GENERAL STATISTICS. CONTENTS. I. Mr. Valentine's annual statement of precious metals produced ........ II. Deposits and purchases of bullion during fiscal year 1884. VIII. Total deposits of bullion to the close of fiscal year 1884 . XI. Coinage executed during calendar year 1884 Page. 455 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 464 465 466 467 XVI. Balance of silver bullion at the mints and New York assay office. 470 471 XVIII. Monthly price of silver during calendar year 471 XIX. Imports and exports during calendar year 1884.. 472 478 XXI. Monthly rate of exchange compared with net gold imports and exports... 479 XXII. Excess of foreign gold deposited over net import from 1879 to 1884 479 XXIII. Imports and exports of gold coin and bullion from 1873 to 1884... 480 481 XXV. Gain in gold coin from July 1, 1873, to January 1, 1885 481 XXVI. Gold deposited at the mints compared with estimates of annual product for years 1870 to 1884 482 XXVII. Comparison of estimates of production of gold and silver in United 482 XXVIII. Estimated production of gold and of silver in United States from 1845 to 1884... 483 XXIX. Coin and paper money in circulation in the United States each year from January 1, 1873, to 1885 ..... XXXIII. Table of Government and bank issues and metallic reserves of various countries 488 XXXIV. Active circulation of various countries... XXXV. Coinage at the United States mints by calendar years XXXVIII. Value of the bullion in the silver dollar each year from 1870 to XXXIX. Estimation of the value of foreign coins...... XL. Use of gold and silver in the arts and manufactures Page. 490 491 494 495 495 XLI. Deposits of English sovereigns and German marks at the New XLII. Prices of principal commodities exported... XLIII. Prices of principal commodities in New York market XLIV. Prices of principal commodities imported into Great Britain.. XLVI. Assessments on mining shares.. XLVII. Production of gold and silver from the mines of Nevada.......... XLVIII. Table showing the extent of prominent mining properties in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah .... XLIX. Table showing the extent of prominent mining properties in Nevada... L. Shipments of gold and silver bullion via Central and Southern LI. Shipments of ore containing gold and silver via Central and LII. Shipments of bullion via Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad LIII. Shipments of ore via Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad LIV. Shipments of bullion via Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad LV. Shipments of ore via Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad LVI. Shipments of ore and bullion via Utah Central Railroad during LVII. Shipments of ore and bullion via Northern Pacific Railroad dur- 521 522 GENERAL STATISTICS. I. ANNUAL STATEMENT OF MR. VALENTINE. Wells, Fargo & Co., express and banking. Office of the vice-president and general manager.] SAN FRANCISCO, January 1, 1885. DEAR SIR: The following is a copy of our annual statement of precious metals produced in the States and Territories west of the Missouri River (including British Columbia, and receipts by express from the west coast States of Mexico) during 1884, which shows aggregate products as follows: Gold, $26,256,542; silver, $45,799,069; copper, $6,086,252; lead, $6,834,091. Total gross result, $84,975,954. California shows a decrease in gold of $944,703, and an increase of silver of $513,597. In Nevada, the Comstock shows an increase of $1,668,524; Eureka district shows a decrease of $123,152. In the total product of the State there is an increase of $117,318; Montana shows a considerable increase; Colorado and Arizona, a decrease from the production of 1883. As stated hitherto, the facilities afforded for the transportation of bullion, ores, and base metals, by the extension of railroads into mining districts, increase the difficulty of verifying the reports of the products from several important localities; and the general tendency is to exaggeration when the actual values are not obtainable from authentic sources; but the aggregate result, as shown herein, we think may be relied on with reasonable confidence as approximately correct. The gross yield for 1884, shown above, segregated, is approximately as follows: Annual products of lead, copper, silver, and gold in the States and Territories west of the The exports of silver during the past year to Japan, China, the Straits, &c., have been as follows: From London, $40,221.658; from Marseilles, $1,361,250; from Venice, $130,680; from San Francisco, $13,903,990. Total, $55,617,578. Product of gold and silver in the Republic of Mexico from 1877 to 1884. Exhibit of coinage of gold, silver, and copper in the Republic of Mexico from July 1, 1872, to June 30, 1884, indicating approximately the precious metal product of the country for the years named. Exhibit of the coinage of Mexico from the establishment of the mints in 1537 to the end of the fiscal year 1883-84. SUMMARY.-Colonial epoch (from 1537 to 1821), $2,151,581,960; Independence (from 1822 to 1873), 8809,655,251; Republic (from 1873 to 1884), $272,894,638; grand total, $3,234,131,849. The exhibits of production and mintage indicate a steady development of the mining interests of Mexico, and with the increasing facili ties of railway communication fostering every department of industry, the outlook for the prosperity of the Republic during the present year is most encouraging. The exports of precious metals for the first nine months of 1884 show a marked increase in amounts to the United States of America, presaging the rapid growth of commercial relations between the two republics. JOHN J. VALENTINE, Vice-President and General Manager Wells, Fargo & Co. |