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Ch. 1: Gold and Silver in 1911

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MINERAL RESOURCES.
The figures in this table are also those of the Director of the Mint. They result from cooperation of the Bureau of the Mint and the United States Geological Survey and are agreed upon after conference and adjustment between the two bureaus. They are, therefore, final for both.
The totals of this table are based on bullion deposits in the United States mints and assay offices and on returns to the Bureau of the Mint from the smelting and refining companies. The distribution is adjusted by information collected by the United States Geological Survey direct from the producing mines and tabulated for the mine reports later discussed. The data giving the total production, and in part the distribution, are obtained from records of (1) the unrefined domestic gold and silver deposited in United States mints and assay offices, (2) the domestic gold and silver in fine bars reported by pri­vate refineries, and (3) the unrefined domestic gold and silver con­tained in ores, matte, etc., exported for reduction. The last item is of small relative importance.
Gains and losses in the production of gold and silver in the several States and Territories, as compared with the output of 1909, are shown in the following table:
Increase (+) or decrease (—) in production of precious metals in the United States in 1911, by States and Territories, in fine ounces;
In addition to the production of gold and silver from domestic sources in 1911, the smelters and refineries produced as refined bullion from foreign ore, matte, and unrefined bullion, 875,156 fine ounces of gold and 69,692,387 fine ounces of silver. Of the foreign gold, 332,322 fine ounces is credited to Mexico, 200,967 ounces to Canada, 153,222 ounces to the Yukon, 52,080 ounces to Central
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