Download or read book Report of the Director of the Mint Upon the Production of the Precious Metals in the United States During the Calendar Year 1896 (Classic Reprint) written by United States Mint and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-18 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Mint Upon the Production of the Precious Metals in the United States During the Calendar Year 1896 Treasury department, bureau OF the mint, Washington, D. C., December 23, 1897. Sir: I have the honor to hand you herewith my report upon the pro duction of gold and Silver in the United States for the calendar year 1896, together with that Of other countries, compiled from official infor mation furnished by foreign Governments and other reliable sources. The statistics of the output Of the precious metals in the United States and foreign countries compiled by this Bureau are looked upon not only in America, but in Europe as well, as the most authentic published. In view of this fact unusual care has been taken in the preparation of the data relating to the world's yield of gold and silver in 1896. Respectfully, yours, R. E. Preston, Director of the Mint. TO the Honorable secretary OF the treasury. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.