Show at the fair the exhibit of minerals and precious atones at the worlds fair in chicago will ha unusually complete and interesting the diamond deportment under direction of a company from south africa will be more closely studied than anything else for here in a mass of blue stuff will be hidden worth of diamonds some of which wil every day ba washed out put on the polishing wheel in the prence of th public the old ways of diamond mining lib the old ways of gold washing are gone never to return and the industry is now reduced to the same matter of fact business as manufacture the entire process from shoveling the clay to the work of dredging washing in rotary machines sorting pebbled and cutting and polishing will be seen addly the ee beers and kimberly mines will supply most of the material it is about a quarter of a century since old farmer de beers eat under a tree watching his little girl roll a pebble on his lawn A trader named oreilly happened to pass and the glitter of the plaything attracted his notice examination proved it to be a fine diamond prospectors came swarming in as soon as the news bad got about and foai years later the farmer was glad to sell his farm for to get rid cf the f mob up to 1876 worth ol 01 gems had been taken out of his j farm but he w is probably satisfied foche bei longed to an nn excitable race ex change I 1 |