PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES.
By Waldemar Lindgren.
The
production of gold and silver in the United States from domestic ores
in 1906 is shown in the following table in distribution by States and
Territories. These figures are the result of conference and adjustment
between the Bureau of the Mint and the Geological Survey, and are
accepted as final by the two bureaus. The basis for this table are data
collected by the Bureau of the Mint of bullion deposits in the United
States mints and assay offices and by statements from the smelting and
refining establishments; the distribution by States is, moreover,
checked and verified by the data collected by the Geological Survey
directly from the producing mines. The table is derived from three
items: (1) The unrefined domestic gold and silver deposited in the
United States mints and assay offices; (2) the domestic gold and silver
in fine bars reported by the private refineries; (3) the unrefined
domestic gold and silver contained in ores, copper matte, etc.,
exported for reduction. The last is an item of small relative
importance.
Approximate
distribution by producing States and Territories of the product of gold
and sihxr in the United States for the calendar year 1906, in fine
ouncesa
