The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-02-07

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forte.- d-aEo11. % -Ll-l . shall pres
ez-Iy tel rll The v-s-seu. workings
az fro- i.u .1 ls" feet 10 ter-h.
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- whlc1 tle auoudifer0us rpck .
eIp.1se-3 . zt;-osD 1e-ic -e1cies % io-
s-re its cisl1teEratio1. thereby fscIl-
taurg the sepsrztl0l q tie earthly ma
tsr-sl frou the tlau0-is 10 The sut,ss
Cus-t p-ocess o zlsllrE
-AH tbs -l.les % i-herIey are Tow
uu6e- tie ownership o. TIE De Beers
Co-s1- dated company TNis cousa ~
s--pgys ahoEt -opu ul.te men and
about ZOO k1rrs 20 the mines aud
Indirectly s-Il1--5 a r5pu,at-gn o. e.
90 90 t1e town - Kimberley. The az
ur1l rroL-c;I5- % TIE mines is from
. ppJ1p0 90 agyJgu crrsts. having
ralce % about So 1yyspl1. This out
PIT could 7 greatly decreased. but IL
restricted 50 ls % admit % The market
absorbing tie product without entail
iuz any reduction .1 tie price % the
diamond The entire product q the
diamond fields o. south Africa % date
that is. FOR e period % about thirty
ye1rs-is somewhat over ffteen tons ln
weight having a value in excess %
so NOON A bo4 about eight feet
square wJud contain al these dia-
u9-is. The net result % mining over
lpoDpJDJO tons u rock. besides the
millions q toss % earth moved in
exploratory ard dead work The life
o. tue mines Is - yet intetermiuable.
but diamond aiming 30 Kir. .berley IN
coub,eAy win continue Tor many years
10 CONE
The diamonds are solI % syudlc6tes
- diamond buyers at from s. 20 s. per
carat The sy-l.cajes agree % take
the e-'.re output q diamonds. regard
less % size. az that price. In this con
ne-t.0n. z you viii excuse the dlE-es-
sion. might mention the history Of the
celebrated Ja-rcrsf9ute!u diamond.
7 his is tie largest stone ever discov.
cred. weighing very nearly 1000 carats
IN the rough about bali . pound avoir-
dupOisI. and "a three aud a half inches
long. about as large as an average
goose egg Il IS impossible TO deter.
mine the value % a diamond OF this
size il IS % good color. but would
not cut well Diamonds lose from 20
70 % per cent Of their size in cutting
Some idea Of its value, however. might
be suggested by the fact that a dia.
mond Of only 80 carats was sold
Few years aGo by the De Beers com
pauy for $4,000. and diamonds. as you
know. increase greatly in value with
increase of size. As yet there are no
bidders for this white elephant The
Jaggerfonteiu diamond which 7 have
just described was found July 2. 1898.
at o'clock. after firing one blast"
Commenting recently on the facts set
forth 10 his address. Mr.. Hammond
made this additional remark.
1t viii be several months, however
before there Is an adequate supply OF
labor for the mines The number Of
workmen needed "a 1900 whites and
10000 kaffirs. The pay Of the Kaffir
is 80 cents a day and his board. White
labor cannot possibly compete with
black labor IN the mines. Owing to the
low grade Of the ore the mines could
not be worked at a profit were white
labor employed. But there Is any
amount OF opportunity In the mining
district for skilled white labor. Mining
fremen. machinists. drill men and car.
penters are greatly needed.
a considerable quantity OF machin.
cry will be required IN the future.
Most Of the machinery will undoubted-
ly come from this country. but the mar
ket will be greater and more profitable
when transportation facilities are ln.