The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-04-02
THE MoEAzITR a
ABoUT Tan NEW NIlNEMAL

<A@<XI 49, e%ktB ~
Expert.
onazite A new word TO c~onjure
Anew mineral to cause man TO
latch the upper crust OF old Mother
srth as he digs and delves for IL. a
commodity of which man may
$}sam until they imagine themselves
liDnaires rolling In wealth all
blyed from this wonderful "sand -
st hides ayay somewhere I'm its tiny
rticles the thoria/ about which SO
sbael boeff said and written of
Vet, In o way, monazite is not
sral at all, as The Heard learn
ksterday afrem Mr.. William Earl
lei the celebrated mineralogist,
whom North Carolina Is indebted
the discovery sud tho demonstra-
~ Ton of the fact that mopazite could
9 found here Ia commercial quaint
q Away back In the ffties, says Mr..
Hidden, Professor Charles Upton
h5pherd, OF Amherst College, visited
North Caroline, and In company with
px-Sonator Clingman, made o tour
- rough the Piedmont section, and
4 bted the presence of monazite in the
lacer gold mines Of the section. In
$40 when the great inventor Edison
Iasf experimenting with o view to per-
citing his incandescent electric lamp
wrote to Professor Dana, the great
,logist and ~mineralogist, and asked
Inn where he could find theria. Prof.
= replied That tnorlaS was found in
u put that there was not an
ounce OF In al the cabinets
p Ameflca,s, q lew days Later MI.
sdlson seat MI. aidde TO North Caro-
~ 70 hookstor piatlnum: anu ~ was
1hlie nero on That mission that Mr..
Aiid9em mat could
20 iound 1n epundance, anu actually
81 hipPe9 Y Mr.; Edison from the
5rln9ietoWn gold mines In this comfy
3nlty.nve. POUNDS OF inc sand.
. hve years AFTER thls : Mr.
Hidacn came 70 Nortn carolina TO OBJ
Am supply OF Sirconia Tor the
SWeisDacn company, whlch they then
pin INC m~anuiaeture OF thelr cele-
,ed moods Tor gas
lsrs ana shipped them from
Nonuersoh county twenty-slx TONS. IL
was cnen known tnat NORA was u much
petser materlal ior a purpose, be.
3cause the lrconla moods, by reason OF
%aenr great and contraction
ISere very SNORT isvea ana Mr.: Hidden
1>RSeh hnaae an Snorg 70 convince the
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yheid te pc lYaIlabie1 could
De naa IN quantltles.
In loos MI. Hidden shipped from
the Srinaletown district In this county,
we've tons OF monazlte, aithough
had asserted up
~ snae tlne enat Onere Was not q Ton
On the Wnoie contlneht. u was UNI
IN the history oi miner
My. DDuratng 100 ana 1903 n
nnUnhas a.. fAsne, an employee OF the
WelsDach Company,
cane " Dysar5svllle county,
near ene hrlnuietoWn mines, ana began
from the placer
goiu MINES. many Ton OF which he
Q
oo,'nt ano uien t>ipeihe s'a'ions IN tnls
coSnSy' .. a.. ,
Such ID 1he history OF the monazlt
INDUSTRY In Inc United Suites until an
aemand Tor thorla sent re-
proseneaSiVe oi tne WelsDach Com
pany W 'ne MOTH Oarollna nelo again,
CAUSING On aCtive business IN n
C0unoies Vi McDo"eii, I~lutnerIord ana
Sieyeianu CURING 1898 ana 1871 and
: wnicn mas dra@n nlther In 1919 buyers
ana from points as lar
away Us Dresden, n vienna, the
conpe.l'ion among me buyers ALREADY
ssuuuhhnns up Ine PriceS VI mohazlte 10
uoupie 1ne hgures ruling LOT tne Two
years Past. Ar.
..unaAise, VT niuoen says, Is 0 u
NssayuenS IarS vi az gneisslc ano taicous
~ anu ene gneisslc rocks recon
na.e snrous HouG Vne WorIo So INA
.n. % lounu ! sreaIer OF less
9uanei'ies IA PraGClcally every country
" ele siooe' Ing reason why IL Is
~ SUI quan.l'les IN enls region
20 osauee en1 srea' Oh
messy roGks mas iioerated great
SSaaa haon OIL ~, anu ior ayes past u
taS oSen Masleu uUwh o. Inc mis-
~ 9hopost.ou ~ She GUS vi streams
Jamoo;aa gnouS 'no Valleys, us greao
SR a stSSTiy causing ~ " SINK
'ousI 'ne iisHCer earGh ana FORM
vi varying oeptns ana rlch-
he Ms, .o,.oa. a,.
Az 80 iSS tIposaoo ~ Hffonna a IN
- mollu 10 W SnS coaso OF Prazil IN
! 1iodbaoo ~ 1 MA, near She lsiahd
! Morh Vi Sne mineEs' me sur as IL
breaks against the cliffs, washing
, away one lighIer earths ana leaving
amense aePoslSs very
80 eNa5 N Snorlai SACKS nlled Win THIS
ssaaaase were nlPPeq 10 new YORK In
SAtoov, Cne uePosic having peer taken
ASyrhDaIrlliIia, VI Yin r II was l0und
" 70 inoallse, eheh, oeiISNsa 10 ne OF
~. minea value. ihe output Oh
~an,oa m 10y 10y con'roiieo o cor
ponI ao1 1l Ho snhp Sne sahu 10 LAYER
ypiIooa a 5anH"nis aS oalias1. III
5ppioh Ao.u mtuee - SiDerla are very
fStha Tnnn nnS Mnicn 10 ialIea aown
JSno ASh" anu Vho IonlSol bO inc