Show BURMAH HOME OF THE RU rua practically all the valuable S anc are the product of that country mines all the w world orld x great rubles co from th the mine mines of the kogok vaclev india there are four principal mine 1 I 1 in a the valley in each of which n 1 04 ern tools and machinery are u used 7 ed which facilitate the proper exavir i of a large amount of byon or ruby bearing clay each day in th thi nearby the bermans slid prosecute theia searches in the old ol 01 w way ay digging ard washing by hand la in bor tor but often with a toni bonishing shing rp suits in the large wot kings the alq ay tero tem haa halt been reduced to a with corresponding results the work goe on day and night the ruby bearing clay Is extracted by the open quarry of removing all the stir surface face down to the valuable clay which Is then dug up carried on arol lea les to the etcil cleansing mill washed passed through the sieves A and nil then for rubles and grinels the byon stretches almost everywhere ins the kogok valley and where wherever vr thia this clay exists rubles are to be found beatles Ile alies the pure ruby spinet or balas ruble rubies are found in large quantities in the same neigh boyhood Nhe wherever rever the ruby Is found fount the spinet Is eure enre to crop up clo close clote te be side aide it they are both crystals of but of different shapes ex capt in a few rare cases the expert can easily distinguish between the two tones stones although they are very much ollie to the naked eye the burman Is inclined to invest bis his sayings in ru bles and diamonds which may be readily realized upon in times tir ice of finan cial stress bibles are more erect iu u than diamond and are practically in destructible except by fire during the Itea ceason tion as Rs maar man is 2000 bermani Bur mani ar a in the mines |