| Show t r C CIti n j d i iI I Iti ft 1 0 1 8 0 I XIT B 11 1 j l i I Pj i y 1 I t I KIr i H f d wa I d i I S 5 md i I I I j m H rOB Ji l r t i it N s w BEING EING iw BRIM t j i il wt tL H t r p fr r P J r I 1 J 1 J Special Correspondence J t I 1 t U The fhe Transvaal aal South If 1 Cr Africa You havo all al heard I rd pt diamond tho I 7 i the tho 1 i L mighty was Wa recent f i i ly presented by I tho oC the tho J I S 1 J I VIrl to ward dward VI is 1 JO in 1 Amsterdam At It Ils is byj by 1 t diamond ever evert t f 1 I Ii l e s or an R 11 dif If It writing th 91 ed e l I 1 f l mine from flom which lt was WJ taken r 1 stand I can l look right f t it 1101 or rather l hel jt for it jR r sized d dt 1 1 1 c v l of g pd 1 th pt Dla Ia t Mho and nl It Is I by far the tho larg l th that j t the left I can fCO great gear Ian 1 entailing cI pul at att t j I g i i hf aio fed d by y the thet t e eL I t 1 L caravan c of oS ears cars which arc Le now I flying i V U It ovar I I that d roadway rIc oaY t f 2 0 f itself 1 lf II With w rk f t ork jj L f r 1 digging but out trie Ih ore oro It on ont t ah H f I ell ure blasting thero lh aro ari laying railroads Ic and farther falth r rI ov g I laWn clown Into l I f SI Ground I o r iid There end oud Mth il mine h e et t cl r t whore th managers I If f cI the work h f t p I f Il der 2000 aud J ti so nii h for a 1 h liI u and u uj 1 i f il or l lt j I l cb I lre tho di n nr l Pt Ii r f i r d rg t back I lc df ie I th thiA IVil J f f railroad tl station I lh Its Ibi hotel iA f i I I 3 f I j forming thu thO pUti i of oC M 1 w i DIAMAND DIA AND lO hAq ti MINE f 1 l lP Jr P d already described mighty f 1 1 I on pipes I aty of Kl il J ll h until lately 9 pel m ll world camol ha e told you pu put J hP hem bya vol ol 1 t of tho tJI 1 1 of through i bf t ic left l ft ti u deposit 51 of oC JJ f i Of thoro wih diamonds 0 f dl lq y H Y been I t I i te downward they fr I t th ll I r rl A rf r th HOr IH y vero iI h top i ln J J l ILli fIli J dul nc Ha f t ll nil al th D fl 1 t tI mm q l j l ln aV I It I t X i i In ld on j jW fM 1 JI It Is W Is POW Il trl quarter of X lor a lie lief fi f li t aid It I nothing but buth mm h lv K Kii t b o j ground wt dla U monds I It contains pre pret t t clOua CJ teh In lii ro than ii fA it fi carats w wre sro UJ during durin ti six 1907 tho output u rore j n million carats i s H It is now no 1 tH only COU years since the brt y niI E tp ti bo worked work d a i since i i ti It has li producing pr l diamonds I l t a per pOl W 1 fJ W iJ very vh h day r f nT l In li and a 1 year put A Ai A t i i diamond a n mt 1 pretty Cut i l would bo vf ry to m Ide Il tot lo In Ini i i Y I oney ha feoli over OI and j 1 within tho 1 yur 91 so Q it I has ben been benl l m donds ng millions a I tn J Bf S THE HE DE BEERS 1 I lP g 1 pi Is comparatively com art ely 1 new The great grent pipes at which DoBe Worked o kd 01 n anil a this mine wah VI cov rd I t was Itu always chief source of the tho worlds of pr ne For th p sL almo flour dla hl and they still sti hav w hundreds of millions produced PIo co n han hl all other th to detic al n woin m y l IcY Ol th Tho ho has ha The Tho P o r d in 1302 1902 As I 1 It ilias Iha already ull ad produced over oyer und and Its Ill size alze Is so 1 enormous ol Unfit UI bo U to tofe fe affect tho Iho diamond market marKut of tho f tule So Sp far thel the mine has I J scarcely been be n It I Jis 1 almost on the thel uH co and it Is II estimated d that thit rat at i nt rato it will take years ea s to t get out around ir und down to t i a depth of aGO feet When It f rem d the tho erl yr 11 7 hai been to u I depth of oC more m r i 2500 feet f ht and that tho iDe Do Boer Is I n more than 2000 Ceet deep tHat shows any a h diminution n of C the I but nut t of o diamonds l l carload al of or blue blu earth euith mined im enormous pos possibilities 11 S of tills mighty might SI u mond pipe can be b appreciated 1 1 pIc rather rathEr at the t I cd Its compare c mp o with wih 1 tho o of II theli tlell brilliancy y N s the th j st fe the th two tw c have C hilo a ng agreement by which hl h I output Is so MO rc JC trl tod as to noti y fl tor and thereby ther b don doyn this thi prices CHAT DIAMOND KING 1 l P During my stay Mr quI Un n JI nty d II Ilia f Cullnan ls rive flon lu donly l fo mn H Dut J oa now I e tho Iho lw rd la 11 u j R h l r rp t l lord p il ny n ic n ii h rr his time works Mr Ir looks I inore re te ra r miner than luin 10 man Imin of 55 ears oC age and Is II tho T of health Ho I nS dark complexion sand dark hair and eyes yes His forehead t ul his 11 straight str und and Ills hil lower lov jaw heavy I un U deI str poor po r and amI o of c his money was made Is el I Aa hoi h got a little lt ahead lcd ho 1 I II ii I contractor arid and as such had a urles series of o lips ups ami downs d ms which loft him at ut the thu ngo of HO fO worth h I L him how l ow l had made mado reat strike I He d Il Diamonds have havo been long known to exist dt In this region fhe were prod H I hero hem years earH ago IO and t ono one alluvial claim hud had pegged out and floated at i pt Q only a sho from is Ti bout four fur years a ago o 1 r was look ins up u this valley ule I found several leads With good indications I ns and they al seemed to go to ar this point go The ho property then belonged to a Dutchman hman who had something of land Ho le was using It tt for 1 A Vii Visit t to Gra Great Mine Mi 1 it A I at tJ p pI ii h land a Talk T its 0 as s to How Hf H D covered d it The I Q Eart o s 3 of fi c he il i r A Million n Carats C of J Six ix Mo ts abe I Millions runs rs in the Binder of Ho HoTh iv Th ig ty S o I to o d Majl I is NO q Guarded G c jH j j jI jI jI 0 I I I I PRE MINE N SHOWS s WRE I I i raising raisin and m l was renting out o t patches nt hes to the tho n about Ho know of tho possibilities of diamonds found In the th land and u d ho h mado mu his accordingly Ho He refused ed lo to losell toS sell S except as a and that foLa lump l oc I or 01 about In AI SUI money mony I hud prospected to know that the ground nd con tall 11 diu and I had no doubt doulE that tho milo could bo boo floated to pay Pl P good profit on the r I put pul in my In own In Induced Indu du to join me Il Ve then alien tho farm and tho result is tho Had you any Idea ie ot or tho enormous s ss Fask d possibilities s of tho property Ko No My Iy wildest widest dream did not reach r ach tho conceptions of this biggest diamond of and of tho of the tho largest diamond over 11 known I thought there might bo b a I diamond 1 upon tho t farm and 1 I was w s pretty Hure that tho tholand land lahd contained enough alluvial dia da diamonds monds to gl us our money mone back bak even if no pI po were 1 discovered cov What was your our original capital It was just the tho same samo that It tt Is to today today day I namely Of this we paid i to the Dutchman who owned the tho lurid lund land tand used the balance as a It working capital tal nd what of the Dutch Dutchman man Ho e Is still living in a little It mud hut not from frol here herc replied Mr I Culnan He H made a n good bargain hl He J paid only for fOI it and ant he got He refused et to tp an option opton on the tl property at t Jl IH three tte months m tn whether I would take lale It I iHo Ho afterward sold another farm which h cost him less than this for so 50 that altogether hore about ot o our money for fol Ills hil lands landH Nevertheless n Etan wealth lie ho still sticks to his mud hI THE PREMIER MINE lNE I Mr lr to tell tol mo I something the Premier mine Ho no It so we really CUlot say ju big it is Tho ho pipe has hal an nn anarea urea area of about about SO acres acre It I IK Is shaped somewhat like Ite a pear peU and tho walls wals are aie almost vertical vertIcal We have havo already sunk diamond drills dris to a depth of a I thousand t et mid haVo lave found din dla I in th blue all 11 tho way WiY down Vodo not I ot know how much moh farther tho pipe extends but probably to a great at depth Hov about the quality of your dla monds It t is I good and lt It improves as wo go down The he diamonds ot of tho Pre Premier mier 10 mine are le usually large Tho ho weighs over oer carats caratH arid wu 10 discovered a number of oj 10 carats each a 0 found C und ono the he other thel day da which looked to me 10 ns as though it had been chipped oft of the Will you not POOH flood for the world rule rate with diamonds if I you yon keep ou on at It this I 1 think not not Whenever Wh n we I times good tho demand Increases os and tho tl people who bit such things thIngs arc moro numerous every year The ho lira Ir now coming c Into the thc market and within recent years you Americans Ime been buying more inore than evel be foie forc There is a temporary slump at t present plesent un on account ot of tho hard times hut that will wi pass away and I d you wi will want more than Dri think it I would woul pay to cheapen chapon the prices Jf J JNo No I think th h ih p Io to toa tonJ a nJ ro extent t the l aud on s s ch ali af glassand d no ole would wear them thel thelI I FINDING INDING THE TH U IN During my slay h hero here 1 I seen models dels of oc the tho Cullinan diamond made ma o n of Oc and havo ha talked wll Mr It and alBo with lh thu dl tI I Is IR r big as l my It I Is nl Jt t t l n i It Weighs over one and pounds It I foul ii I on l l lf Inches Inch thick andi I I two to I y t 1 chunk hUn i of glass of r shape 20 you yo ll i niu have Kama Ideo of tho size Ize and shape of this the tho greatest of 11 monds ij mont was IUS Mr F FI I ne 11 Wl it he mine n n of tW P e niler He Hc s li tho as lis Iier 1 walked through the th diggings tol to today day I asked some questions as at r 1 j eu great I Jw ore th Culnan dla 1 hUll ug M from rum the th ta nr center of f the the pipe We Wo i had Ila i gone oue down t I depth about Ue feet froni fron tho th o und had h d been beon taking t jl g but Jt good o dit ral day dl WaS Just j Sl Wl vye about tb wco set gand wl 1 I 1 white a and s g ona n blue The rays H of the Ie sun H n ht It and 1 Ur I took upa up a ld rushed r to tho spot t was about b the stone and arl In n a short was w my hand Il It was so o big that hall I was was dazed discovery J dl o ry 1 ran with wih It across theoffice the burst Into the man managers lun olce agers room and laid down the stono tono before Mr 11 McHardy und Mr Culnan They were wele as ui u h rs self s Y tho next lext day word was sent s nt out 0 t that tho biggest the diamond nd of had hl been b found A COSTLY Y ML j CAm CAmI It Is to Know how this great rel I got to London Think responsibility somo an 01 big as UR your yoU n tso small smal that thai thinA you could putt coat pocket weighing little over a pound worth a million dollars or so from Pretoria P tor 1 South Africa to London lt I would bo bon boa a n brave u would a I guard gard and if a thief could got hold of it it might be bo easily nd carried carrIe away Nevertheless el ss the ll dla mond gol to London that without guards oc Iny kind save of his maje mails It I was put up up asa as n package registered d and sent by parcel paro l post po l I asked Mr lr C If if hoa hoan not n t afraid to risk 50 u In that Avay a Ho 10 replied pled J 1 dont know of oC anything that Iw bc safer No ono one know what wh l was in tho package and it was WiS e wih less leas damage hy than had guarded d by soldiers s tl I understand ld however that the Iono was Insured In f two tw million n oI i al nl although though the tho d less than HO 30 cents f maximum nt amount which could have havo been recovered from it In caso else of loss was WIS less than 10 r Atthe Attie same l mo time a dummy lummy parcels parcell supposed to contain the t diamond is It said to have beon 4 taken to tp Capo Cap Town and to Southampton Sou terr l treasure lay sis u an ordinary parcel in tho malls mals e Juit Ju how w m 1 c i tho C h dla tm Is i i NOLl i fillS 1 s Vt 4 o discovered Js o d and aUlI br t i n it l ul or Qt jit It l or ol anino irOC 1 ng fo H l i f tho Jil l j jI I yaul Villi no to cent t all nd Ep go toi arid tile ov rn t l nc lii h f It Jt It 11 f H j c 1 bu lr tHu ow f l m t ont ot 95 to tJ o Jn of or England on occasion of j I y l st N f ber be 1 I t r u t w s il jV olIU j 1 l i i J HI J mis I 1 I to Hollund to lt Is now rJ I in Iii the th l hands h of f flip e diamond B I ti l l t of oC Ih ii pl lOi sIS h men n n in I th lr j l M a t Vm and uli 11 10 work ok it iH l which I i cut i WJ E I tho I i diamond lamond tho world before y b f tho u nil It hill haa best oC tho uncut stones In Africa during tho la 10 C elUs THE Tf JI ll llIam Iam i t tho dia illi l lm m lI in split Hi it hh ll llone one ali f s which will lf be put poll hod 1000 m d 1 b and l it t will bo iby y d he of or tho w 1 It lIt h l Jin a year c tr to cut i rinG and polish p ll h lI stO is not yet ot known I just j st will ho made from fl n it Tho rho Is t kept It pt at a night II lf J a Ii e CI fg Ill tho vaults of the tho Iff 11 guarded y Dutch police cv y of f cc h nt n r J ot of a tl l and l d j doc r Is hI an i plato of stool with nin to concealed cunco ll di I o idl li b h taken tal from om tho tl safe i every rj ni by f tho licad lid tl i lof f ith tho film fH Ho is hi firmed imel with a r rov by hy 10 IO members t d ihla ff foIn o hUn ho doll The tono I i then carried d tD tn r th h V b rc p r tl n t toa R who Iio does tho tl cutting alid JHo is 10 tho ij the tho diamond dl iJ and I HI nol d f ovon ven for f his fl p 11 Is being dono 16 inches In III which ils l that for ordinary n stones This r plate runs at a rale of 2100 revolutions ro per pel le ami n m the Is I i It by by a It paste of or crushed din dla 1 and oil a t |
