The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-24

mine from which it came, and away it
goes to the TOP. That naked y -orkman
whom you see loading his bucket and
attaching the tag may now be sending
up into the world a fortune. In a sin
gle stone which may lie in that speck
OF art which he handles so cOntemptu-
OuSly there may be hidden diamond
for the possession Of which Latons may
fight each other.
After a diamond reaches the weight
of fifty karats, it is hard to estimate it's
value the guide told me, and above f1f-
ty karatS the value is necessarily a SEN
JlnentaI one A diamond rich in MS
torIc Importance will sell for more han
one of the same size and weight which
is recently mined. The imperial Kim
berley diamond owned by a syndicate,
and which weighs one hundred and
eighty karatS, is valued at one million.
/ The kohinoor, the British crown jew
eI, winch is of weight of only one
hundred and six kaTats, is valued at
five million. Still, I thought as he told
me that I would be willing to accept
even the Kimberley diamond at it's mill
ion, and would trust to time for the
historic interest.
A WONDERFUL STONE.
The Hope blue diamond which is the
only blue diamond in the world of any
Importance, weighs forty-four karats
and IS valued at two hundred thousand
dollars. The NATHAN, a BOrneO dia-
mond, is the only pear-shaped diamond
Of note in existence and is valued at
two millions. It is owned by the Rajah
OF NATHAN and weighs three hundred
and sixty-SeVen karatS.
1t is the constant desire Of the over
seers, so the guide chartered to me as
we stood there watching the workers
lOad the buckets with the dirty cargo,
to discover large diamond. Of course
there is no way of doing this exec by
increasing the amount of work done in
a certain time, thus increasing the per-
centage of ability. If a Superin-
tendent is able to send up twenty buck
cts from his gallery while his neighbor
IN another gallery can only get six
buckets out of the same corps of work
men, the man who has sent up twenty
STANDS q much better chance OF send
ing big diamond up to his employer
than the one who has raised only six
buckets.
The guide told me romantic tales of
the Austrian yellow brilliant owned by
Emperor Franz Josef. It weighs one
hundred and thirty-nine karats and is
valued at seven hundred thousand dol
lars. The Shahs Persian diamond.
which is very ancient and is now owned
by the Car of Russia, has so many
legends connected with it that it's value
has risen to nearly two million dollars,
though it weighs only eighty-six karats.
the yellow Kimberley is kept in the
rough and it's syndicate will not part
with 1t just yet. 1t weighs four hun
dred and twenty-eight karats and it's
value is now over five hundred thou
sand dollars. Cutting might disclose a
flaw and therefore partly destroy it's
value, so they are reluctant about di-
Viding it just now.
The Star of the South. a Brazilian
diamond which is owned by Coster, the
diamond cutter, weighs one hundred
and twenty-five karats and is valued
at seven hundred thousand at the very
lowest This is the most perfectly cut
Of any of the diamonds, for its owner,
a professional diamond cutter, could
see no beauty in it until he had faucet
ed its entire surface and made it glow
like the sun.
THEY ARE IGNORANT.
I thought while we stood there that