Periods.  Gold.  Silver.  Total.

A.D.   14,              $800,000        $4,200,000        $5,000,000
A.D.  500,               200,000         2,800,000         3,000,000
A.D. 1000,               120,000           880,000         1,000,000
A.D. 1492,               100,000           150,000           250,000
A.D. 1550,               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,     $14,628,000,000   $11,813,000,000   $26,441,000,000

During the first period (prior to the commencement of the Christian Era,) the annual product of the precious metals was $2,000,000; during the second period (prior