800,000 3,200,000 4,000,000
A.D. 1600, 2,000,000 9,000,000 11,000,000
A.D. 1700, 5,000,000 18,000,000 23,000,000
A.D. 1800, 17,000,000 38,000,000 55,000,000
A.D. 1843, 52,000,000 42,000,000 94,000,000
A.D. 1850, 106,000,000 47,000,000 153,000,000
A.D. 1853, 236,000,000 49,000,000 285,000,000
A.D. 1863, 208,000,000 63,000,000 271,000,000

The following statement will exhibit the amount of the precious metals
estimated to be in existence at different periods:

Periods. Gold. Silver. Total.

A.D. 14, $427,000,000 $909,000,000 $1,327,000,000
A.D. 500, 100,000,000 400,000,000 500,000,000
A.D. 1000, 65,000,000 200,000,000 265,000,000
A.D. 1492, 57,000,000 135,000,000 192,000,000
A.D. 1550. 76,000,000 284,000,000 360,000,000
A.D. 1600, 105,000,000 391,000,000 496,000,000
A.D. 1700, 351,000,000 1,410,000,000 1,761,000,000
A.D. 1800, 1,125,000,000 3,622,000,000 4,747,000,000
A.D. 1843, 1,975,000,000 5,040,000,000 7,015,000,000
A.D. 1850, 2,368,000,000 4,963,000,000 7,331,000,000
A.D. 1853, 2,942,000,000 4,945,000,000 7,887,000,000
A.D. 1863, 5,107,000,000 4,945,000,000 10,052,000,000
A.D. 1884, 8,166,000,000 5,504,000,000 13,670,000,000

The following statement will exhibit the amount of the precious metals
estimated to have been obtained from the surface and mines of the earth,
from the earliest times to the close of 1884:--

Periods. Gold. Silver. Total.

A.C. $2,171,000,000 $2,913,000,000 $5,084,000,000
A.D. to 1492, 3,842,374,000 521,000,000 4,363,374,000
1493 to 1842, 2,700,000,000 5,800,000,000 8,500,000,000
1843 to 1852, 900,000,000 500,000,000 1,400,000,000
1853 to 1862, 1,869,000,000 560,000,000 2,429,000,000
1863 to 1884, 3,145,626,000 1,519,000,000 4,664,626,000
______________ ______________ ______________
Grand Total, $14,6