Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1911 — Whitby Jet [ARTICLE]

Whitby Jet

Whitby on the North sea coast neai Leeds, Eng., hss been the home of the jet Industry of England. Jet Is still mined there and made up into ornaments for personal wear, but only to a limited'extent Fifty years ago it waa a flourishing industry, giving direct employment to 1,600 people in Whitby. Now not over 20 are engaged in Its production generally old people, and no others are taking it up. Tbs price of rough jet has fallen In that time from 26 cents an ounce to from 76 cents to 22.90 a pound. One old Whitby worker now plies Ms trade in Leeds and exposes bis wares for sale at the city market twice a week. He Is the only one so engaged in this city. Some Spanish Jet which la harder and more brittle than the Eng Hah variety, Is imported in England