Show precious Pre clou stones in this country it Is a little strange said irvina irvin 1 L russell that the united state so far ahead in national resources of every other part of the globe in all essential things should be do so deficient aa as a producer of precious stones I 1 am of the opinion that there will be a big discovery some day of the moat most valued gems probably in some out odthe wy wry corner torner of the land 1 I do not man to intimate that we are exa exactly c t y det destitute I 1 tute of fine stones but that those found are of in ferfer quality as compared with the output of the old mines in north carolina caralina a good many emeralds and ru beets and sapphires are to be had but they are not of sufficient value to warrant cutting some very fine pearls have been taken out of the shells picked up in the streams of arkansas and at one time the search lor for then down there amounted to a craze pearls by the way have gone up fn price from to per cen centia cent tIu in recent years A great many semi precious stones are mined in california the turquoise found out there being especially beautiful but lacking in hardness tour malines also come from california in abundance washington poet poel |