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'''Argol''' is a tartaric acid in crystalline form that is deposited in wine casks as a precipitate from wine as it ages. This natural by-product of the wine trade was scraped off the vats and sold to the food trade for use as cream of tartar. Other trades used it for things such as dye making and tanning, making medicines, and electroplating mirrors. It was shipped as a by-product of the Santa Cruz Island winery. Several letters of the island superintendent discuss this product.

=====In the News~=====

'''October 26, 1916 [SCICo]:''' “We are shipping one box of pruning shears, 12 boxes and 2 barrels of argols.”

'''October 31, 1916 [SCICo]:''' “All the argols have been shipped with the exception of about 300 pounds which we will get off at once. We scraped the argols from one tank in the cellar and it took practically one day for 2 men. This was a 5000-gallon tank. If any money can be made at this rate we can scrape all the tanks when it comes time to rack.”

'''December 5, 1916 [SCICo]:''' “Picking of the 1916 wine had to be discontinued with the work about half done. We trust that there will be a good price on argols.”

'''June 15, 1917 [SCICo]:''' “About half of the barrels sent down had 2 or 3 gallons of sour wine in them. They are very old, being heavily coated with argols. We are giving them a thorough cleaning and sulfuring and believe that they should be usable.”

'''July 23, 1917 [SCICo]:''' “We are shipping 9 barrels and 12 boxes of argols.”

'''July 31, 1917 [SCICo]:''' “The steamer ''Aurelia'' arrived at 11:00 A.M. on July 28th and left at 7:45 P.M. with 132 puncheons of wine for Ciocca Lombardi; 212 sacks of wool; 10 balls of sheep pelts; 4 cow and 3 horse hides; 2 bundles of 154 empty grain sacks; 13 boxes of argols and 2 kegs of argols… This shipment cleans up the argols and there will be no more until next year.”

'''October 20, 1918 [SCICo]:''' “The last of the argols were sent up several months ago.”

'''October 26, 1918 [SCICo]:''' “We are shipping one box of pruning shears, 12 boxes and 2 barrels of argols. The carbide barrel and the two boxes are the argols scraped from the tanks and we thought that it was more valuable than the other and should be kept separate.”

'''March 12, 1919 [SCICo]:''' “We believe that weight of the argol at 100 pounds to be correct, there being one box that weighed more than 200 lbs. Is it possible that you received credit for one less box than was shipped?”

'''January 5, 1920 [SCICo]:''' “We are shipping to San Francisco 641 pounds of argols. This is the last of them.”

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