| Show 1 i J I ir 1 i j j j 0 D i I 1 I A 0 I I N I 1 1 i L r S t 0 R i ii A M i ii j H 1 f Correspondence GO HL Y South Africa I n Tho TI o manager l nil 11 thu U great reat 1 diamond 1 lug about I y is an I American m 5 is Is i t l son iq of Mr Gardner GardneL F Williams I lom t II sI took t of n the mines lit il the ho hoI I the De Je 13 dors ors company was 01 g d anil nuil who Managed ina g d them tiem until k I thre years ago ago i X Hams oi fl it ih he mines h S the e eN fN N source spur of oC tho dl supply tot oC T hud th i Q j about 20 years cars and UI In that th they 1 n almost 30 worth i h of or arid paid out In dividends d Since Sl c his hl soil luis luia luisI I l een handling g them they lh ha l n 1 n tho neighborhood ot r 5 a n year and ad lie prospect pro Is I If f ft I that that they will wil pr duco millions milons an 1 f for or years to l come ome 35 Y dHE lH lANAU H OF OV THE l DE EI lS CO ANY t I is ls u big thing lOI ba the manager 1 n 1 ofa company this Jt l means tho t control of or n army lim ot oC wage II O gic l t n t led ledr r V hi march to 0 and d equal I Su I V to tho Standing army of the tho United f States SIleS our r war Vl with 1 During Du ng two years Mr i 1 ulna ul lias Ius had on his pay roll tho c I o of ot men This ThIl Y number tl b r has J bj bon Deduced ild ed since tho lh C i American panic but still t up l ij closi I l It It will bo bI cen ed times improve All Al off u these thesel l ri lo bote l and tho supplies which h they tl consume cost millions X Tho Jy great pipes pl s which l 1 I I TJ now here lerl ure the m er f They I oust vast l with I 11 cl the IO v a l with f 1 i their miles InneS at of cubs ear cars acres or over 17 square Most 1 iJ OI CI i r tho th a 1 n oC ro farm nl Tho ho diamond i I JT washing works und and mines of I Beers 13 el company hero hero would ud about 72 ms square that area arelt I humming wl with t Industry stry Nearly Nc every square quare off t It Iti i yields moro more of 01 less Iss value tt it hasi hiS io to have gUards gu df to tot i t wat i It and greatest econ i roq the t from leaking ng 1906 oy j li tho oyer l no i c I r JI 1 e 11 lon and f a I Supplies for tor tho th men men 0 t wl haxe to 1 fed fel Jr In walled l f oUI i ilg std r l r t tor s hey s d db J 11 b p ot I PF melt They bot tl mi s bk d r 1 with lio v 1 r Ile Ilet 1 Co upp S nr esen t c I took h i iren t th rr an 1000 r 1st cirs THu THuI I j t nv Uin och s which came fr St I r r i board le rind b is br e a iii lie It lt rah rn high Into hun hune e j n t J tho H l com coin ij IY 1 n n u 11 bf f C 0 l h If Ins III u I lis In and ant about lin It I has I ns 3 O leos rals ing i Its Hs horses hOls lind lt mules il electric le r I ti 1 hotel hot l alid hospitals arid It the town of o l l s 11 of oC hb bO the thC l li tt ag r haiS tIKi little th 1 A DIAMONDS DIA it I was 11 In II pf oC tho De Dc Heers c that t it J had a fal with h the tho thoI mail I who controls all hl llio l Institutions l H II Williams ss li ly i ct t cr YC age uFe He U iri In States rind ld educated lit lt Cornell Cornel rind I d tlc of 01 Call Cul Jib he 10 out f hero t ars t l O ll lils Cr u When tho latter hl r retired In 1903 lip hi was elected In II then il cr he has hus been In chargo IC 11 tl Bo properties hare li lo During DurinS lg talk lalk with him tho subject bt C t dij dl mond demand camo ci nc up lP and lio I o replied r pJ rl that it t hud been geal occurred oe to that thul the world was taking the UI of oC flu H KImberley output and tho had but oni arIU l fow Cn on hand hal l Th Worn prosperous and c they were buying db H idS ns a YI before This was es especially e So 10 t In the United which was w s almost l noil Of OC all 1 iJ produced Jl Then the panto cl nc and our dropped dl tho De om lild an nn enormous norm ls ot on onIs Its Is floors tO und arid It I has been 1 cn ablo to lo re 11 cuc Its expenses without ut any nl danger of C bellg to lo the e d dot of ot the near Ia ulu tho h l aro running with wih a n much decreased force arid I ul they thoy will wi be bl nt Improve until nt lh times I AMERICAN MARKET 1 RUT RUTIn In talking l wI Mr about th American markot 1 alke him what whal kind of ton u oro purchased by byus us He r bY The Tho very best besl The rho finest and pur purest est of g to the United States an l within years that countr has been b en by byJ farour faroul best eurt lor e I For some Homo time It Il took two of all al ti diamonds londs we mined I ti past palt year el r or so HO It has h M bought oven more Wo Vo send also l ln stones there th re Thelo la Is laa Isn a n country c for dia diamond mond mord Engagement nga t rings in fact wo r ut the onh p whom wh mi every young y ng li I ho Io a diamond ring to his sweetheart lo loal seal al the l o tot ot This Is Isso so the custom man IOs p grooms 1 aro now buying such s ch SO rings on tho installment plan ard there ther is a n regular gular business bUles of ot selling oh 01 Jlong at so much luch Town down much per month until paid largely as wed and Ild as IS birthday gifts AMERICAN DIAMOND D CUTTERS In ro go goto goto to States Mr tr Williams I asked d The most m l lh m are ar first cut In ot Europe was WI the tho Vo have havo a l duty dul of ot 10 cent c nt ou 0 euti cul diamonds Industry In but tho f l that lh l of oC tho por at l aro 10 In II the shape cut I A AI f I Ir ITH I I II r i THE TH DE BEERS COMANS AT T i Ht shows Rh s that thai tho tariff Is not high llo gh f I t purpose In II the lh United States Imported 1 about 00 worth of Ir diamonds ul of only worth were In tho thorough rough while worth were cut cul Il Holies los n diamonds aro aO free reo of or ord duty d l But Mr Williams arc lie cuter tp l lh Ro ot Eu Can tho stories sl nes bo be as aR beautifully bel shaped and polished at honio as abroad 1 Yea Yi Our diamond cutters eulers aro main mainly ly Iy from tr Holland the tho n most of oc thorn learned loar trade tm t be bc foro they emigrated c As lM It Ii n w wo w hivo over u h workmen h tn In and about Now ork which Is c of the Industry This Is num bor por compared with the tho thousand q em eJ 1111 plo pd In Antwerp and ald t Sl SAWING AND DIAr DIA DIAMONDS MONDS Tho business pf ot diamond cutting has as materially l changed of oC lato years ems continued Mr Williams We have havu now dIamond saws 18 by b which hl h wo we can canut cut ut s from r i a l lam nd mako make two or more Inor diamonds but ut b oC one oC saw which h Is most commonly c used I At poInt Mr ns mo a popper cOPIer disk dl k about t as thick as lS my thumb nail nai and as rs big around as lS the bottom of a teacup tc cup The rhe metal was comparatively i soft and J I could not sea e how It could ul a n diamond I which is I harder than tho of Mr 1 I Williams ms said that the tl wheel wl cl was dipped In diamond cl dust and 11 the t dust cUHl did the tho cutting c It I Is on this same Ramo principle that h t all al 10 ground ground and sold Mr ll Williams 1 11 IH The Tho only thing thin cut ji jt diamond dilmond Is ii a d i Itself am all ul polishing must be done with wih diamond dust In th cutting establishments this Is done don on flat lat wheels wheel of oC soft HOf Iron as a big as a Inner dinner plate pi ale which are arc so 1 moved by b machin cry that they the go around arond at the rato ot oC 2000 revolutions a IL minute These wheels are covered co with wih a n of t lu dust and Ind water and Ind the precious tones stones fastened Into Inlo cement ore pressed presed upon upon hs 11 wheels hc ls and nl ground off orr Into Inlo the facets which so Increase their brilliancy Thc Tho Ip ting of oC diamonds is oi c by other diamonds might bo called cale dia diamond dIamond mond knives Tho latter later aro fixed In cement and Ind are aro used to lo split the dia dla diamonds mOl monds at the he which tho stones frequently have h ve There aro Ire some som something thing Jlko Iko men and wor cn employed in the cutting and polishing Industry of ot Amsterdam An and they lh handle gems j ms worth many mil millions 11 lions l lR y of dollars every year he greater part ot oC tho Do Beers output is II cut Cuti In Europe and the tho center o otho oC tho Industry Is It It IS If said that moro more than Is paid pale out ont In wages to lo the diamond of f that city every year and andl that l it there are ale something lel 60 fac Cac factories tories torleA in li thc cutting and une pol polishing l aro done il I Mr tr on Williams whether we weW would W Ule havo n It diamond famine n ld heard mines vere H Any Am statement l nt of that kind true Wo Vo to UM for fO many years and we i shall rI ali probably Ir Q most o ot or th for several generations gone i lt ls now li wo we have something so tO loads t blue c containing tho cUa our there al between b beell arid lil 1 loads In hi In n the tho Do Beers thele are ara more than l to t bo po taken out 00 ats t Icv ot l apil In the moro lo o the t level which Q h ivo now I reached r d In tho ess lo aro loads the tho level Jc and Inthe In th loads ads above the tho 7 amount amount In th above tho level to which we 0 have sunk tho about loads louds All I told we wo have havo somewhere ro between l n and 70 loads of ground on our floors and in I sight Tho he amount washed and crushed was WIS over loads and that that produced pro ced dl m l ds h realized l about At Al the th rate of oC washing the tho blue on tha floors and in sight last for f I over OC eleven years fars and would pro produce pr duce Inco considerably over worth of diamonds ou reached a n point in any oC or th pipes the tha diamonds have hac played lal out 1 asked No 0 h number and value of C the he if R If C v i i t 0 T i r r J stones if ei In 11 tho UI various l 11 p hayo 1 0 not but down Increased a nl A Wo Q havu S golit golt Y hold lII own ob At Al the ll lamber l lI l Iby I fo c IO Hal 1 below the tho the thel l gr f t ini l as all way dov dowhIn JI In Ual ho Ii Dui Beery D f we wo lIl arb IQ down rC 1 2000 OIO I and In the ind tho Dt liI liIl tie st constantly fol 36 and ld lt It ils l that lh i ha Ii i l l JC rho AVes Vei Melton Bulf toh D i have h o altogether ll gell i an lin area ulo L al l foi foie land e tn s I largo Jl gO tH thO Kh anil DC D Beers Dee s and un cn an II Ll ot i l bomi J i from l ot tho n lire I still HUl l a l ground ItI nH iu anil ll r ol I Is no reason ra on onlo to lo t that tat tho diamonds dl may la not go im UI fu In II ll i ns 0 In hi and tho Iho De Beor Bers s y the prospect IK I hal will wi bp no o diamond dl mo i for fOl many IH ny many l years c Js to l i come c Jn DIAMOND Ir p pr s m about boul o dia diamond mond teJ pipes f Do D they th occur nl I ln uio world than thaL here heres Aes X s There re OIO hii II s a a i table ono being PI mine mile laP pipes hear Syracuse Sy acu c cN II Ni N el ed lt with uio exception j li pt ot c South Africa u the th ground gJ uld t doeK dia diamonds monds I understand the th lira nr I Illin llin ds tf und h assort bt f fi i springy sandstone ton 1 Arc ro the lan hI s regular In No they th r vary val as ns th y go 0 down i vard ard H mino u t tho top is sl ip d 1 a licar I ur At Al a n of K n few hundred feet It bo b comes n 0 lk a gourd and It l s on Oil I nom 0 places I the tho J cl walls w Js out o t and In they contract C l so that wo can cani Hot i t J tell 1 Just 1 w they will vJ I n nl I direction lis I g ih iA DE 1 i I There is one thing that sl uld be beald OlO said ald In to lo the lh part ot or the world cd Mr lr Is I a Williams Tl o mining proposition un It well only because lt Il Is II scientifically only and economically handled h arid Indeed ona large how li to get ge diamonds Ji I the Di t 6 have fo r r rth to every c al H Is Ib u a bal balIn In th Nov Ol Ie ier t c a d 1 lolas big as 0 anc that It has t o found d lalen out o othin thin great mass l and rock you yoi i lt tho problem pr Is place p e wo we have hIv to lo blast hlat tho blue ground Wo then carry and allow ni ow It to lo 10 Olt h open for fOI ono year to lo soften It I After that It must bo washed I l crushed r shed and handled again fg ln to find the th stones All AI means menns an un enormous amount Im at DC labor lab r as y U as ns expensive machinery u HUU U u IJ en 1 1 Ye iut ut it t pays Pl s I f It d vs 3 L l The h yalu of ot I f Q r Ii 1 ihl l tj s J l t is l J 1 U r r iIi JU In IHU tl o nl c n V I an i l a told tol about t j l al s tiro t iCk h up i p l by Id r lo l pi nt rt thu h mines l nl sith g out Oi tho I ill A weighs In nt Q 1 I l st e iI lil bf a Jh IeH q q round l anil lio ooSt ost y of o 1 i mines s hut but they well TRAIN WHICH f ED After I the tho I no mined Ce and n l d tf aro oW d to tho diamond i 1 visited l 1 tle of ir offices of Ihl his lon Iu the Dis DI DIn fc n company COr building b I il toole u 1 l ol nl I vaults milts lii hi lH ol h l g lire l cut shipped to lh ui London Londe ll They are arc tient enl thi r by Iy mall nal n ll In II lC d cl tt g mall cars a to o Cap j Town t tto PJ i tho 1 big Ig Ht or line Tho s which i Ino tho six or s v mi hundred miles os of or track a l from fr nl j thO Capo of or 1 Good oot u with safes which 11 I built bf for forth th lil J Tho steel sl l H on tho ure ii us hs I It I depart I l Not long ii a I diamond lloC got Idea that thal IC this steel sl I plate a 1 Ill n i or diamonds cl o Inlo his hand haI Hb Ho for cr hla hl worle by under tho ear be foro fOlo lt Il started a Tie He hud hIlt 0 II bOi him and lay there ero on IH Jils during tho hll t trl t c the jd i y hb he drilled 49 holes up through ti He Ho luid tho th floor f or phito jurt jurt about Io so and was sawing with wih a n steel sL saw from fro I o loll to another pI lW something Iad ho howins when wins discovered and ane hev he dropped pin OU and WIS ran Tho rho alarm ll a I falsoi ono one and lib h inight easily have a 0 gotten tho el IY ild diamonds lamolli had hll failed him TI ns years eu and thoi the safes havi haYI been he ago n IKO 0 ocd and fortified cl that tm It would lio he Impossible l iq cut c t tl ugh them It would seem ho I Voyer that they th y might easily he be hold hol up by robbers and hut a I Ilo dyna trin or would to tolay lay their bare baro to ho yc It Is I very surd lure that such enormous values I Gould could nt bo regu regularly r gu carried over ncR tho western bt or the United States without great danger FRANK i ANY G CARPENTER l |
