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MINERAL RESOURCES, 1918----PART I.
Gold produced in six Western States during 1913-1918total quantity of ore mined and gold produced, compared with quantity and content of gold ore, gold-silver ore, silver ore, andouncesoj placer gold, and with numbers of producers in each class—Continued
« Includes placer production given in last column.
Nearly all the siliceous ore in three of the largest gold-producing States'—Alaska, California, and South Dakota-—yields only small val­ues in silver and is classed as gold ore. The siliceous ores from Colo­rado include some silver and gold-silver ores, but the great bulk of the siliceous ore is purely gold ore. The quantity of siliceous ore treated each year in these States and the average recovery in gold per ton is as follows:
Siliceous ore treated and gold recovered per ton of ore treated in 1918-1918.