Distribution of gold and silver produced in 1917, by States-Continued. Short tons. Fine ounces. Fine ounces. Short tons. Fine ounces. Fine ounces. mills. 3 Gold and silver from 22,709 tons of old tailings, cyanided included, under recoveries at gold and silver Gold and silver from 9,862 tons of old tailings, cyanided included, under recoveries at gold and silver mills. Distribution of gold and silver produced in 1918, by States.1 Exclusive of small quantity of silver from copper ores in Michigan and Missouri and from lead ores in Illinois and Missouri, and of gold and silver from the Phillippine Islands and Porto Rico. Copper, zinc, and zinc-lead ores containing no silver excluded. Distribution of gold and silver produced in 1918, by States-Continued. Alaska.. 1C6, 003 Arizona 3,845, 332 5,407 101, 166 California. 276, 717 5,372, 505 448, 523 21,859 982,619 Colorado. Idaho.. 414, 177 186,551 40, 070 Short tons. Fine ounces. Fine ounces. Short tons. Fine ounces. Fine ounces. 2,771, 937 1208, 318 623, 828 25, 440 12,681 4 435, 215 127, 622 3,888 25,013 Oregon.. 308, 304 4,411 570 2,588 18 South Dakota.. 4 Gold and silver from 21,575 tons of old tailings cyanided, included under recoveries at gold and silver mills. Includes 587,702 tons of old tailings and ore leached. Gold and silver from 232,053 tons of old tailings cyanided, included under recoveries at gold and silver mills. • Includes 282,894 tons of ore leached. Distribution of gold and silver produced in 1919, by States.1 1 Exclusive of silver from copper ores in Michigan and Missouri and from lead ores in Illinois and Missouri and of gold and silver from the Philippine Islands. 2 Included under concentrates. Distribution of gold and silver produced in 1919, by States-Continued. Short tons. Fine ounces. Fine ounces. Short tons. Fine ounces. Fine ounces. 2,334, 410 California. Colorado.. Idaho... 112, 247 6,713 284, 409 3,888 45, 338 92,159 44,677 3,384, 877 79,399 Montana.. Nevada. New Mexico. Oregon... 3,020 1,599, 474 294, 268 (2) 31,652 3,006, 765 694, 849 210, 612 27, 446 962, 755 37,972 1,316 93, 888 8,832 163, 038 16, 434 336, 322 South Dakota. 19, 880 247 Texas.. 2,386 1,615 43 1 Utah. 2,420 Washington.. Wyoming. 30, 818 11,993 1,827 141, 518 583,597 796 2 150 Eastern or Appalachian States3 Distribution of gold and silver produced in 1920, by States.1 Exclusive of small quantity of silver from copper ores in Michigan and Missouri and from lead ores in Illinois and Missouri, and of gold and silver from the Philippine Islands. * Includes recoveries from 5,489 tons of old tailings. Distribution of gold and silver produced in 1920, by States—Continued. Short tons. Fine ounces. Fine ounces. Short tons. Fine ounces. Fine ounces. Distribution of gold and silver produced in the United States in 1921, by States.1 [Source: U. S. Geological Survey.] 4, 201, 825 6,786 1,284,408 23, 739, 621 2,691, 984 8,565 900, 492 ian States. Total, 1921. 565,692 1,235 166 23 102,517 8,897 13 21,865 Total, 1920. Crude ore to smelters. State or Territory. 20, 403,857 7,071,647 1,276,940 7,458,543 9,350,671 974,551 245, 152 14, 278, 976 43,738, 191 6,951,460 1,214,711 7,733, 818 28,016, 224 3,182,704 324,958 21,516,930 Ore leached and old slag and tailings treated. 1 Exclusive of small quantity of silver from copper ores in Michigan and Missouri, from lead ores and fluorspar-lead ores in Illinois and Missouri, and siliceous ores from the Philippine Islands. Includes recoveries from 10,260 tons of old tailings. Includes recoveries from 10,621 tons of old tailings. Includes recoveries from 45,704 tons of old tailings. 4. ORE PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES AND AVERAGE EXTRACTION VALUE OF GOLD AND SILVER PER TON. Ore produced in the United States and average extraction value of gold and silver per ton, 1906-1921.1 [Computed and compiled for the commission by J. P. Dunlop, U. S. Geological Survey.] 1 Philippine Islands, Illinois, and Missouri excluded; crude ore containing gold and silver not known (small). 51142-23-Serial 3- 4 65, 940 1,261, 114 0.2 3.0 |