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Read, and laid upon the table.
To the House of Representatives of the United States:
I transmit, herewith, to the House of Representatives, a report from the director of the mint, showing the operations of the mint for the year 1844.
JOHN TYLER.
Washington, D.C., February 3, 1845.
Mint of the United States,
Philadelphia, January 14, 1845.
Sir: I have the honor to lay before you the following report of the operations of the mint and branch mints, during the fiscal year.
The coinage at the principal mint amounted to $2,843,457; comprising $1,782,420 in gold, $1,037,050 in silver, and $23,987 in copper coins, and composed of 5,461,967 pieces. The deposites of gold, within the year, amounted to $1,732,811; and those of silver to $1,015,564.
At the New Orleans branch mint, the coinage amounted to $4,208,500; comprising $3,010,000 in gold, and $1,198,500 in silver coins, and composed of 3,448,300 pieces. The deposites for coinage amounted to $3,003,176 in gold, and $1,259,928 in silver.
The branch mint at Dahlonega received, during the year, deposites of gold to the value of $479,794, and its coinage amounted to $488,600; composed of 88,982 half-eagles and 17,332 quarter-eagles.
The branch mint at Charlotte had received deposites of gold to the value of $167,348, and executed coinage to the amount of $147,210; when, on the 27th of July, the operations were arrested by the occurrence of a fire, which destroyed the mint building, and a great part of the machinery.
The question of rebuilding this establishment has been brought before Congress, and plans and estimates have been presented, which show the moderate cost at which it could be again placed in full operation. I will therefore merely take the liberty, at this time, to call attention to the fact, which, although it has long lost its novelty, still presents itself as an object of national interest, — that the region in which the Charlotte and Dahlonega branch mints are placed, contains gold mines as numerous and as rich as any in the world. They are, indeed, less productive at present than some of them, in consequence of the more profitable employment of labor in other branches of industry; yet it is worthy of note, that, in the course of the last two years, more than two millions of dollars worth of gold was offered for coinage, from this source alone; so that, doubtless, the production of the United States has not been exceeded by that of any other gold-mining country, excepting Siberian Russia, and perhaps the western coast of Africa.
The subjoined tables embrace many details of interest respecting the operations of the several mints, and show, in particular, that the coinage of 1844 in the whole mint establishment, which is $7,687,767, rivals in amount that of any previous year, except the last.
I have the honor to be, sir, with great respect, your faithful servant,
R.M. PATTERSON,
Director of the Mint.
To the President of the United States.
Statement of deposites and coinage at the mint of the United States and branches, in the year 1844.
| DEPOSITES. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mints. | Gold. | Silver. | Total gold and silver. | |||||||
| U.S. coins, old standard. | Foreign coins. | United States bullion. | Foreign bullion. | Total. | Foreign coins. | Foreign bullion. | U.S. bullion. | Total. | ||
| Charlotte, N.C. | $167,348 | $167,348 | $167,348 | |||||||
| Dahlonega, Ga. | 479,794 | 479,794 | 479,794 | |||||||
| New Orleans | $7,042 | $2,956,874 | 25,036 | $14,224 | 3,003,176 | $1,241,628 | $18,300 | $1,259,928 | 4,263,104 | |
| Philadelphia | 25,830 | 1,306,766 | 295,022 | 105,193 | 1,732,811 | 918,891 | 65,876 | $30,847 | 1,015,564 | 2,748,375 |
| Dahlonega, Ga. | ||||||||||
| 32,872 | 4,263,640 | 967,200 | 119,417 | 5,383,129 | 2,160,519 | 84,176 | 30,847 | 2,275,492 | 7,658,621 | |
| COINAGE. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mints. | Gold. | Silver. | Copper. | Total. | |||||||||||
| Eagles. | Half eagles. | Quarter eagles. | Value. | Dollars. | Half dollars. | Quarter dollars. | Dimes. | Half dimes. | Value. | Cents. | Value. | Number. | Value. | ||
| Pieces. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Dollars. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Dollars. | Pieces. | Dollars. | Pieces. | Dollars. | ||
| Charlotte, N.C. | 23,631 | 11,622 | 147,210 | 35,253 | 147,210 | ||||||||||
| Dahlonega, Ga. | 88,982 | 17,332 | 488,600 | 106,314 | 488,600 | ||||||||||
| New Orleans | 118,700 | 364,600 | 3,010,000 | 2,005,000 | 740,000 | 220,000 | 1,198,500 | 3,448,300 | 4,208,500 | ||||||
| Philadelphia | 6,361 | 340,370 | 6,784 | 1,782,420 | 20,000 | 1,766,000 | 421,200 | 72,500 | 430,000 | 1,037,050 | 2,398,752 | 23,987 | 52 | 5,461,967 | 2,843,457 |
| Dahlonega, Ga. | |||||||||||||||
| 125,061 | 817,583 | 35,738 | 5,428,230 | 20,000 | 3,771,000 | 1,161,200 | 72,500 | 650,000 | 2,235,550 | 2,398,752 | 23,987 | 52 | 9,051,834 | 7,687,767 | |
Statement of the annual amounts of deposites of gold, for coinage, at the mint of the United States and its branches, from mines in the United States.
| Periods. | Deposited at the United States mint. | Deposited at the branch mints. | Mint and branches. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia. | North Carolina. |
South Carolina. |
Georgia. | Tennessee. | Alabama. | Various sources. |
Total at the U.S. mint. | Branch mint at Charlotte, N.C. | Branch mint at Dahlonega, Ga. | Branch mint at New Orleans. | Total at the Branch mints. | Total deposites of U.S. gold. | |
| 1824 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $5,000 | ||||||||||
| 1825 | 17,000 | 17,000 | 17,000 | ||||||||||
| 1826 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | ||||||||||
| 1827 | 21,000 | 21,000 | 21,000 | ||||||||||
| 1828 | 46,000 | 46,000 | 46,000 | ||||||||||
| 1829 | $2,500 | 134,000 | $3,500 | 140,000 | 140,000 | ||||||||
| 1830 | 24,000 | 204,000 | 26,000 | $212,000 | 466,000 | 466,000 | |||||||
| 1831 | 26,000 | 294,000 | 22,000 | 176,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | 520,000 | 520,000 | |||||
| 1832 | 34,000 | 458,000 | 45,000 | 140,000 | 1,000 | 678,000 | 678,000 | ||||||
| 1833 | 104,000 | 475,000 | 66,000 | 216,000 | 7,000 | 868,000 | 868,000 | ||||||
| 1834 | 62,000 | 380,000 | 38,000 | 415,000 | 3,000 | 898,000 | 898,000 | ||||||
| 1835 | 60,400 | 263,500 | 42,400 | 319,900 | 100 | 12,200 | 698,500 | 698,500 | |||||
| 1836 | 62,000 | 148,100 | 55,200 | 201,400 | 300 | 467,000 | 467,000 | ||||||
| 1837 | 52,100 | 116,900 | 29,400 | 83,600 | 282,000 | 282,000 | |||||||
| 1838 | 55,000 | 66,000 | 13,000 | 36,000 | 1,500 | 200 | 171,700 | $127,000 | $135,700 | $700 | $263,400 | 435,100 | |
| 1839 | 57,600 | 53,500 | 6,300 | 20,300 | 300 | $500 | 138,500 | 126,836 | 113,035 | 6,869 | 246,740 | 385,240 | |
| 1840 | 38,995 | 36,804 | 5,319 | 91,113 | 104 | 4,431 | 176,766 | 124,726 | 121,858 | 2,835 | 249,419 | 426,185 | |
| 1841 | 25,736 | 76,431 | 3,440 | 139,796 | 1,212 | 1,863 | 248,478 | 129,847 | 161,974 | 1,818 | 293,639 | 542,117 | |
| 1842 | 42,163 | 61,629 | 223 | 150,276 | 5,579 | 13,717 | 273,587 | 174,508 | 323,372 | 5,630 | 503,510 | 777,097 | |
| 1843 | 48,148 | 62,873 | 5,099 | 56,619 | 2,788 | 4,786 | 415 | 180,728 | 272,064 | 570,080 | 22,573 | 864,717 | 1,045,445 |
| 1844 | 40,595 | 194,917 | 11,856 | 30,739 | 2,240 | 12,298 | 2,377 | 295,022 | 167,348 | 479,794 | 25,036 | 672,178 | 967,200 |
| 735,237 | 3,134,654 | 372,737 | 2,288,743 | 20,544 | 29,457 | 29,909 | 6,611,281 | 1,112,329 | 1,905,813 | 65,461 | 3,093,603 | 9,704,884 | |
Statement of the amounts coined annually at the branch mints, from the commencement of their operations until December 31, 1844.
| Mints and periods. | Gold. | Silver. | Total. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagles. | Half eagles. | Quarter eagles. | Total of gold. | Half dollars. | Quarter dollars. | Dimes. | Half dimes. | Total of silver. | Whole coinage. | |||||
| Number. | Value. | Number. | Value. | Number. | Value. | |||||||||
| Pieces. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Dollars. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Pieces. | Dollars. | Pieces. | Dollars. | ||
| Charlotte, N.C.: | ||||||||||||||
| 1838 | 12,886 | 7,894 | 20,780 | 84,165 | 20,780 | 84,165 | ||||||||
| 1839 | 23,467 | 18,173 | 41,640 | 162,767 | 41,640 | 162,767 | ||||||||
| 1840 | 18,994 | 12,834 | 31,828 | 127,055 | 31,828 | 127,055 | ||||||||
| 1841 | 21,467 | 10,281 | 31,748 | 133,038 | 31,748 | 133,038 | ||||||||
| 1842 | 27,480 | 8,642 | 36,122 | 159,005 | 36,122 | 159,005 | ||||||||
| 1843 | 44,353 | 26,096 | 70,449 | 287,005 | 70,449 | 287,005 | ||||||||
| 1844 | 23,631 | 11,622 | 35,253 | 147,210 | 35,253 | 147,210 | ||||||||
| Charlotte, N.C.: | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 172,278 | 95,542 | 267,820 | 1,100,245 | 267,820 | 1,100,245 | ||||||||
| Dahlonega, Ga.: | ||||||||||||||
| 1838 | 20,583 | 20,583 | 102,915 | 20,583 | 102,915 | |||||||||
| 1839 | 18,939 | 13,674 | 32,613 | 128,880 | 32,613 | 128,880 | ||||||||
| 1840 | 22,896 | 3,532 | 26,428 | 123,310 | 26,428 | 123,310 | ||||||||
| 1841 | 30,495 | 4,164 | 34,659 | 162,885 | 34,659 | 162,885 | ||||||||
| 1842 | 59,608 | 4,643 | 64,251 | 309,648 | 64,251 | 309,648 | ||||||||
| 1843 | 98,452 | 36,209 | 134,661 | 582,782 | 134,661 | 582,782 | ||||||||
| 1844 | 88,982 | 17,332 | 106,314 | 488,600 | 106,314 | 488,600 | ||||||||
| Total | 339,955 | 79,554 | 419,509 | 1,899,020 | 419,509 | 1,899,020 | ||||||||
| New Orleans: | ||||||||||||||
| 1838 | 402,430 | 402,430 | 40,243 | 402,430 | 40,243 | |||||||||
| 1839 | 9,396 | 9,396 | 23,490 | 116,000 | 1,291,600 | 1,060,000 | 2,467,600 | 240,160 | 2,476,996 | 263,650 | ||||
| 1840 | 30,400 | 26,200 | 56,600 | 217,500 | 855,100 | 425,200 | 1,175,000 | 935,000 | 3,390,300 | 698,100 | 3,446,900 | 915,600 | ||
| 1841 | 2,500 | 8,350 | 7,380 | 18,230 | 85,200 | 401,000 | 452,000 | 2,007,500 | 815,000 | 3,675,500 | 555,000 | 3,693,730 | 640,200 | |
| 1842 | 27,400 | 16,400 | 19,800 | 63,600 | 405,500 | 957,000 | 769,000 | 2,020,000 | 350,000 | 4,096,000 | 890,250 | 4,159,600 | 1,295,750 | |
| 1843 | 175,162 | 101,075 | 368,002 | 644,239 | 3,177,000 | 2,268,000 | 968,000 | 150,000 | 3,386,000 | 1,391,000 | 4,030,239 | 4,568,000 | ||
| 1844 | 118,700 | 364,600 | 483,300 | 3,010,000 | 2,005,000 | 740,000 | 220,000 | 2,965,000 | 1,198,500 | 3,448,300 | 4,208,500 | |||
| Total | 323,762 | 520,825 | 430,778 | 1,275,365 | 6,918,690 | 6,602,100 | 3,354,200 | 7,046,530 | 3,380,000 | 20,382,830 | 5,013,253 | 21,658,195 | 11,931,943 | |
| Aggregate | 323,762 | 1,033,058 | 605,874 | 1,962,694 | 9,917,955 | 6,602,100 | 3,354,200 | 7,046,530 | 3,380,000 | 20,382,830 | 5,013,253 | 22,345,524 | 14,931,208 | |
Coinage of the mint of the United States, in the several years from its establishment, in 1792, and including the coinage of the branch mints from the commencement of their operations, in 1838.
| Years. | GOLD. | SILVER. | COPPER. | WHOLE COINAGE. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value. | Value. | Value. | No. of pieces. | Value. | |||||
| 1792 to 1795 |
$71,485 | 00 | $370,683 | 80 | $11,373 | 00 | 1,834,420 | $453,541 | 80 |
| 1796 | 102,727 | 50 | 79,077 | 50 | 10,324 | 40 | 1,219,370 | 192,129 | 40 |
| 1797 | 103,422 | 50 | 12,591 | 45 | 9,510 | 34 | 1,095,165 | 125,524 | 29 |
| 1798 | 205,610 | 00 | 330,291 | 00 | 9,797 | 00 | 1,368,241 | 545,698 | 00 |
| 1799 | 213,285 | 00 | 423,515 | 00 | 9,106 | 68½ | 1,365,681 | 645,906 | 68½ |
| 1800 | 317,760 | 00 | 224,296 | 00 | 29,279 | 40 | 3,337,972 | 571,335 | 40 |
| 1801 | 422,570 | 00 | 74,758 | 00 | 13,628 | 37 | 1,571,390 | 510,956 | 37 |
| 1802 | 423,310 | 00 | 58,343 | 00 | 34,422 | 83 | 3,615,869 | 516,075 | 83 |
| 1803 | 258,377 | 50 | 87,118 | 00 | 25,203 | 03 | 2,780,830 | 370,698 | 53 |
| 1804 | 258,642 | 50 | 100,340 | 50 | 12,844 | 94 | 2,046,839 | 371,827 | 94 |
| 1805 | 170,367 | 50 | 149,388 | 50 | 13,483 | 48 | 2,260,361 | 333,239 | 48 |
| 1806 | 324,505 | 00 | 471,319 | 00 | 5,260 | 00 | 1,815,409 | 801,084 | 00 |
| 1807 | 437,495 | 00 | 597,448 | 75 | 9,652 | 21 | 2,731,345 | 1,044,595 | 96 |
| 1808 | 284,665 | 00 | 684,300 | 00 | 13,090 | 00 | 2,935,888 | 982,055 | 00 |
| 1809 | 169,375 | 00 | 707,376 | 00 | 8,001 | 53 | 2,861,834 | 884,752 | 53 |
| 1810 | 501,435 | 00 | 638,773 | 50 | 15,660 | 00 | 3,056,418 | 1,155,868 | 50 |
| 1811 | 497,905 | 00 | 608,340 | 00 | 2,495 | 95 | 1,649,570 | 1,108,740 | 95 |
| 1812 | 290,435 | 00 | 814,029 | 50 | 10,755 | 00 | 2,761,646 | 1,115,219 | 50 |
| 1813 | 477,140 | 00 | 620,951 | 50 | 4,180 | 00 | 1,755,331 | 1,102,271 | 50 |
| 1814 | 77,270 | 00 | 561,687 | 50 | 3,578 | 30 | 1,833,859 | 642,535 | 80 |
| 1815 | 3,175 | 00 | 17,308 | 00 | 69,867 | 20,483 | 00 | ||
| 1816 | 28,575 | 75 | 28,209 | 82 | 2,888,135 | 56,785 | 57 | ||
| 1817 | 607,783 | 50 | 39,484 | 00 | 5,163,967 | 647,267 | 50 | ||
| 1818 | 242,940 | 00 | 1,070,454 | 50 | 31,670 | 00 | 5,537,084 | 1,345,064 | 50 |
| 1819 | 258,615 | 00 | 1,140,000 | 00 | 26,710 | 00 | 5,074,723 | 1,425,325 | 00 |
| 1820 | 1,319,030 | 00 | 501,680 | 70 | 44,075 | 50 | 6,492,509 | 1,864,786 | 20 |
| 1821 | 189,325 | 00 | 825,762 | 45 | 3,890 | 00 | 3,139,249 | 1,018,977 | 45 |
| 1822 | 88,980 | 00 | 805,806 | 50 | 20,723 | 39 | 3,813,788 | 915,509 | 89 |
| 1823 | 72,425 | 00 | 895,550 | 00 | 2,166,485 | 967,975 | 00 | ||
| 1824 | 93,200 | 00 | 1,752,477 | 00 | 12,620 | 00 | 4,786,894 | 1,858,297 | 00 |
| 1825 | 156,385 | 00 | 1,564,583 | 00 | 14,926 | 00 | 5,178,760 | 1,735,894 | 00 |
| 1826 | 92,245 | 00 | 2,002,090 | 00 | 16,344 | 25 | 5,774,434 | 2,110,679 | 25 |
| 1827 | 131,565 | 00 | 2,869,200 | 00 | 23,577 | 32 | 9,097,845 | 3,024,342 | 32 |
| 1828 | 140,145 | 00 | 1,575,600 | 00 | 25,636 | 24 | 6,196,853 | 1,741,381 | 24 |
| 1829 | 295,717 | 50 | 1,994,578 | 00 | 16,580 | 00 | 7,674,501 | 2,306,875 | 50 |
| 1830 | 643,105 | 00 | 2,495,400 | 00 | 17,115 | 00 | 8,357,191 | 3,155,620 | 00 |
| 1831 | 714,270 | 00 | 3,175,600 | 00 | 33,603 | 60 | 11,792,284 | 3,923,473 | 60 |
| 1832 | 798,435 | 00 | 2,579,000 | 00 | 23,620 | 00 | 9,128,387 | 3,401,055 | 00 |
| 1833 | 978,550 | 00 | 2,759,000 | 00 | 28,160 | 00 | 10,307,790 | 3,765,710 | 00 |
| 1834 | 3,954,270 | 00 | 3,415,002 | 00 | 19,151 | 00 | 11,637,643 | 7,388,423 | 00 |
| 1835 | 2,186,175 | 00 | 3,443,003 | 00 | 39,489 | 00 | 15,996,342 | 5,668,667 | 00 |
| 1836 | 4,135,700 | 00 | 3,606,100 | 00 | 23,100 | 00 | 13,719,333 | 7,764,900 | 00 |
| 1837 | 1,148,305 | 00 | 2,096,010 | 00 | 55,583 | 00 | 13,010,721 | 3,299,898 | 00 |
| 1838 | 1,809,595 | 00 | 2,333,243 | 00 | 63,702 | 00 | 15,780,311 | 4,206,540 | 00 |
| 1839 | 1,355,885 | 00 | 2,189,296 | 00 | 31,286 | 61 | 11,811,594 | 3,576,467 | 61 |
| 1840 | 1,675,302 | 50 | 1,726,703 | 00 | 24,627 | 00 | 10,558,240 | 3,426,632 | 50 |
| 1841 | 1,091,597 | 50 | 1,132,750 | 00 | 15,973 | 67 | 8,811,968 | 2,240,321 | 17 |
| 1842 | 1,834,170 | 50 | 2,332,750 | 00 | 23,833 | 90 | 11,743,153 | 4,190,754 | 40 |
| 1843 | 8,108,797 | 50 | 3,834,750 | 00 | 24,283 | 20 | 14,640,582 | 11,967,830 | 70 |
| 1844 | 5,428,230 | 00 | 2,235,550 | 00 | 23,987 | 52 | 9,051,834 | 7,687,767 | 52 |
| 44,553,918 | 00 | 64,620,234 | 90 | 1,003,608 | 48 | 293,299,905 | 110,177,761 | 38 | |