Intel Drops:

U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook - The Salient Silver Statistics [1972]

"U.S. Defense Department stocks totaled 8.9 million ounces." [1972]

PUBLIC DOSSIER FILE ACTIVE

Disclosure-of-DOD-silver-stocks [1972]

Disclosure-of-DOD-silver-stocks [1972].pdf

"U.S. Defense Department stocks totaled 8.9 million ounces."

This marks the first instance of when the Bureau of Mines disclosed the silver stock numbers by the Department of Defense.