The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-06

cents worth Tor four square inehes al
stock Is fair average for consump-
"How do you make the dus. stay ON
that SAW va
"We nick tbs edges, and foroe the
gust into the iron with little chilied
IRON wheel til she is p-lmed for work.
IL may Interest you 10 know tina, thjs
diamond dust we grind IN from
spilnts or chips, which we buy from
9lamonS cutters. They are mostly
rom ths white, with some OF the finer
Diack ulsmonds. The price is all tho
way up to $3.50 per carat, aud carat h
nail tue size o! an average pss, Bnt
tho prices hucsuate like stocks, so that
what Is 1850 to-day may bs 81 or IS 10.
morrow"
"rhon there Is money in studying
up the diamond msrket?n
ply.
Nov, you seq" continued tho lspi-
dary, taking up recently sawn speci-
men, shat the freshly sawn surface is
very smooth but dull, and not 80 in.
Vlting NJ 1t might DO. We must polish
IT,, Here is grindstone which we use
only Tor rough grinding, such as cut
Jung down rough edges, ii they are to
be polished. But most people prefer
these larger specimens, with uncrt
cages, as better Offset to the highly
polished sides. This stone beyond Is
an imported Scotch sandstone, upop
which we put the object tor the first
degree OF polishing, and is also used
Tor rubbing down jewels and stones of
all kinds and sizes into whatever
shape an order calls for. Put your
finger against it," rbs visitor did so,
aud found the edge with buttery,,
smooth feeling, showing remarkably
fine, yet hard grain.
ut would mako good MILESTONE"
he ventHyed.
"eh, no; it wouldn't do TO touch iron
TO that. IL would spoil the stone for
long limo tc put any tool to IL. The
other stoho is what we use for that.
Here Is the Wh8si that puts on the
final polihh which We call the lap,'n
and the speaker uncovered horizon.
tal wheel of about l6 inchgs diameter
and ono inch thick, arranged to re-
volvo ct Is very high rate of spsed i,
working precisely on the same princi.
pie as a potter's wheel.
"rh!s wheel Is mado OF block-tin,
with enough antlmony and aluminium
metal in IL TO secure y proper consist
ency. The pickinE you SEQ ell over 1t
Is what gives She Immediate polish, as
tho AlmoHt inatantnneog5 presentation
OF scores Of thesa indsntaticnn chip
away the small eXcrescapces, eDrrug-
oa.1oks, proeub5rances, or Whatever
you cGll them, with marvellous rapid
ity, and at the same time, the wheel
being OF soft netgl, all scratches are
avoided. The surface TO be bright
ened Is kept on this wheel until the
required polish is obtained.
while We are on tho polishing SUBJ
ject let me explain an interesting fact.
See this white quartz watch charm. It
has any number Of sldss with some OF
the retroactive appearances OF the
dismoud, and sells readily from IS to
$40. Those sides and corners | put on
by setting IL against the Scotch saud-
stone. Aud to the ability to get all
those faces alike in the circle you see,
to make the number wanted and no
more, and to turn out systematically
80 compile atcG piece OF work has
como to nae only after five years steady
practices at tho work. But now | do
anything in this line Of work. The
speaker then turned to another psrs OF
the shop where the drilling work was
carried on. "This doesn't look much
like drill does it?" he said, putting a
thin circular metallic box with the can
of In the reporters hands. "There M o
cylindrical drills running no TO four
inches IN diameter, ana even larger
IL an order calls for it.
Hore are stem drills furnished
with diamond points running down to
one-thirty- second of an incn, and we
drill smaller holes il ordered. Dia.
mond dust IL used on these also in
stead OF points where the work re-
quires Ii, except on tho smallest,
who're the dust alone is used. We
drill anything, Hero are pieces OF
plato glass with holes of I'LL sizes
drilled i'll 1t, some OF the cutting, as
you see, being quite fantastic. And,
by tho way, we cut Jumps of glass to
initiate the diamond; also different
colored glassee are turned and cut In
all shape, so as to resemble genuine
jewels. A great deal OF this is done In
our cheap jenelry. "But look hero"
az he picked SET OF falso teeth of of a
shelf, "ses these blue marka on the
teeth? These points show whore holo y
are 10 DO drilled for inserting gold fill
inge, so as to make people think the
weaver carries genuine teeth in her
mouth. Great dodge, isn't itW
Es"There are lots OF clear quartz and
jewels found in this State, even out in
the sage brush. Chunks OF clear
quartz have been brought in hero
weighing 2S pounds, and the best OF
this IL much Superior to tho Brazilian
pebble, and costs moro. 1t goes in a
great variety Of why's for spectacle
glasses, jewelry, ornamental paper
weights, etc. Then there arc sapphires
found In the Platte, garne's from tho
Gunnison country and Southern Colo
RADIO, amothysts from all over the
State, oriental topaz, sometimes Of
diamond value, from the Uncom-
pahgre country; smoky topaz from
Manitou and the Pixies Peak region
opals from the mines at Idaho Springs
(w0rked there 10 years.; nquomarino,
greenish tinted quartz, from the
Platte; rubles from the San Juan and
San Luis valleys, and the emerald,
ssrdonyx and onyx, found all over the
mountains. They may strike 4
diamond mino soon."
"Do you have large sale of those
gems" asked the reporter.
mot so much rs thescpolished spec
imens OF potrifsction, which tourists
and parties going East buy TO show
their friends. Arc they not hand
some?"
And thoy were. Tho sillicates, in
settling Ia the wood, had taken all the
hue. otthe rainbow, in epires, heavy
lines, clouds, sp.o,shes, curves, IN in
Vulnerable colors anu Kaleidoscope
patterns, some beiug exactly like opal
osuont glass and OF DAZZLING brillianoy
No wonder thoy sold.
"Theso stones are worked up into
clock cases, thermometer backs, Lilli
putisn furniture and IN extensive va
riciy OF mantel and parlor table orna
mentp, and find a ready sale, psrticu
lsrly about Christmas ume."--. Denver
Tribune.
women's plvys Successful,
Thore ls.probsbly no greater iuilu'
onoo In Tim snrnfgs of fAiiurs of MAY