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UNITED STATES

The precious metals are raised mainly in California, Colorado, Alaska, and Nevada for gold, and Montana, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, and Colorado For silver. The production of gold and silver in the United Statfs from 179- to 1919 was as follows : —

Gold

Silver

Year

Quantity

Value

Quantity

Value

1792-1847 . 1848-1872 . . . 1873-1919 .'.

Ozs. troy

1,187,170 58,279,778 135,958,347

Dollars

24,537,000 1,204,750,000 2,810,403,200

Ozs. troy

309,500

118,568,200

2,383,824,141

Dollars 404,500 157,749,900 1,866,704,918

Total. .

195,420,293

4,039,690,200

2,502,701,841

2,024,859,318

Precious stones are found in considerable varieties in the United States the total production was valued in 1916 at 217,793 dollars, in 1917 at 131,012 dollars, in 1918 at 106,523 dollars, and in 1919 at 123,046 dollars. The stones found are sapphires (in Montana), turquoise, tourmaline, garnets, beryl, agates, amethyst, ruby, topaz, &c.

IV. Manufactures.

The following table shows the condition of manufacturing industries in the United States as reported at e^ch census from 1880 to 1915. The censuses of 1905, 1910, and 1915, unlike the earlier censuses, did not include hand and neighbourhood industries, but were confined to establishments conducted under the factory system or producing goods for the general market. The statistics for each census cover the preceding calendar year : —

Census

Number of

Establish- Capital meats

Persons employed

Value of products

Cost of materials

18801

1890 i

( 1900 1

I WOO a

1905 9 ■9102 1915 2

258 852 356,415 512,254 207,562 216,20'j 270,082 275,791

Dollars

2,790,278,000 6,525,156.000 9,817,435,000 8,978,825,000 12,686,260,000 18,490,749,000 22,790,980,000

2,732,595 4,712,6223 5,705,165 4 5,079,225 4 5,990,072 4 7,431,7994 8,000,554*

Dollars 5,369,579,000 9,872,437,000 13,004,400,000 11,411,121,000 14,802,147,000 20,767,546,000 24,246,435,000

Dollars 3,396,824,000 5,162,044,000 7,345,414,000 6,577,614,000 8,503,950,000 12,195,019,000 14,868,089,000

1 Including hand and neighbourhood industries. 9 Excluding hind and neighbourhood industries. ■ Includes officers, Brm members, clerks and wage earners.

4 Includes salaried officials, clerks, Ac, and wage earners ; does not include proprietors and firm members.

The censuses of 1890, 1900, and 1905 cover Alaska ; the census of 1910 covers Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico ; the census of 1914 covers Continental United States.

The census of manufactures for 1909 and 1914 (not including Alaska,