Show south aarl african nn diamonds thor there Is 15 an all exhibit mido made by tho South african diamond company of the kill karn berly diamond fields land and of alt all that thai 19 16 shown to in the building this ibis draws most visitors visitor tho the space pace la ill largo large nod oil li it Is enclosed in ID an air ebony and plato plate glass on 00 closure la Is the treat part of this lure Is fa shown the ibe process of cutting and polishing diamonds and there la Is lo in this ibis front part also a exhibit of diamonds just AS they are taken laken from lite ibo blue earth and also alao masses of the blue earth from which tho the diamond crystals allow tiomir up most moil conspicuously within a glass case thoro are these uncut sto imondi lifis it li Is the of evor ever mado on the Awo rican continent at tablet tables around th the room workmen ai a lu 1 story day roahine of workshop are dressing and polishing lb be game aia the machinery which li Is ore era P loyed Is s kept la in motion by power CUTTING TUB ta in cutting those rough stones the be arst top Is 1 to a let act ilia uncut cr crittl amsl in a dear shaped mm mass of lead land and ben the stone Is I 1 firmly la in its place by mount of an aa iron a am in the leaden massin which th ill stone LOU IS 1 lb us got it fixed luta IULO ran an instrument ment not unlike an old fashioned I 1 I 1 buol jaek the tb next ml stop Is to set t a circular steel I 1 table lu motion it to ll room I 1 nit at a ad of twenty flys allt hundred revolutions I 1 liar abr tolo otal oil Is I 1 ahon poured pound on to ill tho table sell aad diamond if dun UAL IS RaL erod apoe upon the OIL tit tho rough dis monal li then applied a the 9 surface of tho the table anti and hold there by t tho he workmen workman until at the end nd of about an hour boor thorn Is a small facet cut on the stone tho the position portion la Is the then in changed find and another facet ear and so 0 o tho ho wor work k proceeds edi until the ibo stone li Is pro properly erly dressed for polishing pol iune fro biallo the sionag to in its rough state has checks or haws flaws arid and this Is most generally the elio case it Is carefully split and all of the affe affected cLed parts cut cub carefully away after which tho the cutting culling process Is entered into as described above aboe weeks of hard and patient labor are ar pa passed ased U upon pon ibo be cutting of a single stone sod and tho the slightest mistake on oa the ibo part of a va borkman ork man la Is TO RUIN ann A OEM 0 of f tho the greatest value to watch this process of labor in tho the cutting culling rf of thoo jonm ahe racmel pleasure that tho the worlds lnor coo furnish to tho the worlds world fair visitors there la is always alway a ajam jam and a crush crash the roon men ore at work and around this structure at tail all hours tio of the iho day there aro are ever a baur liar to in catch a glimpse of tho the gems boms in their corlius stages stai roii of dressing thin la a the It irking place of pick pockets and rid thieves at all times and no doubt thero there have bavo been ino 0 pocket books loss at that hut point thao than elsewhere la in the fair since its tit opening lo in elio rear mar pin part of the tb diamond cutting apartment apar Lineol there ibero aro are man inon sitting at little tables in each hand la Is hold bold a 6 pine stick to tire ilia end of which Is attached a mass of cad similar to those used at tho five arri table aud and its in elio ond 01 if of this thin load lead thorn there Is fixed a diamond these to ino ticks sticks arid and leads tit chor lhor we two diamonds are ara rested apon rhoul dors rising from ibo elio table und arid tho facets aro are vigorously rubbed agraan olier for hours arid and hours to cut away the ibe rough face or of the stone arid and to la other cases to put the onal final polish upon tho the little face facets 13 evon even with modern improvements the C of diamond Is every avery AND SLOW pr weeks land and oven avail months ore are required to finish a tine arko argo stone itono in tho the rear compartment ol of the south african lif pavilion thore Is an is of arid and false also of adires 9 and aerts copper oro ore iron ore zinc and coil coal and also of the country rocks of that thai part of the ilia world there Is a magal fr cons office fitted filled up in connection wilb other parts of the pavilion in this there aro are reaps maps of tho thi kimberly district arid and there hangs thero alio portraits of tho the officials of that thai great diamond cor horation por po atlon ration tire kimberly diamond company to add to the interest of tills this ox biba Is a full fiill fizor model nork w k ings in tao central part par of the llou lu in this we boo the elio gravel taken up by moans means of buckets on an air on acts chain the blue earth and travel gravel in hica a iho he stories stones are found whon when this Is brought to the surface li Is loft left exposed to the atmos atmosphere phare lor for several weeks during which time it disintegrates and fitted for throwing into the separator once in the separator or THE GRAVEL 19 13 WASHED c clear ear of all ilia iho sedimentary clay and 14 then overhauled by a system of screen until esery diamond Is removed in the tamo same ground with those aro are found emeralds omeral dat sapphires sapp hires and gar bir but t usually too euial to bo of much value to guard those treasures and keep an arguo eye upon every avery interest iDla there are always in atten fatten danco two stalwart sal wart zulu negroes negro cs who never ciago walking around tho the exhibit fellow are at 0 rl gi gantle build do not speak peak english and to make it doubly tor for the lh public they frequently dress drags stark naked save lava a feather belt land and spear the are ar of the famous amous fighting zulu olo ale meet which the english government found so eo difficult to taken collectively the iho south african exhibit Is ono one of the ibe most interesting on the grot gromad iod moro more than one trill 1 0 1 people monthly view it 16 and on 0 avory r visitor it makes an impression never to bo be forgotten forg |