Show turquoise the stone of the east the best turquoises are found in tbt celebrated Nisha pur mines in persia in which district are two whole vil lages inhabited by turquoise miners who work at a depth of eighty oi 01 ninety feet below the ground breaking bre akini the rock with hammers upon a R tur being discovered it Is lal lall aside ide in its rough state and after w wards ards extracted from its matrix by a ai elaborate method besides thes mines there are others known ai su khaki earth mines in which on gems are found in loose soil two or three feet below the surface no oriental however poor but mana geil to become possessed of a turquoise aven if it it Is only in a tin setting |