Ch. 1: Gold and Silver in 1914

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	830 MINERAL RESOURCES, 1914—PART I.

	The figures in this table 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 bars reported by private refineries, and (3) the unrefined domestic gold and silver contained in ores and matte 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 1913, are shown in the following table: Increase (+) or decrease ( — ) in production of gold and silver in the United States in 1914, by States and Territories, in fine ounces.



	In addition to the production of gold and silver from domestic sources in 1914, the domestic smelters and refineries produced as refined bullion from foreign ore, matte, and unrefined bullion 875,250 fine ounces of gold and 39,789,129 fine ounces of silver. Of the foreign gold, 199,652 ounces is credited to Mexico, 532,572 ounces to

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