Show EARTHS RICHEST RUBY MINES carl center of world star store of pr I stones Is I 1 known to ta 0 be located 1 in upper burma the world s I 1 center tot 1 Is M kogok ak la in upper burma some 70 0 mile north of mandalay Uan dalay here are the great rub ruby mines mine one a of burmas most valuable ran naph my bays the U london weekly telegraph indeed not bol wy only does this country produce the finest of these covet td fl gems being but they are recovered in wh suh quantities a aa to enable her to dominate the market few are m aware that weight ight for eight by I 1 U r a I 1 ue than a diamond it to Is estimated that one the color of pigs pigeons blood weighing ova barats carats am will ill bel 11 for far t ten times brues tie the value avaloa ot of a diamond of at the same weight furthermore ther more the price increases iD Creases with the site ize of ill the atone alone A As the ibe byon byca or mirth earth canta containing lull 9 the a coveted gems Is taken train from tha ground granad it la Is placed in a great revolving tub U sum here it is wre screened ed and all 11 1 e earth th removed by water th the cabla residue i ie the then tipped on the sorting tabi able A white overmeer ov overseer carefully examines t tha he pile selecting the true gem eema from the tha worthless ort bleas debris it if he be 8 lucky he may at one a aborting ti 9 find gems worth many uti u its or of dollars while or on the mb I 1 er hand the th yield may be but a bure dred dmd dollars or two the yearly output of rut rul lea from these mines total about onil |