Show I 1 t S FIRST FIRST OF OF DIAMOND FIELDS FIELDS' th India the Land From Which Caine the tue lie liei i lacer I I JIn 11 a recent report of or the geological survey surveyor of India there is nn an Interesting account of or the diamond feld folds fields o of 1 S central India Historically this timis country countr Is believed ed bele to be tIme the original home hOll of or orthe the time diamond and amid from rm them thorn It I Is supPosed supposed sup sup- posed that the time famous amou wi wan wal extracted some three and u n half lath hat centuries cen con tunes ago the time earliest earlest diamonds datIn dat dat- In ing some twenty five O c years e rs previously pre or Of late Into years In India la has lias quite retired from the time field Oel as a stone precious producer prodUcer pro pro- ducer to any extent or value but hut from tie the u account coo tint given Iven It should be worth the time while of oC n a Sn small I syndicate to take up these and amid Work vork them systematically though h it I Is It said that neither In ip luster nor nOI price do tho time stones compare with time the yield of oC South Africa The methods however now In vogue oJue mean merely merel sup superficial tr following fol 01 oh- oh lowing the time lines himmes which havo imato o ha been heen In Ino o vogue e tot for Co centuries with wih the probable result that hint the time strata containing time the most valuable deposits ls of or stones art are not reached From a geological cal point I of view there are arc said to lo be 1 con conglomerates over o several eral areas which would of or deep shaft sinking and amid systematic mining under hinder competent control being carried carle on omm 01 profi profitably bl I I I I |