Canada and Bohemia Sources of Future Supplies Messrs. Samuel Montagu & Ca., reporting from London on Aug. 31, state The Bank of England gold reserve against its note issue is £125,584,905, as compared with £125,593,690 last week. A fair amount of gold has been on offer and has been absorbed on account of India and the United States of America. Gold valued at $4,- 280,000 has been received in New York from! London. The Southern Rhodesian gold output for July, 1922, amounted to 54,191 oz, aa compared with 55,614 oz. for June, 1922, and 51,574 oz. for July, 1921.
Although in the Middle Ages Bohemia was famous for its gold mines, the working is at present restricted to the gold mine Roudny. On an average the ore contains 10.5 grammes of gold per ton, about 80 per cent. of which is extracted. The annual output of ore and pure gold is illustrated by the following figures:
Output of pure Output of gold oro kilogrammes. tons.
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