The Commonwealth Mine became one of Arizona's major silver producers.

This was, in effect, a subsidy for politically influential silver producers.

Although Mexico remains the largest silver producer in the world, the yield of its mines dropped 8.4 percent last year.

Silver prices jumped to a four-year high, reflecting Mexico's role as a leading silver producer.

The new company discovered a gigantic body of ore and by 1928 emerged as the largest single silver producer in the United States.

A major outlet for the silver producers was their grandiose commemorative objects.

At the time of his death, Serbia was one of the largest silver producer in Europe.

Most Aspen ore ran 40-60 times that amount, and by the end of the 1880s the city was the nation's leading silver producer.

By 1876, Congress discontinued the practice, and the politically powerful silver producers had to find a new tack.

Mexico was the world's largest silver producer in 2010.