Given people have been mining and coveting gold for thousands of years that is an incredibly small amount given the scale of the earth and other mineral deposit

Given people have been mining and coveting gold for thousands of years that is an incredibly small amount given the scale of the earth and other mineral deposits. Looking at gold's well known cousin - Silver which from the beginning of time has seen 1.5 Million tons mined, interestingly enough 90% of that amount has been thrown away - https://www.jmbullion.com/investing-guide/james/silver-supply/ https://www.jmbullion.com/investing-guide/james/silver-suppl...