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UNITED STATES
APPROXIMATE DISTPJBUTION, BY PRODUCING STATES AND TERRI- TORIES, OF THE PRODUCT OF GOLD AND SILVER IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1897, AS ESTIMATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE MINT
Go LD Silver State or Territory Total Value Fine Ounces Value Fine Ounces Coining Value Alabama 358 $7,400 100 $129 $7,529 Alaska 86,011 1,778,000 116,400 150,497 1,928,497 Arizona 140,089 2,895,900 2,239,900 2,896,032 5,791,932 California 707,160 14,018,300 474,400 613,366 15.231.666 Colorado 924,166 19,104,200 21,036,400 27,974,335 47,078,535 Georgia 7,222 149,300 600 776 150,076 Idaho . 82,320 1,701,700 4,901.200 6,336,905 8,038,605 Iowa . 5 100
100 Marj'land 5 100
100 Michigan 3,033 62,700 60,300 77,964 140,664 Minnesota 145 3,000 3,000 Montana 211,563 4,373,400 15,667,900 20,257,487 24,630,887 Nevada 143,983 2,976,400 1,228,900 1,588,881 4,565,281 New Mexico 17,246 356,500 539,500 697,535 1,054,035 North Carolina 1,674 34,600 300 388 34,988 Oregon 65.456 1,353,100 69,000 89,2i2 1,442,312 South Carolina 4,097 84,700 200 259 84,959 South Dakota 275,491 5,694,900 147,600 190,836 5,885,736 Tennessee . 5 100 100 Texas . 358 7,400 404,700 523,249 530,649 Utah . 83,500 1,726,100 6,265,600 8,100,978 9,827,078 Vermont . 5 100 100 Virginia 189 3,900 3,900 Washington 20,312 419,900 106,900 138,214 558,114 Wyoming . 542 11,200 100 129 11,329 Total 2,774,935 $57,363,000 53,860,000 $69,637,172 $127,000,172
The production of gold and silver from the mines of the United States since 1860 is shown in the following table. The silver product is given at its commercial value, reckoned at the average market price — based on daily quotations — of silver each year, as well as its coining value in United States dollars. PRODUCT OF GOLD AND SILVER FROM MINES IN THE UNITED STATES, 1860 TO 1S97 [The estimate for 18C0-1S72 is by R. W. Raymond, Commissioner, and since 1872 by the Bureau of the Mint]
Gold Silver Calendar Years Fine Ounces Value Fine Ounces Commercial Vahie Coining Value 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 Total 2,225,250 2,080.125 1,896,300 1,935.000 2,230,088 2,574,759 2,588,063 2,502,197 2,322,000 2,394.563 2.4 IS, 750 2.104,313 1.741,500 $46,000,000 43,000,000 39,200,000 40.000,000 46,100,000 53,225,000 5:^,500,000 51,725,000 48,000,000 49,500,000 50,000,000 43,500,000 36,000,000 116,015 1,546,875 3,480,469 6,574.219 8,507,812 8,701,171 7,734,375 10,441,406 9,281,250 9,281,250 12,375,000 17,789,062 22,236,328 $157,000 2,062,000 4,685,000 8,842.000 11,44:^,000 11,642,000 10,;^56,000 13,866,000 12,307,000 12,298,000 16,734,000 23,578,000 29,396,000 $150,000 2,000,000 4,500,000 8,500,000 11,000,000 11,250,000 10,000,000 13,500.000 12,000,000 12,000,000 16.000,000 23,000,000 28,750,000 29,012,908 599,750.000 118,065,232 157,366,000 152,650,000
