The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-07-11
HUDSON RIVER ICE CRoe.
me Annual Product of More Va,ua
man That Of CaIifornis's Gold
Mines.

=, The Annual Product of More Vs,ua
g Than That OF CaIifornia,s Cold
a Mines.
r New York Sun.
Jas. ID. Hague, of New York. who
was recently designated by Goyernnr
NooseVeit as one OF the delegates In
represent the State OF New York at
sne International Mining Conpress tn
20 nela IN Milwaukee, June ~, has ad.
dressed letter to the Governor In
which he declines the appointment
Alter regretting his inability to attend
Ine Congress he continues his letter
Win the follO~!cg information
- having In mind the purpose OF this
congress TO Increase public knowledpe
ooncerhlng the Importance of the va.
rIoas mining industries of the countrv
oa oau notlhg that the now much discuss.
GU ice question has become, at least In.
caIiy, almost, II not quite, as serious as
tne late silver question, | have bean
lou 70 make some comparisons OF the
relative Importance OF the Ice and the
preclous metal industries, which Won
may, Just now, find incidentally inter.
portant. so uuinn-
II appears from recently published
statements tnat the average yearly loo
crop OF the Hudson River is between
3,OOo,OOO and 4,000 600 tons assumina
'ne Io"er ngure as net average, clear
OF waste, and reckoning tho syernpe
price paid by all consumers at S5 Ser
.on, 20 cents per hundred pounds,) the
Sooal Soo do Valne realized per annum Is Sl5.
ooo,ooO. The value OF Californla's gold
tthc.uulng the product Of placers with
'hat Oh quartz veins, has averaged
ABOUT $l3,3OO,000 annually during tbe
asC niteen years, and has only sliphtlv
exceeded 100000 during the nas}
'"o or three years. Its annual syeraoa
'aiue would, therefore, be considerably
ess IMAM the value Of the Hudson River
Ge crop, even after allowing liberal
iiscount on the above estimated ousn. SN1
ny and selling price Of ice. y
IL thus appears that the Hudso,
.lver alone forms every winter a vein
ICE covering many miles in area
early aS-sssick as the average ool5
caring quartz vein Gf California. nro.
uclng annually q tonnage comparable
and probably exceeding the TONNAGE
quartz annually produced by all the
uart| mines OF California reckonea tn.
etner, with higher average value per
~ ol Ice Than the average ton OF Osli
rnla quartz yields, and giving an an
lal yield for which the consumers nav
the aggregate a sum exceeding the
'iue OF the total annual gold product
the State OF California.
lhls ls apparently true OF the Hud-
n River alone. The ice cron NJ
alne 1T Is said sometimes affords an
nual profit OF 81 900, 600 to IS, 900, 900,
1lch lar exceeds the annual profits OF
~ mining In California, for it Is to
noted that the average cost of pro.
cling and marketing ton of Ice ia
: less than the average cost OF mining
treating ton OF quartz, and that
percentage realized In the produce
n OF and sale OF Ice Is far greater
an the percentage OF available profit
tlized from the production Of gold.
furthermore, the quartz vein once
hausted can yield nothing more; pro-
ctlon can only be maintained by more
tended development In length or
oth, NATURALLY at increased c0st,) or
the discovery of other veins, while
Hudson River forms it's vein
esh every winter, the supply OF
Ter being practically infinite and -
formation OF the ice bonanza only
4estlon of time and temperature.
IL mas also been set forth In recent
ouollshcd statements that the annual
Nsump N ptlon OF ice In Greater New
rk and immediate vicinity amounts
1000, 600 tons. | do not know the
statistics OF the whole country, but
consumption in Greater New York
only be comparatively small part
the United States, and 25,0O0,OOO
OF Ice at 81 per ton probably be-
she average price TO consumera)
lId amount to 800, ,000,0OO consider
y exceeding in commercial value
total annual product OF precious
.ais' gold and silver reckoned to-
her, from the whole OF the United
tet, which, in 1898, amounted to
5Sl 400,