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MINERAL RESOURCES, 1918-----PART I.
In 1918 the estimated total production of gold in the world de­creased nearly $38,500,000, following a decrease of about $35,000,000 in 1917. The production of the United States decreased $15,000,000; Canada, $585,000; Africa, $17,200,000; Australasia, $5,100,000; and Russia, $6,000,000.
The production of Mexico increased about $7,800,000 in 1918 and there was also a small increase in Central America.
A valuable paper on "Gold and silver deposits in North and South America" was read by Waldemar Lindgren at the Second Pan Ameri­can Scientific Congress and has been republished in the Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, volume 55, pages 883-909, 1917.
In the following table is shown the output of gold, by countries, as given by the Bureau of the Mint:
World's production of gold, 1907-1918.