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DESCRIPTIONS OP MINERALS. 



making in all nearlv $14,000,000 ; and in 1876, the Comstock lode 

 yielded $18,000,000, and the rest of Nevada about $1,338,000. 



The yield of the United States in gold in the years 1870 to 1876, is 

 stated as follows in a note dated February 5, 1877, by J. J. Valentine, 

 in Jones's " Report of the Silver Commission (1877)" : 



1870 $33,750,000 



1871 34,398,000 



1$72 38,109,395 



1873 39,206,558 



1874 38,466,488 



1875 39,968,194 



1876 42,886,935 



The amount, in 1874, from California is stated at $17,620,000 ; from 

 Oregon, $609,000; Washington, $155,500; Idaho, $1,328,430; Mon- 

 tana, $2,850,000; Utah, $92,000; Arizona, $25,700; Colorado, $2,- 

 102,487 ; Mexico, $84,655 ; British Columbia, $1,636,200. 



According to the Report of A. del Mar, in the " Report of the Sil- 

 ver Commission of 1877," the vield of gold from all America from 

 1492 to the year 1800, was $1,872,300,000. From 1800 to 1847 inclu- 

 sive, 48 years, the yield from America, Europe, and Africa is stated at 

 $429,200,000 ; and from 1848 to 1876 inclusive, 23 years, $3,381,500,- 

 000. The largest annual amount was produced in the year 1856, 

 in which the yield was $147,600,000 ; and next to this, in 1859, with 

 $144,900,000 ; as shown in the annexed table, giving the amounts 

 in millions of dollars : 



1848 67-5 



1849 87-0 



1850 93-2 



1851 120-0 



1852 1937 



1853 155 



1854 1270 



1855 135-0 



1856 1476 



1857 1333 



1858 144-6 



1859 144-9 



1830 119-3 



1831 1138 



1833 107-8 



1833 107-0 



1884 1130 



1835 ....1307 



1836 122-2 



1837 114-0 



1868 109-7 



1869 106-2 



1870 106-9 



1871.... 107 



1873 99-6 



1873 97-3 



1874 .... 90 8 



1875 97-5 



1876 900 



The total amount for these years is $3,381,500,000. The following 

 table is taken from a Report to the British House of Commons in 1876 

 — the amount for the United States only being corrected : 



Russia. 



1850 . . . $16,950,000 



1S55. 



1865. 

 1870. 

 1875 



14.200.000 

 15.265.000 

 16.1&5.OO0 

 22.U70.000 



I 

 United , 

 States. 



Mexico and 

 South 



Australia. 



S27.500.000 

 73.700.000 

 46.000.000 

 53,225,000 



33.750.d00 



20,000,000 I 40,000.000 



S5.000.000 

 4,500.000 

 4.000.000 

 2.501.000 

 3.750,000 



§60.325.000 

 52.500.000 

 44.100.000 

 29.150.000 

 28,750,000 



Other 

 Countries. 



S2.500.000 

 2.500.000 

 2.500.000 

 2.500.000 

 2,500,000 



Total. 



S155. 725.000 

 120, 65.0 M3 

 119.960.000 

 89,970,(100 

 95.000,000 



