Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-18

nght each other.
After a diamond reaches the weight
or tfty knrutn. it n hard TO estimate rs
value. the guide told me. and above nf-
~ kufata the value o. necessarily a SOM
umontnl one. A diamond rich IN his-
turiD Importance will soll Tor more han
one NJ tho same Size and weight which
u recently mined, The Imperial kim
bgrl'y diamond owned by Is syndicate,
ana which weighs ono Hundred ana
elEhty hmiH. o. valued ut one million.
The kohln0or, tho british crown iew-
% which ~ OF r. weight OF only ono
hundred and dix inrntH II valued nt
hNo million. Ftll I thought nH b. told
mo that I would ho willing 20 accept
oven the Kimberley diamond nt its mill
ion, and would trust to time Tor the
historic interest
\ WONDERFUL STONE.
The liopo blue diamond. which in the
/ only blue diamond in the world of any
imporiuuce. weighs f1rty-fpur EuwtH
/ and Or valued 90 two hundred thousand
dollars Tho NATHAN. uornoo din
mnui, Or the only pHir-ahupod diamond
| OF note in existence and 10 valued nc
Two Wllliunu, 10 lH owned by tho itninh
of Nathan and woIghs three hundred
] ana tiNiy-aCNru hurntn
u o. tho constant desire of the over
HoriH. H1 the Guide chartered 90 mo me-
We stood there watching tho workers
lnll tho buckets with tho dirty cargo.
% discover n large diamond. az course
there ~ no way ri doing this exec. by
Increasing tho amount uf work done in
o. certain time, thus Increasing tho por-
couilrr Of probability. n suporiu-
I trndeut ~ able 90 send up twenty buck.
riH from his gallery while hts urIEhhnr
ln another rnllory can only ret HlE
buckets out uf tho same corps OF work.
men, the man who has aUut up twenty
stands q much bUttrr chance Uf s0ni-
lnF "a big diamond up Co hlH employer
man mo one who haa raised only flN
buckets.
The guido told mo romantic tales ~
lho Austrian yellow brilliant owned by
Emperor FrlnE josef 10 weighs ono
hundred and thlrtyulue karata and b.
valued nt seven hundred thousand dol.
lars The NhnhH Persian diamond.
which n very ancient ana la now owned
hN The Gear Of Russia. has Fo many
legends connected with % that itH value
hlH risen Co. nearly two million dollars
though q weighs only uirhty-Hlx l,lglta
Tho yellow Kimberley iH kept Boa tho
rough ana ltH syndicate VIII not part
With n Just yet 10 weighs four hun-
drcd and twuuty-vlght kuuta and ita
value ~ now over i've hundred thou.
gnnd dollars cutting might disclose
iluw ana therefore partly destroy 90
value. 90 they are reluctant about dl-
yldlng II just now
The star of tho South. % Brazilian
diamond which o. owned by Costof the
diamond ruttHr WDigh1 one hundred
and twenty-five kurutg ana ls valued
ut tuyan hundred thousand az tho very
lowest This d. the most perfectly cut
uf any or the diamonds. fur itH owner.
u professional diamond vuttor. could
see mo- beauty in % until Dc had faucet.
~ ils vnilfH surface and maeo 10 glow
like the sun
THEY ARE IGNORANT.
thought while We stood there that
n these men who were working and
sweating over their dirty task could
have the pleasure M Hrrlug those mHra
vrluuH stones which the guido described
On such wonderful language. they
might De melted Co work harder and 90
think thrlr task moro pleasing onr.
Instance, o. s1 brilliant that o. ia uf.
serted that ita rays can Do rHan even