Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1911 — Whitby Jet. [ARTICLE]

Whitby Jet.

Whitby, on the North sea coast near Leeds, England, has 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 was a flourishing industry, giving direct employment to 1,500 people in ■Whitby. Now not over thirty are engaged in its production, generally old people, and no others are taking it up. The price of rough jet has fallen in that time from 25 cents an ounce to from 75 cents to $2.90 a pound.—Consularlßeports.