In
1910, according to the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of
Commerce and Labor, Mexico sent to this country gold valued at
$6,119,941 in ore and base bullion and at $17,22(5,985 in refined
bullion, a total value in gold of $23,346,926; and silver valued at
$17,079,787 in ore and base bullion and at $9,921,987 in refined
bullion, a total value in silver of $27,001,774—a total value in both
metals of $50,348,700.
During
the same year Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island sent
to this country gold valued at $24,867 in ore and base bullion and at
$13,030 in refined bullion; Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, etc., sent gold
valued at $191,187 in ore and base bullion and at $19,428 in refined
bullion, and silver valued at $10,534,164 in ore and base bullion and
at $28,968 in refined metal; and British Columbia sent gold valued at
$4,319,607 in ore and base bullion and at $1,254,640 in refined
bullion, and silver valued at $342,991 in ore and base bullion and at
$129,020 in refined bullion. The total imports from Canada were gold
valued at $5,822,759 and silver valued at $11,035,143, a total of
$16,857,902, not including a large amount of gold and silver coin
imported.
MINES REPORT.
METHOD OF COLLECTING STATISTICS.
The
first table in this report presents the final official figures of the
production of gold and silver in the United States in 1910 as agreed
upon by the Bureau of the Mint and the United States Geo-
