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Show Turqmilaa Mining, An Kngllah linn, It I. announced, ha. been grunted by the Kgyptlnn government govern-ment a conceaHlon for mining tur-quotaia tur-quotaia 111 the Sinai rpninaula. According Ac-cording to tho account, the company doee not Intend opeulng any new mlnea, but .Imply to rework the abandoned aban-doned in I nea of Matihara and Sarakan. Illtroglyphira upon the rncka In the vicinity of tbeae mlnea ahow that they were originally opened by the ancient Kgyptlau. nud until recently they have been wurked In a desultory aort of a way by Iledoulu Arab.. The Kngllih company propose, to employ Hcdouln labor and to Install modern machinery. It la aald that thut la now tho only known place In the world where tur-quulaea tur-quulaea of the flne.t water can be obtained, ob-tained, a. the Persian mine., which have hitherto aupplled the world'a market, mar-ket, ara rapidly giving out. Philadelphia Philadel-phia Tlmea. |