Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-02

the bandagc- when they reach thc n't-
tom. thus Keeping their eyes in focus
for immediate work. They use hats OF
palm leaves to protect their heads from
the stones and earth which IAN upon
them from the sides of the shafts
Their product is sold 90 the trust and
AZ such rates that they cam make but
little more than fair wages.
The Burmese OH company has tl pay
a royalty to the government. but DO ls
largely protected by the administration
and there is little chance for outside
competition The best of It's present OH
fields cover only about 100 square
miles
BURMA'S OIL BEFlNERIEs.
During my stay at Syrian / have
gone through the rchnerics. The man
ayers claim that they are the largest
of the world. saying that they surpass
any owned by the standard OH CONE
pany. which does its business in small
cr institutions widely scattered
throughout tho United States.
The works here at Syrian cover a
hundred acres on more. They arc sit
uatcd ON the banks of Che Irawadi.
about rs miles from IT'S mouth. The
river Is fun Of silt and it has built mp
great sand bank just opposite the
landing 500 that ships cannot come
close except at high tide The silt is
So great that the little lake. inside the
works, used ass q water supply has t1
be dug out to "a depth Of six or eight
feet every year ! saw hundreds OF
coolies cNCavatiug this now dry Lake.
They were taking out dirt which looked
like cement. and carrying 10 away u
baskets ON their heads The deposits
of tho lraWadi are So rapidly filling
the bed Of tho river that jettios sim-
liar TO those we nave at the mouth of
the Mississippi viii probably be- put I'm
went through the works with tho
superintendent, ScotChman named
Bishop, I had my camera with me.
but he objected 10 my photogIaphinE
the rcnnories, although ne allowed mo
10 take snapshots 81 the labOrcrs and
the scenes outside the plant.
/ shall not attempt 10 describe tho
processes. except to say that enormous
furnaces are kept hot with Oh fires and
that the boilers above them have pipes
To- catch the vapor as the oil boils. Re
timing petroleum Is much Ike distilling
whisky The crude oil is heated TO e
vapor which flows off into the cold
pipes As II strikes them this cone
densos and runs of as pure oil.
WAX CANDLES FOR BUDDHA.
In tho meantime. the residue is ear
iAfA ANNAil bhlAiNl W. A''AAhAf hIIAlA "II AhN'
oil has been won. A part of what is
left Is turned into wax. and I'm the end
there is a product which ls made into
"a coke superior to that from coal Tho
wax Is used chiefly for candles. which
are made here I'm great quantities 90 he
used In the worship OF Buddha. Any
one who can burn a candle before
shrine acquires merit and the bigger
the candle the greater the merit. For
this reason. the candles are Of an sizes
from wax matches 90 great round.
tapering cylinders six and "a half feet
tall and as thick as am elephants
leg such "a candle brings about
$40. or 30 rupees II viii burn ~ hours
and II consumed at shrine win add
much to ones chance of reaching Nir-
vana.
MACHINERY AND LABOR.
The machinery OF SYRIAN is up to
date. II Us nearly AN English, although
there are some Yankee inventions cm-
ployed. The institution has cau-mak
ing factories, and the oil is run INTO
the cans on the premises.
The labor of the mills is almost alto
gethor East Indian. About 5000 men,
women and boys are employed, the
children ranging in age from 10 years
upwards I saw little Hindus who
should have been I'm school packing
candles, carrying heavy loads and do
ing AN sorts of work. They labored
with their might and their wages were
q few cents day. We rode about
. through the works ON "a trolley car
pushed by four Hindus and before
leaving took "A ride on a big automo-
bile IN and out among the great tanks
where the oil is stored There are
something Ike 40 or more Of these
tanks. each marked 100000 gallons.
.fI has thor rIHnIff.a Ia
Dunneedaw. on the opposite bank OF
the Irawadi. and IL is steadily adding
to its works II makes IFS own bargcs
and has almost as many departments
as the STANDARD. ! understand that the
oil prices are rising and that the value
OF tho field has quadruplod in the last
year or so. The whole country is now
being prospcctod. with a view Co find
ing new Oh territory
WHERE RUBGEs COME FROM.
Next To coal OH. the biggest monopo-
Is In Burma is Boo ruhiCs This country
produces the finest of such stones ana
furnishes the most OF the worlds sup
ply. The Industry Is iu the hands of
the Burma Ruby Mines company
which rs operating In the Mogok val
ley, about ninety miles from Mandalay
There is a region there 1000 feet above
the sea, covering from 80 10 100 square
miles, which has produced more and
better rubies than any other place
upon earth Al times II yields as
much as "a half million dollars worth
Of rubies a year and about 10 years
ago a single stone was found Weighing
"a carats. which sold Tor moro than
800 600.
The nnc ruby s more valuable than "a
diamond OF the same weight II is cs-
timated that one the color OF pigeons
blood Weighing five carats win sell FOR
10 times the value OF five carat dia-
moud, and that the price will Increase
with the size. a ruby which weighed
II carats was recently sold in England
Tor S35, 600 whereas a diamond OF that
size would not bring more that S. 900
The largest ruby known is one which
came from Tibet. IL weighed 1000