Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-16

INN try Tho proutb op
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luxury IN the united
oldles Is iaiiy measured by the imports Of
diamonds, which, in 1867, amounted to bare
ly more than s1,3OOOOO In 1889 thew had
reached nearIv s11 ono ooo l.. 1000 a., oon
40 =, 600 =, 80 80 III io'o' @io'ooV'-
WV III ioo-' sis''o''"". Inls was h1gh-water
Hldrk. Ihey nave fallen Off to less than
half that figure since.
The notion of h,yipp diamond, -, ~. 49,.
s.an,s .,,,o,t .hs,,.a Wy INC .oi
'e'' piacticdiiy' tnat
"ha' 10 uoie Nowadays by the great En-
shsh syndicate' winch purchases the whole
output of the South African n,ines for O
sum stimulated .nnu.,I,, NJ. ~
bet. =: ~, ' s'oies are
oo"snt III Tue rough ana are cut III London.
a,a, inc business OIL cutting
cani,a1 which b.e hooo,,,, a. ~ 'i1''
80 20 ~, :,. s.'e sied'e'' eeh-
on,,;,os ~, .-,-., annual iioii-
nro,o. -. ~. -, " VI 'Ae
and A,+uarn 60 VI 1,ias
tri.a 20 49,, w.. o'a '''i anu
,,,,,ot -, aerou; eoi'toi Vi the
Ep,I;sh s,,naio.to ,s ~, 'ttan 'ie
tsnS ny ~ n.s.t hau pio LOT the yield OF
r. ,,at h;oba l,.'smers, however. made an
oieI yet iusher' securing the goods for the
To realize the importance ~ sn.sh . doc,
it must be understood that a. nras.n. 90
most ~, antira ,II, ma. a. present al
is produced nv tho Sonth frinon ,,;,,as
These mines are con1rolInJ and onar,,nd h,.
single Corporation w,hicb Nv res, rictins
its output is able TO sovarn The ,r;ces AZ
any time If cou,d tSrn.n ,,te >, ~
stones ' neon tho coula shfom enough Of the
a drug. Imagine vast hod,, ''f he oiaI,
through which rems ,re 800 H.
plums in a pudding Conce;ve the de,nsit
10 he nrsctIcnI,r no, SH HIs,,s,, Tue ueposi'
tnrias - a M . ia ua lipie ior cen
the yaIue of the monos,,w renr.sante1 W. W.
the De Beers Comnonv Di,,,nI minins,
hitherto has been somewhat like pamhiing.
IN this case II IA as ,,,,Jh :. 49, 49,, ~ .,
estab,ishad groc.r,, h,.i, e' S..i'.s a. al
age. 100 tons of the CLAW ar. s,,ra 20 ILL
about 100 carats Of stnnas ~ - -. 80 -
company hasgput on the marl,et ruoo ono
carats The daily ,,roducri,n is Sno 90 70 W
- ''0' va q 10
me JaEersfontein.
Only a few months ago the greatest dia
mond ever known In tine his,orv NJ tho
w,,Id we duo az :, - - Va.
"-s u"s OUT III one Oh THESE south
Aiiicah mihes-the Jasersfontein. 1t weighs
81 carats far exceeding the celebrated
Great Mosul." 1t is blue-white. and fault
less. excent, for a sra,- ,ro+ - 49, -.
h,,,5, 'p'' ia III een'ei
is sIt.a e, ~ 10 ,,,e naked eye. The value
tSa go a. a. tI;"",oo. II was presented TO
ranrhIic ~ Tie p'eS"ie'i. OF the lrahsVaal
~ I...r..,
me 1aserstonteln gem is said to have
, peeh picked up oy a native who was load
ing carr win oiue mud. Though an
II on ms person. and kept it for some
, Tine. MS purpose was not to steal it.
ioWe'er' Few Gays later he deliv-
eleu personally TO the manager. re-
morse ana saddle This remarkable stone
we.shs nearly haf pound avoirdupo!s.
1T 1T IS three nches long, one and half
.n i,i thich anu TWO and half inches
"iue.
IL Seems more than surprising that no
diamond mines have ever been discovered
~ inc United states Occasional gems of
.nis KING nave been Picked up in various
STATES the conclusion drawn from such dis
eoVeiieS oed tnat they are restricted al
most mos. wnoliy 10 q belt along the eastern
o,ISe VI Tue southern AieShenleS in Vir-
s ss ana Georgia and to another belt along
I,e western base OF the Sierra Nevada and
Sascaue ranges. 1t Is a melancholy fact
thae ms country hardly produces an aver
aye OF @loo worth or diamonds annually.
NOBODY can say with certainty that dia-
mond mines rivaling those of South Africa
may not De struck some day within the
limits OF Uncle Sans domain. Within the
last rev years some finds" have been
made which cause the experts Of the geo.
logical survey to shake their heads thought
ruby. In 1916 well digger at Eagle, Wis.,
ono n,i,a1a,ni,n, y. niIeeh carats. Another
on a farm belonging to Henry Endlich ~
kohlsville, Wis. 1t weighed twenty-four
,arAes; Deang nearly as big as Pigeons
Of her decaasad hushenS 49, as nlene ait
monds have been found in the same neigh
borhood. and biologists are certain that
they nave been brought down from the
and ~ tha a s siac,ai ar'' Inc problem Is to
Apparently thew orc tr.caah,s ~ ,ooai,t eu,
where the geological Formation closaIv re
sembIes thai ~ 1he south 1r,non a. -,
fields. One Of these 10 tha Wenon,,naa 9,s
tr:ct of northwest wtscnnsin. The nth.r %
to the northwest Of lake S,,narior in .ha
vicinity Of pigeon river Samewhe as 'I in
these regions there 10 a honefm, nr"snaot rna ~.
the diamond seeker p oSpee ioi
The geoiop,caI formation in tho ,a,ah
borhood Of the Sonth African d;an,end
fields 10 vary nao,iior rrha surfao. in'.am ~
the sarth ythp.oha. 40 ;.: iay 81 VI
csrhonacaors shsIas"tb.t ds 70 sa, oi
of rock cont,5,,tnsr iarge u.r"c,. a ~ ~
ooL S,e ais pe,een.aSe VI