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 1899 (Classic Reprint) written by United States Mint and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-18 with total page 478 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 1899 Sir: I have the honor to hand you herewith my report on the pro duction of gold and silver in the United States and in the world for the calendar year 1899, together with such information as to their coinage and consumption as this Bureau has been able to gather. The returns for this country have been carefully obtained through officials and special agents of this Bureau, and the aggregate of precious metals reported has been actually traced from production to market. The figures are therefore Conservative, but are believed approximately full. T e statistics for foreign countries are Obtained from Official sources wherever governmental calculations are made, and where such returns can not be had the best obtainable estimates are given and the authority stated. 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.