From reports by the Director of the United States mint. Corrected to the latest date.

Precious Metals In The United States

Statistics showing where our gold and silver come from.

Where Gold Comes From

Deposit of domestic productions of gold at the U. S. Mints from 1793 to June 30, 1886.

State.

Amount.

California........

8740,061,407.17

Montana.........

57,942,047.01

Colorado...

50,087,096.25

Idaho............

28,242,403.89

Dakota..........

25,912,794.26

Nevada..........

23,402,999.35

Oregon..........

18,747,932.24

North Carolina...

11,068,347.20

Georgia....

8,415,475.79

Arizona.........

4.005,061.03

New Mexico.....

2,434,412.84

Virginia.........

1,715,578.01

South Carolina...

1,599,890.33

Utha...........

783,343.95

Wyoming.......

753,768.86

Washington Ter..

398,181.95

Alaska....

263,664.17

Alabama.........

226,974.58

Tennessee........

87,665.93

Vermont.........

85,598.21

Michigan........

23,029.71

New Hampshire...

11,020.55

Maine...........

5,638.57

Maryland........

4,848.57

Taxas...........

2,147.40

Pennsylvania.....

1,138.34

Nebraska........

651.63

Indiana.........

40.13

Other sources, or not reported..

37,169,366.65

Refined bullion,

288.183,599.24

Where Silver Comes From

Deposits of domestic productions of silver at the U. S. Mints from 1793 to June 30, '86.

State.

Amount.

Nevada...........

892,818,836.47

Colorado..........

23,910,646.24

Utah..............

18,973,228.37

Montana...........

13,588,327.90

Arizona............

13,515,770.65

New Mexico........

5,555,100.10

California..........

3,925,546.95

Michigan..........

3,629,325.39

Idaho..............

1,397,222.91

Dakota............

552,639.59

Oregon............

60,386.59

North Carolina......

49,179.87

Wyoming..........

12,126.16

Georgia...........

3,461.54

Texas............

2,739.03

Pennsylvania......

2,588.47

Alaska............

2,195.01

Washington Ter.....

1.772.97

South Carolina......

1,244.70

Massachusetts......

917.56

Virginia...........

222.29

Alabama..........

64.02

Vermont..........

49.94

Maine............

22.00

Tennessee.........

10.15

Nebraska..........

6.18

Maryland.........

3.24

Add refined bullion.............

165,984,502.64

Other sources, or not reported......

41,793,414.43

Amount Of Specie

In the United States July 1, 1886. according to the report of the Director of the Mint, was

Gold.....

8548,320,031

Silver.....

308,784,223

Total...........

8857,104,254

Amount Of Paper Money

In circulation in the United States July 1, 1886, was as follows:

Paper money...8912,543,922

Amount of paper in excess of specie in the U. S. $19,516,619

The Total Production

Of precious metals from surface and mines of the earth, from the earliest period to the close of 1879, is estimated to be as follows-.

Gold...

814,068,375,000

Silver...

11,315,000,000

Total......

$25,383,375,000

Estimate Of The Total Production Of Gold And Silver. Gold From All Countries

Estimated total yield of gold in all countries, from 1493 to 1875.

United States..........

995,126,015

Australasia...........

889,963,800

New Granada.........

596,501,675

Brazil................

509,347,107

Russia...............

507,749,653

Africa...............

359,325,340

Austria-Hungary........

226,248,247

Bolivia..............

144,398,100

Mexico..............

130,174,396

Chili................

129,467,140

Various countries......

74,458,340

Peru...............

80,327,582

Total...............

4,643,087,395

Silver From All Countries

Estimated total yield of silver, in all countries, from 1493 to 1875.

Mexico............

82,600,280,659

Bolivia............

1,286,999,947

Peru..............

1,065,357,084

Austria-Hungary....

264,961,603

Other European countries.........

251,888,604

United States........

179,874,123

Chili...............

89,024,298

Russia..............

82,880,291

Various countries.....

68,244,000

Germany............

269,731,339

Total................

6,159,241,948

Total Gold and Silver from 1493 to 1875.

Mexico............

2,730,455,055

Bolivia............

1,431,398,047

United States........

1,175,000,138

Peru..............

1,145,684,666

Australasia.........

889,963,800

New Granada.......

596,501,675

Russia............

590,629,944

Brazil............

509,347,107

Austria-Hungary....

491,209,850

Africa............

359,325,340

Germany..........

269,731,339

Other European countries..........

251,888,604

Chili...............

218,491,438

Various countries....

142,702,340

Total..........

810,802,329,343