Silver

I think about a great a many things on a great many subjects daily.
I have no clue why.
Thoughts come - thoughts go.
Most I just dismiss.
No real time to think deeply.
I am in survival mode.

But I have pondered often enough one on subject,
So much so,
I am intrigued.

Why is silver so cheap?
Historically, it has always been about 12% of gold in value on a free market.
Except, for when the prices are being "fixed" by the government.

So, silver is running about $18.
But gold is at say $1500!
Not the expected silver at $125!
Why?
Certainly Mexico, Chile and Peru are being strip mined for silver by US corporations.
But, that is by far feeding the industrial sector.

So, is someone dumping silver for the past year in great volumes?
It is an intriguing question.
Or, is the real question that someone is artificially keeping gold prices high?
And, if so why?

Either silver is too cheap or gold is too high!
But, both can not be true.