The chronicle=news., 1913-03-20

Dwins.' are interesting and very
profitable TO the miner, for almost
| all tho mountain ranges have a base
Of limestone covered with rcd clay
or vegetable soil and In the or,crops
OF the Limestone the entrances TO the
caves are easily round. The ramiflca-
tions OF these caves seem endless.
sometimes extending for miles. often
very narrow and occasionally OPEN
ing into large cayerns.
II IL Il hazardous work for the
miner crawling along tho passage
way. but he IL we'll rewarded. for the
"hyon" is OF sandy nature. and while
the stones are fewer they are OF bet-
ter quality and larger.
When tho Burma Ruby Mines. Ltd
started to operate in 1889 much was
expected from the application of new
Ideas and European skill. hut the ex-
l.ccIaIlpnR were not realized for sOin~
time. Several new plans were tried
out without success. until n simple
enc WAS applied for working the
allmvial deposit In thO-~Sallcys ny
means of powerful pumps which re-
move tho water from the pits. and
tho top sOii having hecn discarded
ihcH traiun Of ruby dirt or 'byon" u
run away In trucks TO rotary pans
uEd a pulsator. aH In the diamond
mines OF Kimberley.
i!cfor" the annexation Of the coun-
Try TO the British empire in 1856 the
workings In the Mogok district were
the monopoly al the burmese sov.r-
ciEns and worked solely under the
royal licenses. the mines being aliot- |
ted to licensed miners who not only |
paid for tho privilege hut wcr" con
pcllcd to hand over TO the king ali |
stones above a certain weight or cx-
CeedinE 900 rupees In valur In ru-
pec Is worth 32 centsJ. and whether |
tho finder received anything In re.
turn rested solely with the soycr-
eign's GOOD nature.
A. might be expected under these
all kinds OF trouble re-
suited. Tho royal monopolistS con-
stantly suspected tho miners OF break
Ing up tho larger stones into smaller
oncs and by this means nvoidin.
turning them over to the man high-
cr up" hut from subsequent cxpcr-
lcncc II is quite probable that II was
only occasionally that large stones
were found. FOR really fine rubics
larger than three carats are rarc In.
Iced. and whom found. especially II
they are OF inc color. like the Mogok
pigeon blood command tremcn- II
lous price.
Large rubics arc indeed far from
and thos" found In the ear ID
" days w"ro icalously guarded by
hc burmese sovereign. According To Ii
itrcctcr. the first that ever came to ID
Europe were n pair brought over In IL
Ss5. at a time when tho burmese |.
ting felt pressed for money. Ono OF d
hcsc stones. rich In color. was orig. IL
nally cushion shaped and weighed
!: l.: cnrats. Tho other was u blunt |,
lrop in form and weight ~ carats.
10th were cut in London. tho former
educcd to 32 5-lG carats and the le
after TO rs 9.iG carats, and sold for II
$4,000 and 100000 respectively.
An immense ruby weighing 400
arats In reported to have been found
n burma. hut II was broken into
hrco pieces and tho report In that
N. OF them WAS sold uncut In Cni-
utta for 3:?3.313. a fine ruby
snown M "GroHa iiok." or tho Drag
IN Lord. weighed for,y-iivc ca'ats
II the rough. twenty-five carnis after
he cutting process, and was said to
10 the finest al Its size ever seen. In
1887 stSno Of forty-ninc rnrai~ was
'ound and In 1890 ono Of 80 cnrats.
recording To Max Bauer. who treats
he discovery or the i00-carat stone
mentioned as simply an
invcriflcd report. |.
Tavcruicr stated that he knew OF
wo rubics owned by tho king OF Eix-
pier In India which weighed 30 81
md 1. l.: carats. and which he val
led At 5000 and .i.55O francs re-
pcciivtly. King Ava was reported
% have had II ruby The size OF II hens
'gg mounted .s an ear pendant. while
Kaiser Rudolph n. of Germany was
to POSSESS a ruby Of flaw
esq beauty. also the size Of u hens
'gg. and valued at $IcO.00o.
To feel strong. hnvs good appftite
snd digestion. sleep soundly and en-
oy life. usc Burdock Blood Bitters,