Show diamonds tit the fair the exhibit of minerals and precious stones at the worlds fair in chicago will be unusually complete and interesting the diamond department under direction of a company from south africa will be more closely studied than else for here in a mass ot blue stuff will be hidden worth of diamonds some of which will every day bo washed out nd put on the polishing wheel in the of tha public the old ways of diamond mining like tho old ways of gold washing are gone never to return and the industry is now reduced to the game matter of fact business as manufacture the entire process from shoveling the clay to the work of dredging washing in rotary machines sorting pebbles and cutting and polishing will be seen daily the ee beers and kimberly minea will supply most of the material itu about a quarter of a century since old farmer de beers sat under a tree watching Us little girl roll a pebble on hit lawn A trader named oreilly happened to pass and the glitter of plaything attracted his notice examination proved it to be a fine diamond prospectors came swarming in as as the news had got about and foul years later the farmer was glad to sell his farm for to get cd of th mob up to 1876 worth of gems had been taken oat of hia farm but he wa probably satisfied for be b longed to aal unexcitable race ex change |