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Gold/Mining/Energy : Silver prices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Aloysius Q. Finnegan who wrote (3122)12/14/2000 11:23:12 PM
From: goldsheet  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 8010
 
> How much above ground silver is there in comparison to gold? Can anyone give an estimate?

There is 4 billion ounces of gold mined, but I have never seen a number for silver.
I was asked to guess once and I thought 60 billion ounces of silver might be possible/probable.

You might read: silverinstitute.org

> Another question ... I seem to recall hearing that the occurrence of silver in the ground was 20 times that of gold. Is this true?

Here are two estimates with references;

Economic Mineral Deposits, Jensen & Bateman, 1981 say the earth's crust is 0.000008% silver vs. 0.0000002% gold, which is 40:1

Introduction to Ore Deposits, Baumann, 1976 claims silver runs 0.1 gpt versus .005gpt for gold, 20:1



To: Aloysius Q. Finnegan who wrote (3122)12/15/2000 3:27:48 PM
From: long-gone  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 8010
 
Got an idea here, why don't you place a contract for 500k oz. & tell us if you can get delivery?


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