $2,343,977 in 1889 by the census, and $1,292,929 in 1890 by the
Director of the Mint. New Mexico also is declining in importance, the
product decreasing from $3,000,000 in 1885 to $1,680,000 in 1890.
California also has decreased from $3,000,000 in 1884 to $1,373,807 in
18S9, and to $1,163,636 in 1890. The silver product of other States
than those mentioned is comparatively insignificant.
The following table shows the latest estimates of the product of gold and silver in the United States since 1792:
Product of gold and silver in the United States from 1792. *
[The estimate for 1792-1873 is by Br. R. W. Raymond, United States Mining Commissioner, and since
by the Director of the Mint.]
