INDGREN.]    PRODUCTION    OF    GOLD    IN     UNITED    STATES    IN     1904.  33 
Production  of  gold  and  silver  in  the  United  States     Continued. 
State  oi*  Territory. 
Gold. 
1903. 
ium. 
Silver. 
mu. 
v.m. 
Kansas 
Maryland 
Michigan 
Montana 
Nevada 
Tew  Mexico.  _  _ 
forth  Carolina 
)rego:i  ...    ... 
outh  Carolina 
outh  Dakota 
ennessee 
exas 
rtah 
irginia 
Washington  _  -  _ 
yoming 
$9, 700 
500 
$1),  700 
2,800 
Fine  ounces. 
97,400 
4,411,900 
3, 388, 000 
244, 600 
70, 500 
1.290,200 
100.700 
6, 826, 700 
800 
4, 960, 000 
5, 140, 000 
248, 000 
115,600 
1,300,000 
113,200 
7, 270, 000 
200 
Total 
3,  697,  400 
13, 500 
279, 900 
3,  600 
73,591,700 
4. 700, 000 
3,300 
310, 000 
40, 500 
50, 000 
12, 642, 300 
5,050,000 
ISO, 700 
11,000 
118,000 
300 
221,200 
13, 000 
454, 400 
11, 196, 800 
9,  500 
294, ; 00 
X0  ) 
84,551,300     54,300,030 
Fine  ounces. 
97, 400 
50, 000 
12,750,000 
4,500.000 
180, 000 
13, 000 
132,000 
600 
185, 900 
59,100 
454, 4)0 
10.  500,0 JO 
1,200 
200,000 
13.800 
53,603.000 
After  a  period  of  very  rapid  advance  in  the  gold  production  from 
S92  to  1900,  inclusive,  during  which  an  increase  from  $33,000,000  to 
9,000,000  took  place,  there  were  two  years  of  nearly  stationary  out- 
it  and  one  year  of  decided,  decrease.  It  is  therefore  very  sat isf ae- 
ry to  find  that  the  production  of  the  yellow  metal  lias  risen  again 
record  figures,  the  estimate  being  $84,551,300  against  $73,591,700 
r  1903. 
The  sources  of  this  increase  tire  easily  traceable.     In  the  first  place, 
•ipple  Creek,  the  greatest  gold-mining  camp  of  the  United  Stales, 
s  gained  about  $3,000,000,  due  to  renewed  mining  activity  follow- 
successful  completion  of  a  new  drainage  tunnel,  the  cessation  of 
strike  which  interfered  with  the  production  of  l'.HK*),  and  new  dis- 
^eries  of  rich  ore  bodies.     In  the  second  place,  a  new  mining  district 
d  great  promise,  named  Goldfield,  has  been  discovered   in   Nevada, 
ad  this  during  the  first  year  of   its  existence   has  added   at  least 
$!o00,000  to  the  figures  of  1903  for  that  State.     In  the  third  place, 
ft  production  of  California  has  risen  nearly  $3,000,000  compared 
w,th  1903 — an  increase  due  in  considerable  degree  to  the  wonderful 
development   of  the   dredging  industry   in   the   Sacramento   Valley. 
L'stly,  the  smelting  of  auriferous  copper  ores  has  received  a  great 
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