Manti Messenger | 1944-12-22 | Page 8 | Exploit Agate

Exploit Agate I A young man of Oberstein Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- where agate cutting had been many practiced for hundreds of years I fought in the Brazilian army during one of the revolutions After the fighting was over foreigners were thrown b out of the army without for for- mality This young man finding himself without employment or resources resources resources re re- sources crossed into Uruguay and during his wanderings there found inthe in inthe inthe the stream beds many pebbles which he saw were the same as the agates r rhe he knew in Oberstein He sent some to his uncle in Germany who became beI became be- be I came interested and soon established the agate quarrying industry of Uru- Uru I i guay I I