The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-14
IN THE KIMBERLEY MINES.
THE UNEHR7HTNG AND SORTING or
THE PRECIOUS STONES
Co.yieted Thieves 10 Much or the Work.
why They Ave freferred-E.p.rt Work
that AStonirhcs the Commou Ioor

-gAS-
why The A.. ,."., "ea o. the Work
that Arton,-hr, m. ,.n,. er' work
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. no".n Az ..,," v"' WY Vi seo,hs
.ne piv'eoS ~ -. -, 80 W uvS'n unuer.
bfoun'i ahu oIaNo Nv o'ee wv s'"sn anu neas
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ives w"o "te ousy ans an' , nIk , ..rounnous
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ti,n 80, ~. 80 ,a,. WV ,,,. 10
Nv 49,, u .e' uou,es IN eoue =.
without distress. In the main galleries. which
are admiralty ventilated. they arc for the most
part fully dressed They work either by time
IN. eomo In .itbor o,so. ,n,, 7 ~, =, teiJ ,h.s
t,ov otton nni,h tho,r nil,ttod nnn,h.. -
trncts IN two.thirds -, tha tiuo which =.
a,Iowod s,oi,c uh,t ,hov A, ma boy n, ,,i,
tbev do n. Won can neve- Doubt INV mora tIot
we'll when hc chooses.
The pleasanter rrocesse, Of diamond m,n,n,
begin wien you follow tho contents Of the
trucks up to welcome daylight again. and sec
'ne I,ue. as IL Is iahi'i"Els caiied iaia ous
1n ne onS uns a,o sn, eas
as,e, ,oeA 30 W. ~ oeas ol u cor.
tam tn'ctm mes TO under tho action OF
. "a .mntiod ort rrn thon,s ai,,oa 49, 49,.
ORC emp.'eo ous run themselves ih,o iohg
rows; the color OF tho stun is almost identical
with the gray purplish hue OF winter cabbagos
at home and at f,rst sight tho fat and wide.
spreading floors might easily be mistaken for
Essex cabbage fields. The process Of pulver-
i2ation takes from four to six months.
dtlon o, tho r rock. and it TIT is as assisted ai
hu 81 H-I
y, 1Peia Vi "a'eiins uho Foilng'
which add to the agricultural illusion. The
average yield OF eyory load OF blue Ia ono carat
Of diamonds and as tho avorag 90 nat nroet nv
carat OF diamonds is about 2Os.. the value
OF the million loads which was told TINT
w,s lool,ir1 NJ IN tho o1tort -, = oo,,I. -
Voc io""ihs u. III wv o~eoh' VI u eoupie VI
cabbage fields. Is not far from f1.00O.OO0. As
soon as the blue IA su flciently pulyerized n "a
tol,.n to ~. ,,oshIn,, n,,oh,ns -.
taken 10 the Washing machine. where ~
means OF an ingenious system OF water f!ow-
ING over reyolvinp INNS tha ljpbt.r nor+ 80
a. 80. l. 49, 80
'he earth ID "asheo away Whlie tho heavier
remains in the bottom Of the pans. BY this
process ~ mar cent NJ tbe b,ua earth 4. oot
~, ", 80 10 1m@ 80, ..e ~ e"iI" 10 Go'
rih OF. ana OF loo ioads Which 90 into tho
washing machine only ono is saved
to be sorted. The remoinInp ao nr..,
AZ w. "''e.
passing through the various sleeves and
stages OF the washing machine. pour out in a
state Of lou;j mud Mt tb. bottor, q, +ha -.
49,. ., VIC oo',o'i VI 'io INA,
chine ana are carted away by mechanical