Show JAUE MINES OF where they lie and the methods of working them new awk limes according to a recent british official report on burmah the jade pro ducine country is partly inc loBed by the aad urn rivers and liea between the twenty fifth and airth parallels ot latitude jade is also found in the district and celebrated oi all jade deposits is reported to be a large fahir overhanging the a branch of that river and distant eight or nine days journey from the confluence of the urn and of this aliff called by the chinese trad era Mant clune or difficult of ac ceba nothing is really known as no traders have gone there at least twenty years within the jaide tract described above small quantities of stone have been found at many places and abandoned quarries are numerous the last old baay of any eize is sanka Bito atod seventy roiley northwest of Mo gaung the largest quarries now being worked are situated in the country of the the largest mine ia about 50 arda long 40 broad and 20 deep the season for jade operations begins in no ember and lasts till slay the most productive quarries are generally hooded and the labor of snarr nn is much increased thereby la february and when alie floor of the pit can be kept dry for a few hours by bailing im fires are lighted at the baab of the stone A careful wath wat h is then kept in a tremendous libat to detect the farat when this occurs the attack the ainu with picka xea ard hammerl ham merB or detach por ions by on levers inserted in the cracks the heat is almost insupportable the labor severe and the mortality among the workers high tho karlins claim tho exclusive right of working alie and there ia not much disposition on the part of outliers to interfere traders content with the stone from alie kachians Ka chins all payments are made in rupees and buhruan or barmo stan brokers are employed to settle atio picc the jale ia then taken by shan or to mamia Kyanka eik one days journey irom tomo thence it is carried by down a email flaws into the river about three miles below and down the river itsell to Mo aung the of the jide bract kabei deviea five ahil lings on ayery load of ja ie that leaves the country the local chief at laraia takes another and the farmer of the duties an ad valoree valorem duty 0 s1 sa per cent the kachians and chinese collies who work in the mines pay to the bansi 10 per cent of the price they get from the jade merchant the farming of the jide j ide duty of per cent ad valoree valorem for the year ending june 30 1888 sold for |