New-York tribune., 1896-11-15
AMERICAN PEARLS.
PROPAGATION OF THE PEARL-BEAkl"u
MUsSELS SUGGESTED
From The Boston Transcript.

Thu. IL comes ABOUT iIltt MIA acarf
of fishery was prosecuted in pre-, ~ Tho
q great scale. and the aporlsand tbn largest and
Miami and Sc.otc valleys possessed Iie IA ma
finest collection OF pearls ever 1 N,Vw musseIs
in those days were fun OF pear pear 1r"m Them were
and some of the pearls obtailed iton, ~ nunod 9.
as ,I io,cn as English wanuts. Big chiefs owned & a.
tonlshing quantities or them wea''vs wsrrior of dis.
bv Thousands on their clothing. :. ia,a 81 nearls
tinction was adorned with an asseiipa,stt o mol
that would excite the envy OF t',e rI we're set in
ern monarch often the bigger pears VIZ " - ~
[ "a 'o'' tna,b for ornaments The pearls were usu @
allv niercod by means of redhot coppe, WI nil en-"
alas, IL was considered necessary " '
Jewels with their possessors. ,ryos,,ration
The main point OF the Governnen, 'sscIs can
lies in the fact that the pearl-bearlhs III Siec,ltv
Evorybo knows what "ohu.' ~ , rst.r. tnere IS
leiucu o'v Wv corresponding results should not DC
achieved with unios. though the prooe" saVs Mr.
different in lT T0me romed rsss.h schmeer has had
oiv of "nearl-raisng" since lei6 and rccorn @ has
been kept Of every pearl ar nr cncouragement to
the natural multiplication Of the unios, Wnirn. rn.
when taken out OF the water are a,i ,he animals
aui a. nroservcd instead of being extcrninaed as py
the ordinary plan. TO discover wne, ,shorn.nointed
vuu' r a. ~ jnscrcd between the two valves. ana me
handles are slowly pressed together. opr,ns pnad '"'
she'll. II a pearl is found. IL Is c"S'''
\ REGULAR CROP OF PEARLS.
1t seems at all unlikely that ms,h1n nav ~is be
made 10 yield pearls as regular o crop Tc barren but
nary circumstances 90 out or loo are % mrdcr
stood thai IL can be started BY simple ie.thT,' f
the mollusks individually Ihe esiIecton
mussel that contains pearl as big as a peiS peinr
bbessr,if rose pink II has for core r'orsel OF
beeswax which introduced INTO tno s,se.' W y, no he
io s ,nricIc the mollusk covered II with layer
on layer OF its own macrc; That & Is tnc snnaiI n
foreign body not uncoinmonly a grain Oh ga saHu, t
When they round they have oeen go io'''e' "
rb ou,ntties OF pearls collected and owned by
the pre- coumbian indians were in truth. aston ton
ISM noar Cbilicohe. ohio hundreds Of tholsands
OF pearls were found some OF them as Dig as d E e
cover,d together with human skeletons wnch wole
copper Masks freak by '3y Wi,S Two skeletons
unrn nh aimed enough pearls to fiji gallon measure;
varying in size from millct-sGed 10 s a aIsc
whnre have got pearls by quarts hterauy', Iror rom
aboriginal mounds. More than hall pun p.,h' Miami
WI Vacw and two bushels OF pearls secured rom
prehistoric altar In the same ncishporhood All, All
now pr TsrobrIee Mass The mounds Of yet an;
other group yielded 10000 pearls e"""b" ~ "
fifteen good-szed boxes
MILLIONS IN THE MOUNDS
', a.. ,oaris thus discovered were In their pris-
Ill III ndi,,on Ine thev would be valued AT several mill
'ans @ Of dollars but unfortunately; they are wortn
less except as curi9si'es, May uyy hean thrown ap-
narenflv into the flames OF affairs otheis 1io h,
ted by long burial and cemehisn Ii,tn sY n,cc,ous
,ncs u.,ris being merely an animal produc ,"sly
decay The pearls which adorned INC nccSs m',n "a n
Of fair women thousands OF years ago nave al p9ni
ont 81 existence: their lustrous beauty !" Ma.ns
but dust For this reason the water i grea. car.
are not very satisfactory propcly' n u ~ coorcd
can keep them in good condition, ana 'ic oi
ones apt TO fade mo,,nds s stli found
- have lustre and soiac value VIZ" .n W, ~ =
LAYERS are removed by the process KNOW" 80
PrS.ng, PrSs Process Is otherwise known a' "iaklns
pearl Tho pearl is iorm,1 o, ",mrorfcc, outer Goa,
NAV Weld gem Of price iew ',re ,saech I, a
Expert purchased for 50 an ola sold Hry0,h %a wha m
small "JL ,,Ln sphcrica piece OF hemautc on *,
animation It rrovcr rscion 10 Grains TSc outer coat had
weisnines esSod hv sunlight but when II was removed
q ,ns mSs ssa%iiel xroaie i'Ss It Sss valued Al
m2ayIn myIng Is prartised considerable extent %
h Chinese ~ho TsS Sssr i0I powder V scrap Of leather
knlie ny, 80. anal polshing leaf Of peculiar KIND
Pearls are dysd nnS rCsen nitrate o. silver employed
TO turn them black ohy Il" 'NP''
cheat.
RECKLESS DIFFERENTIATION.
Tho trouble with tho freshwa,er inuasg ,ss -" w.
~, I,ri,eI states to-day H. that the n1lllsks N.Y.
~, ,o rncklcssly exterminatod Nobody mas thousn'
~ INSPECTING the bivayes after tnn hc," 81, ,be
No. III 1hr,s hundreds have been destroyed LOT
evcry pearl found and now ne ane erl was found
w brook near Notchbrook. y j. ana so'" .,. 70 a,n
Eugene lot >-"''
nf The discovery created gieat ,r 'rcc,s
Sr while the remaining beds OF unl@n W." ,,,,
les 'ly attacked without II yIs,ded humber OF dne
t rie recently however. and some OF itii si]e "
been obtained from Fish Creek h"s Is
by arc most apt have the form OF hu',ohs, % hu NM
while usually pink, they are 'o''''''''" """' '
ann Is no good why by the adoption ol
cnif ~ California should be restored to he,i
n,r ,ner ~ n-oductveness. Only century ana @ mar
ago the banks Of pear Se TysS World They have beer
wengh destroyed 10y reckless over "c, con,
w.on,sd hy law the pearproducing biVaVcs cou,,
Proccss'n ,io X oiiv They are readily propagated
90 The ordinary edible oysters Al ,hit ~ ?,
sary Is Is 10 b pcb bottom after the European plan II
order to collect the baby pearl ~ b,ch ,hs
nm u, nnerl oysters have fastened themselves may
broken and painted SO as to R1dnnGe ns
beds No't,''ff q, fanon where within years. Tho
Weld of pearls from the Bay OF AGA cns ai en
row reach of calm wa'er-haS bee" '''''e1'e' &c"
io'd' CALIFORNIA PEARLS.
,r,o beds NJ the Gulf OF California produced enor
@ mousff- f-r some time iO years back. the output wa
2o0 % 800 pounds OF the gems OF ocean atinuay
In 1880 Collection OF big pearls was made there 10
!" o,r III maj became the property Of the Queen
Spain and which Is even now one OF the NOS va'u
able possessions Of the I6era aa , SrSSn and M weshn
iwentv-eieht carats obtained from those waters
Of twice iha, weyn @ nd gnt in Ss ne ysar
| merchant of La Paz. Hamcd Hifa.go. bought iron
he sold in Paris for $500 All the black pearls go
from the Gulf OF California are sent 10 Europe De
| cause over there they fetch more than whte ones
| being fad ., ., .o,,,s ~. r.
The pearl oyster banks OF the gull couid not
| modern apparatus for diving Such OF me bivaves
are LEFT are in too deep for search by ordnar
methods. hut the rubber-clad diver. provided with
tube TO furnish him with air. is able 10 search tn
| bottom at leisure. his glass-fronted helmet givin
Rim a good view OF his surroundings thanks to tn
| dim greensh light which Eliminates the sub-aqueou
regions He carries with him a sheet-iron reservol
| gency may be connected instantly with his helmet b.
the turning Of cock. In this business one interest
ing for pearls anywhere else In the world. The Gus
tomary method IL to dive naked In the 10000 Archi
neIaeo the divers paint themselves black so as no
| 10 attract the notice OF sharks.
| rr,.o Aaha NJ California