Show turquoise th stone of the east the best turquoises are found in the celebrated Nisha pur mines in persia in which district are two whole all lages inhabited by turquoise miners who work at a depth ot eighty 01 ninety feet below the ground the rock with hammers upon a tur being discovered it Is lal aside in its rough state and after wards extracted from its matrix by ai elaborate method besides thes mines there are others known ai khaki earth mines in which fb gems are found ao 10 loose soli two or three feet below the surface no oriental however poor put managed to become possessed of a turquoise aven it it Is only in a tin setting |