Ch. 1: Gold and Silver in 1913

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	846 MINERAL RESOURCES, 1913—PART I.

	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 directly from the producing mines and tabulated for the mines 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 bas reported by private refineries, and (3) the undefined domestic gold and silver con-tamed in ores, matte, etc., exported for reduction. The last item is of small relat've importance. Gains and losses in the production of gold and silver in the several States and Territories, as compared with the output of 1912, are shown in the following table:



	In addition to the production of gold and silver from domestic sources in 1913, the domestic smelters and refineries produced as refined bullion from foreign ore, matte, and unrefined bullion 900,720 fine ounces of gold and 50,708,690 fine ounces of silver. Of the foreign gold 279,061 ounces is credited to Mexico, 399,726 ounces to Canada (including British Columbia, the Yukon, and the Klondike), 56,009

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