A
survey of the record for the last decade shows the notably increasing
total output of Africa, chiefly from the great mines of the Rand; the
frequent fluctuations of the important contributions from the United
States and Russia; the continued decline in Australasia, arrested,
however, in 1915, chiefly by the increase noted for New Zealand; and
the fairly constant output from British India and many other countries.
PRODUCTION OF GOLD AND SILVER SINCE 1792.
According
to tables published by the Director of the Mint, the total production
of gold and silver in the United States is as follows:
Gold and silver produced in the United States, 1792-1915. [The estimate for 1792-1872 is by R. W. Raymond, commissioner, and since by the Director of the Mint.]
