The San Francisco call. [volume], September 01, 1907, Page 10, Image 10

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IT was too bad, of course, that Mr.
Edison bad to Invent a talking and
singing machine at aIL. For those
of us who were better Christians-
for sleeping late tin Sunday mornings
this was till then a happier world. We
rot along nicely without the male
Quartet and recked not of Its slghlngs
ana flyings and waiting on hlghings,
nor of its deep concern for the slumber
of aprocryphal babes and lovely but
wakeful young women, We were con
tent even though the College Glee and
Mandolin club got around but one*' or
twice a year, that- tenors were few and
Sousa unknown. But Inventors were
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ef tie mills. Nearly all the diamonds
the* have been found in California
nrere Imbedded in the auriferous gravel
and were washed out In the'search for,
gdlO. Up to this time no very large
one has been found, though one discov
ered In El Dorado Bold for $300, nor
ba» the number been
sufficient to cause>a thorough search
tor the main deposit If there Is one
Jt will be found by accident most llke
ly, though some people have carried
•on diamond v prospecting along with
that for gold for' many - years.
1 The gold bearing gravels of. Califor
nia" are of two types: Looeo materials
\ln the valleys and the bars of the mod
ern streams and wide accumulations
of gravel occupying the valleys of
much * larger streams that flowed In
ancient years and which valleys are In
;this age overlaid,with.masses of lava
.or compact volcanic tufa. The dla
"jnond formation of" these "diamond
fields** is characteristic and In many
ways bears a \u25a0 resemblance to that of
the South Afrlcanand. Brazilian fields.
Tb* "sub-lava" gravels are worked; by
the hydraulic process, and those that
have been compacted into what the
miners call "cement" beds with stamp
mills In the search.for gold.'By cither
process the finding of diamonds is not
rendered easy, no'matter how' many
may jbe uncovered. How many thou
sands of dollars' worth of- these-most
precious of all gems have been swept
away In the gold washing process or
ground to valueless ' particles In the
stamp mills can never be known. Per
haps »a 7-Cohinoor has been cast away
Tor reduced to worthless fragments.
Dlpmonfls of various sixes, the largest
on record being seven "and a" quarter
carats, hay© been found at intervals
la yjese northern counties sinoe, early
days, and the number \u25a0 must *. be con
siderable by this time. There are,now
c'ght counties In",which diamonds '\u25a0 have
been found, Tulare, In central; Califo
rnia, having gained a place In the aris
tocratic column during recent'years by
yielding one solitary, sparkler^—from
Alpine creek—^Just sufficient to gain 1- It
a place-In the. sele*ct; company.,: «The
other counties embrace part of the
mother lode; region and are* Del Norte,
Trinity. Plumas.l Butte,; Nevada, EV Do
,rado and Amador., The honor of hay
; Ing. yielded the greatest number, of dia
1 znonds —:in'. fact, most. of those. found, in
j tfc* elate — belongs to El Dorado, Butte
' «.cd Amador, while .the largest \u25a0 stone,
the one of seven and [a quarter, carats
referred to, r.was \u25a0 found; In" Nevada^at
Fraaoh Corral.^. Del \Norte, and'Trlnlty, 1
lying.ln'a region apart from'the others
In th*" northwestern"part of >' the: state,
with streamcl fiowinp Into, the . Pacific
ever disturbing factors, and all that Is*
changed. .
Today— this morning — the holy calm
of yesteryear Is not for us. From many
a fluted and brazen' megaphone In -the
other fellows' fiats come voices raised
In mingled praise of "Sweet Jessie
Deane, My Lovely Queen*'; the; burning
patriotism of Mr.. George Cohan,: fling-.
Ing Its vocal banner to the breeze with
"The Grand Old Rag." Is. blended with
the solemn tones .of organ,; chimes
and surpliced choir; there is a band
marching around in the flat upstairs, a
musical "team" across the shaft iis do-
Ing its turn; and a melange of -Wagner
is faintly -wafted V. from across >;the
street. The world is filled with canned
music. These charitable remarks are
from the Coast { Range, have : given up
but minute diamonds, these being found
In the sands of Smith and. Trinity,, riv-;
ers.-. The other live counties,, excepting
Tulare, are in the region drained by the
Sacramento.- What gems ;• may have
been carried away. by these rivers!"
-Of the localities where the diamonds
have been . found, Pluraas has , two-
Gopher hill "and Spanish creek,; where a
few small diamonds .have .been .found
In, richly mineralized . sands.. Amador
has the Volcano district, from; which
a number have \u25a0 come,- the", largest a
pale, straw colored crystal, weighing,
one and a' quarter, carats. In Butte
county is ;a locality that has become
famous for its diamond yield. : the
Cherokee . district,- from which. 60
stones have been taken. Yankee Hill
and Oroville ; in- that county have each
yielded eeveral. In : El Dorado county
the gems are found in 'five or six places
about Placervllle, one ''..'a little: south
of Smiths <Flat and; thje" other *t-Web
ber HllL In South Africa v diamonds:
occur. In a serpentine rock and the same
phenomenon '• is 'ilndicated "; In \u25a0 the --^ dia-;
mond region of California. .
/.The examination >f the gulches lying
in these serpentine outcrops, has been
suggested by an expert, who suggests
that such examination' might jlead; to
the discovery of "the source from
which the gems come/.
\ The knowledge that thf r« were*. dia
monds in California followed : the.tear
ing • up ; of : the r earths In tho search for
gold. iA New, England-clergyman,'. the
Rev. . Mr. l Lyman,V told 1 in, a;; technical
eastern' Journal of- having been! shown
a .diamond; that ; had been ,i found Jin
California., It: was -of a. pale: straw
color, with, convex faces, land,, about
the size- of a smair pea. ;As : thestory
came, from > a : clergyman *\u25a0 it -w as*;.". n ot
contradicted, .. though - brand r v new. In'
1 554; Melville Atwood, 1 who was familiar
w I th : the" diamond gravels of ; Brazil,', be
came/impressed? with the similarity, of
the ', California v gravels \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 to" ; them and
published ;an v article 3 in-f a ; California
newspaper advising-; that;" eyes^bo; kept
alert for ~\ diamonds .while * tho \ gravels
werebelng waßhedif or, gold.;- H* didn't
stop ; to ; think" that, * with ' sweethearts
waiting for.-. them ;\u25a0 In ; fart awayi places,
the v raen , of :,tho~- placers .' would^ hardly
stoplong enough in' thelf, frenzied: rush
- to ; fill the'; buckskin •; sacks 'I with 1 yellow
dust '.to : examine all .the '; glassy; appear
ing crystals they| might ; turn '• up.; * Few!
diamonds I were * found ' during- the 'days
of the gold excitement '> : ':'.]]^\
It was In- 1855 ithat the first diamond
• was obtained • from/ the Cherokee
trict. : .; If was' commentedCuponTJqulte
by ] the ; papers ; ; In the^etate
: that -time: \ and v,whereyer exhibited
aroused '&] great" deal^of ; curiosity.^ Pro
fessor Benjamin Silliman exlilbited sev
eral dlamorids" before:' the: Academyjof
Sciences In 'San Francisco in ;ißC7,in
THE MEN BEHIND THE
PHONOGRAPH MEGAPHONE
assumed to. he a- graceful, though', per-,
haps unnecessary, means of = introducing,
the story of a Sunday Call reporter's'
visit : to the— no, • it;shall ".riot *b« -called
the canning factory, ;bDCausD.Ui6;pe^t>le;
there really do their level best to put out
a pure; artlcle-of . music [an they under
stand it.' It' may ;not< be.; bar-le-duc
Jelly, but It'is good;, red curranto.t I re
fer, to 'the; placef; where;, they- niakV^ the
'.'master ' records*! " for "the talking (and
singrtng. ;mach"ne] ; -\u25a0/\u25a0- . ; f. :
It was away , up under \u25a0 the roof of (a
skyscraper, .;•;. where 'no ,0110. may b«
disturbed by.: the* noise of the activities
within its Sails, nor. : in turn, disturb
them. Bounds ,of .Joyful son jt, of paf>
sioriate:song, of comic song, Isucceeded1 succeeded
each r other,aß:l tva{ted < l«.tlie;n*nteroom
for" the "man; th iauthoritr,- who '.was-, to
show me •: the"; riles .of 'this 'temple :ot
harmony.'' .' Presently/ he appea red 'and
we 'passed. into /the region 0f.,- inner
sanctuaries. >* V : '." '\u25a0• .'-. '\u25a0-: \u25a0/<_/'""•':-.
havo listened to a male ; quartet
as voiced \o .the ; world -:by ; a • talking
machine,.: , Yoii ,' know > the ! picture li you
saw with *, your/ mind's . eye. v }~ You saw
four/ serious !. and \u25a0; beautiful .young; men
In ; evening dress,'- beh*id I the: flattering:
footlights/ each' without*' thumb' resting:
In the buttons : of i his waistcoat. Well,
the- phonograph iauartet.' and : - Its sur
roundings were : not T like that atiall.<ln
stead, there was f a. : room'iwith ) wooden
partitions - and %a* bare ?\u25a0; floor; %it ilwas
lighted - with" the ;' most . candid lOf? sun
shine" and 'furnished with nothing much
but'eome pine" benches* and \u25a0a" f unriyj lit
tle melodeon. J : In ; one [ side , of the •; room
was a Bmall curtained aperture thro ugh
which protruded vajmeffaphone.« ; Four
young men in business clothes were in
the room. \u25a0.>-. One' was [ standing ".with r his
fingers on ; the" i keys 'of HheUlttleTmelo^
deon. : ;; The other*; stood: about ithe meg
aphone.* The.'one at the melodeon struck
a chord | and j the ' others emitted a sound
like blowing ' into ' a* very! good ;; mouth
orffan.V Having ;J' thus: : attuned ;' their,
voices; all >' four£gathered ; close*. to \u25a0 the
megaphone; and, clasping each other
eluding the ; original: . one from ,. the"
Cherokee field: oiiesfrom Flddletownl';
nearj the Volcano id Utrlctr weighing, a
little more : than 5 one '.carat;:; one! from
El - Dorado of \ one and '\u25a0. a^ ; half
carats, and ; one*-, f rom .« French" Corral.*
Nevada county, of one and • three-flf ths"
carats. .' They .'.were . from ithe - "cement'.'.i
beds . under ; the "\u25a0 lava crust. ; . Professor.
J.. D. .Whitney. at ';the^same jtlmeVnaioaed
15 6r ; ; 2O : -I6callties ilri'Hhe'f state>. where
diamonds »had ' been" found." . : They were '
nearly, all '\u25a0 small; . he said; '\ though the
made ; exception -.to.i the , one .of. 7"i
carats,' .which \ he had \ seen.' ' \u0084 ' \u25a0 • ''.
< The v specimen tt s from ex
hlbited^by.' Professor Silliman' had been
found; in Indian gulch: l ": lt;, weighed ;a
little over one carat. Four '[others ; from
the same region .were* known 1 of ; at 'that
time. Four"smalU(octahedral^ crystals
'rescued" fro nija'stampfmiliratf the
cano ; district; were": exhlbltedJnHhejTif-^
f any/ 7 coll ect !6n \ of i"*Anitrlcah> preclou s
stones '; at ; thY Paris : exposition! and mow
grace \ the tTiff any^Morgs n \ collection'^ at'
the "American Museum of Natural . His
tory. /j^': r -.;-' :^ -\u25a0"*
Henry \u25a0 G.I Hanks", E former Tstate: geolo-
Eist,'; exhibited .before! the SarT; Francisco;
microscopical society l-;a^J diamond vof
great ; beauty •; 1.57^ carats:*
It lwas I found fatVVolcano • in* 1882;* It ; is
the : property.of f J."IZ. v *Davis,^af membeir,
of s the"; society^ and -by/ his j .courtesy^ls 4
on , exhibition rin'J the \ state . mining \u25a0 bu
reau ;In 'the: Ferry] building." t-V •
'..".< Cherokee, \u25a0"- lnT Butte 5 county,^ Is near
; the north ; fork ;. of ; ; tho > Feather \u25a0; fiver.
William *e ßrandrethW^f ound^ a r "crystal ',
therej,: ln ijlß67,V which, I'he^hadUcut.v^ It
mada'a flne^White stone' of • 1: 3^10 carats?
Several* were] ; found* in^lS73 5 lnl cleaning'
the 1 sluices I of % the b Spring JjValleyirand'
Cherokee mmmg j cornpan>vOno of i these
was : large* and istraw {colored.'. Others
were! smaller,*' but were tvery| pure
and \u25a0 brilliant '^whenT cut. H Whlte.'iyel low.
and { pink » colors. fine] one
\u25a0."was*; presentedlto lth«]_statel'niuseumT.by^
Buperintendentj Williams ;Of» tho] mining
company: /;; Two ; others stories? found iby,
: Miss j LuclndaWog Yino wi Mrs. > Fred JC.
6ef tdn;To f '. Frultyale,*;* at \ the | sameT place
, in;^ 1881u>weregexhlblted?\by % Professor"
; George' F. y^ Kunzjbefor*! the|New/ s Tork
f Academy^ of Sciences '; 1n 1 188 6.-^T wb^dia.7; '
mondsVionelwelghlhg|twoYcarats, t iWere'
reported i;by3H>iS.'i Durdenvbf ( the \ State
Mlnlng^bureaufas % having^ been \u25a0 found
In t Cherokee .in "i 1892 ' and? IS 93^^gBBI
.; Hill 1 squeezed |into 'the ii dia
mond column 1 through! the \ finding] there"
In ;' 186 l^fof la| stone J[lh 2 cleaning! up^a*
[placer I min*.f£}ltfcamellfrom^theXßlulce
;Wlth|theJg6ld-^gbld?aridfdiamondsTin'
itheisamelwashlngysltypl<^l,of{Ca.lifo"rJ;i theisamelwashlngysltypl<^l,of{Ca.lifo"rJ;
i nla's o prodigality Jisfof rlches^and fCwas
' sold ito ', N.'JH.'jWells.iwho I Informed j Div
iKunx|of|lL^CutllnJßostonfthelciTstai;
'madeTalstoneiofU^lcarats.lwhichiwas
, worn by : Mrs.\Wells In* a*, ring.^^^sßßß
ggj Pwightiwhltln^epoßgdilnnßlifth*
affectionately --around. 1 -:' the - shoulders,^
burst 5 111 to of it ; somewhat -j
thus:.- 1 -••-?. _7s.r•\u25a0"*'-".-'7 s .r •\u25a0"*'-".-' ... '\u25a0.."-' \'\l'-' :
'iFtrstfttnur-, (plaintively)— '-'I sigh for' tfteer!'
\u25a0 Seeonrt 1 t<»nor, •.; bar>-ton«>. aad ; bass (with " t etl-^
Injr) —^"l ? slgli ; for f tliee t lV . \u25a0'- ' •' ' - • ' • 'J-. -' \u25a0 \u25a0" *\u25a0>•"-"
•First tenor (pa?s!onat«lv)— "l'a dle^for theetll'!;
. Dass-itmglcally^-^'.'l'U •-. -'Z ' '
: i - •:~ \u25a0\u25a0;-.. : \u25a0 - ..-\u25a0 ifl!p.~ \u25a0'- \u25a0\u25a0 -.; \ ' :,<v* -.*:''
-\u25a0\u25a0:\u25a0':-. :-. : rl--.r 1 --.: l:'l :' ( v:: \u25a0:/,-•;:,. "^ - „ v-.thwi:"--,
; *Firit''tenori(ecsi*tlc?llrJ~vr!l wilt on highl'.'r
AU -(several tiraes.v Kith fcrcatentbnst«im»M k
Incredible ton*l'' n<»rot>at^«i-^*TU \ w*lt qn_
Wsl)!!J" \u25a0\u25a0:'.-\u25a0 C-. : \u25a0 \ V :-. ' • -*\u25a0'\u25a0. --^ \u25a0•"\u25a0 \u25a0"\u25a0 •\u25a0•,\u25a0;•
;' -i Cary twne (plteonslx) — "I'UVirftlt* 1 — - : -
. I3ut ! what's thfTlusc? You know what ,
it' was llke.V- :: *\ •,:-*?'.: Z/'^— 1 ,'\u25a0\u25a0 v "-'i
After»a" .wliil«*';nll -iwas.. over 'and
devoted^ ybujiffl; infen filed : into v another";
room; ?'.This i wa's .« the " committee \u25a0 room/f.
'At one r^end ic.wjpreV- a • table ; ' and , •OTh(S i
chairs aridyat ; Ihe other ; a, talking \ ma- '"if
chine with^fa^Vb'g i funnel; A' At Mtlie}i
tablo sat jfourigentlemon. with \u25a0 serious^
countenances;: behind them" the Iquartet ;
ranged ; *. themselves ,; against -the ; ; • walliy
You must': kn6w> tliat : . it : costs ; a ' lot lof 5
money.to mako P.«"rec6rd.V; The gentle-^
men ; i who*T fcighed,;;died • andvwalted I onT
hlghare'; the-plck; of jChurch choir singr-;
ers and are handsomely , paid! to 1 impress",
upon' the cylinder a' flawless rendition \ of I
the song. : If., onb'of'; them 'produces Tsot
much Jas one faulty \u25a0 tone "! the committee ?
will: detectllt and; tho? pieces^ must |be"i
sung 'agaln-^-and : ? p erhaps ; : ; many,' times I
agaln-^beforeTthe- record • le? approved:-*.
And : even:then r it .must be? passed 'upon 5
by :a ifinal expert, '\u25a0\u25a0wlio; in turn/ listens
tot ; It finany ';•'?;; times'. >more j , be-
fore \u25a0 lt'c '- Is" \u25a0; cast V lntoV the pr*^;|
clous 'object known .as the' °ma»-,J
ter.v. record,'* of '.which T I , shall i tell '*\u25a0
you ] further on: , : .The * quarteti may- pro- ~_
duce a perfect recordiontheiflfst: trial;|
if so' .thetir|money. is easily; earned. ;r If,
noV" they : must \ sigh, » die, etc:, until ; the;
committee is "• satisfied. Therefore. r it : Is \u25a0
finding '$ of ,2 five .»* small diamonds - near.
'Orovllle^and five' more about' four miles
down ? the \u25a0 creek '{ fro m \ that! place.'fp^'?' r i ;
a. In"( El i Dorado < county 1% X diamond*: of*;
1% I carats \ was ; found - at ; greatl* d*pth \
in . «,'•> tunnel L'lrun'^ Into * the S aurif ere-us 1
grayelh^ It^ was >of - good color," though*
a trifle ', defective.-/* . V " ' .f ;
There Us air interesting story In con^<
nection witliVthe^flndlnir ofjdlamonds,,
) in tlils i"*couhtry.'>The \ miners "i were '. car-^
Iryirig the gems around : in.thelr : pbckets,v
uriconscl6uß\bfithelr;.wealth.,^ : Eac"h\on«.j
; had r * enough s;value> to C keep^ Its ( owner v
two- hours I in «a \ pokerVgame. "^/A i keen :
scientist, revealed ;tb^ them' the; value
tGopdyear, then' assistant' state igeolb-''
Sist^\W.v P. ;^ Carpenter .Vof j PlacerVlll* ;
in a \u25a0 letter \ to" Mr.l Hanks lln|lßß3 f sald|
ithattGoodyear; In' examlnlngytKe; gravel t!
'deposltPfinT the: ancient", river-bed J. three v
;mlles^east"of « Placerville^inil 871J found'
"several^ formations
trained- eyeaf to-; suspect fdiamonds£Wer«'v
edVsomdwheroi'about^yAmbther^
riature.^who! isn't SyalnJenOugh'ltq '.wear^
them
\ burglarious iinstlnct¥?of I nSanr"2H*^*x-7
jpresfiedjhis^belief arid,: with iCarpehter/j
iinade'f ingulf yiamonK^ the* mlrie'rsA:' 3ev£-"
•eral • crystals' iiwerel found in;- the ] posses- ";
/sioni'bf itheUattef.^.Thermeri*4weresig|*
-•nqrant'of 1 jfactithat jtheylwerefdla^
riioiidsK One ';v.was^.boughtj..byj; Goodyear;
as 1 a) geological v specimen.; {Carpenter^
says;' lief- knows-" of • fragments -:of^dlaf>
inorids; havcT;. been (; found :\ in V panning r
but^rniil; batterles^iThere) ,1s I a*; lava,Tcap •
:;from'Bolto;4so;fect;in?depth|there."v|jj[e 1 j
tells" of ' 15' diamonds - havlngi&been:
I found ;: in \ the / nelghborlrobd,?;-. somes yel^.^
S lowland -.: some \.whi te.' '^ \ One h o f ; ; these,";
/nearly^TsphericalVandiiinore vthanione^j
fourth^ of ican cineh "'\u25a0. thlck, r .was*; sold -in?
.this )- city.; forJ- $3 00,; arid fjtha £bther J A waa 1
; sent jto '* England *.to sbeiCut^Carpenteri
; himself I f (fUnditwofcrystalsiaboutithls •
size: g About^BOSsmall 5 diamonds I have?
|beenStak"eh^frbmf,theugravels|at|thls'l
- placed George VW^Klmballfof I Plac«T^|
(villeTsayslthat'( villeTsays lthat ' two^dlamonds i have been
i found 'I qn'ithei property/of iThomaa
iWardJ&l.CoTf on 5 the ; south * si dejbf xWhltsj
|_Rbckgc^~yon*fand|nln*Xoth«rs^ttt^th*^
lvlclnity',-5 mainly ; V from \ l'tha'^tTnityi mlne^
I Hi!jßaw/onbj found* in] 1898 rrlght5lri";the *
I town |of \PI aceryllle7|"^ * ' ' t ' \ y'f.^^
. talk*" about lathis;
J eem'^ln §,thV|Placery 111* 3 region ,| ai
• railroad' statiqnfnbtffarjf rom! that jtbwn|
; h n'rr tfr r fi y fj'nTri'ri'ii * T i n'm'njiii '" ' jflßJllllJffW
l^Whatlanlexcltein^ntl'thereXwouldiba^
I how} the\e 1 tate i^would * be fjelectr lfled,^ lf [m!\
i big,*;g rough >; crystal; " many *
|cove^rlrigiHiwealthyllri|alminute,%w^
!|| No Jgoldf rustf|wbuldi cbm-|
1 pare! to |the l»Captalnl Kidd'S;
|buHe^s*ouhl<>onssSwo"uldgnotisbe^halfj
such ;a\lure. ;>\u25a0;;;? .^^pSggpgpgp^^^^
plaihUhat somewhat of a tension is ap
parent as ; they gather in '. the committee
room *to hearj their voices reproduce^. \u25a0
"T m ;. pretty^ sure,*! -I says \ th» bass, as
they; file ! In.* \u25a0 "that I fagged that 'die for
ths'^on .the repeat."\u25a0'<\u25a0.":.;/
.'"Well,", eaysTthe. tenor,^' "cheer upt My
high '-\u25a0 note* on the .'sigh' 'was all ' to the
bad,"; too."; V --" ~'y_: : ' - 1 '\u25a0\u25a0[. . : '~' - < -: ! _'y>"-^--.
?.£ And so, they went in to ; listen : to what
they! had done and to th« .verdict r of the
committee." The^last-the- reporter saw
of them- they Vwere' coming out.toisigh
and V die all -over.T again.- — After,
nianyli trials,'.; and i to the.- great • relief ; ot
everybody, 1 ' a' perfect, mastsr^ record" was
at 'last obtained."- r //:;*-;. ;. j'\u25a0 1.
'"But i these .big churchi choir' effects,"
I - suggested, V-'thes* . Easter : anthems
wlth'i the * pipe % organ and' chimes— how
doV you i managed themr.':-^
V'Just going, to;pull ; one;off,"j chirped 1
the. export,* and led tis to another room.
It .was 'cluttered -; up V enough In > : there,
too; - ki i *w,',old" chairs,"^a* table with -a
m lc roscope . on > It : and-^-the ; o r &an ; and
chimes! v ltiwaa -the kind of an organ
they v had ': In i your I^Auht Sarah's parlor
out* at I the t farm. 15 ;:Th* chimes were a
lot of IroUgPlpeshunK on a bie -woodon
f ramet^l Buxjyou | should ; have" heard ; the
muslelthos**; fellows I got lout (of lt-r-the
quartet, the organist and" the ; chap Vwho
rapped '« the \ Iron ; pipes r w! th a '\u25a0, hickory"
stick! d It" was ; ' just * as ; big ' and \satis
fying? In % that Illttle : ; room \as i the Jreal
things In ' aloathearal.'iif \u25a0 you s shut; your
eyes. >: But ) I^ must tell I you r something
els* \ about \ that. S wun g anfl '* standing
In v various s part*!' of «\u25a0* the 1 room;- were
larg*lwhUel cloth- screens; such- aa ii you
see % int photograph j galleries - fori regu
lating! th*)light.if ; l : had v.-ondered .what
they iwere^for iand'asked? the <expert.
J i "Wait? at mliiutel and > you'll v see,"i, h*
said as the \u25a0 singers took their ; places
near the ; megaphone. -The ! organ : pealed
regions \u25a0 lie In San Diego' and \u25a0 Riverside
oounties. There ?ar«? many 1 mines i be- ;
Ing operated In this region and largo
shipments -of gems and \u25a0"• ornamental
minerals are being made -.throughout
this Icountryy and tto^th*; old iworld/ s New.
mlnes are being opened and prospectors
are sear chlng . the » country in all • direo -
,tions.*' ;:Th* industry.-'is
thoroughly/ recognised '; v " that ; of i mln-^
ing^ forAroldt and 'illverV^Th* 5 assem
blage * of ;; Jewelry, \ material ' In 4 this" lo
call ty 19 said - to : be without rival In any
part'pf ;thelworld.%' :' , \u25a0 •
% Geologists in outlining the gem ! min
eral regions^ of '; Calif ornla;begln"j,'wlth
. thfeVnorthern' counties along , the base "of
the; Sierra and 4 mention the \u25a0 beautiful
g-old quarts, that ; cuts Jln to handsome •
articles ; % the diamond s, *»ratlr ed J and
opal I zed ; wood, \u25a0' rock sTcrystaV - found in
small [quail titles % in :. Calaveras '; county,"
and ; from which has been made' some of .
itlieV most ;^ beautiful \4 objects:, -of • art
known.* too.' % In V6tßklyou;J'are'.
•greit^ 'deposits v. of y the i beautiful % Call v
rofnite. aiorlvesuvlaniter:hardls\to"biß;dls
tinguishea from real. jade, and deemed
more beftutlful \by t someh ,, Next \u25a0 is; the
: region i about*.^salla. in; Tulare county/
3vher*|th« 1 > finding of valuable * chryso-;
prase mines has raised the optimism" of
[the;* Maiden ti: rTheTchrysqprase^ls^ln
some t; abundance ; and < promises i great
c6rn"mfer6iar; ; valu*. i; C.\ P. tWllcdmb, ; f or
merlyltduratoriat; the ? park "museum,-;lo
cated ' th* i principal iv*|n~r Max Braver
manlciHyißanatidentlfieei; U. 1 Tliereiare
alaO^ In : this resrlon rose quartx,';chrys6
"pal,§ and ' other f quart* of .this .nature,
f rqm|whieh! Ornaments "» are : made ;V also
several? «Pecl«s \ of.' garnets/ which; have
been^ .'found -to have lvalue.* 1 : Califorhlte.''
'or J JaQe.l is ! found • th*r*,\too, In' quantity.'
~: Pa4«ftg t ;ontdownr tot the*: fascinating
desert I stretchy in V southwestern £r Call-"
, f orbla^ border Ing 'i onTAr lsbna? and | Ne
,vada^,th*r*Tar>>lfound '^workings fot]
the g*tn hunters of ancient times. Here
barbaric men delved into the carth '\u25a0 to
fi nd ; baubles . for ; barbaric women, filled
wlthUh*] *am«l loy*] l?6r ? Jew*l Joraamen
tation^Uiat r possesses the gentler, - .wo
man ! Of 1 today.^ Th W6 ? prehistoric s gonv
[hantiri & rtftid^ th* T i* treasure! pockets '
thatllay limenir ithelbrokenl ollffa and
kOobby^hlUsv 2 ! but? left % pl«n ty »of the:
precious : stortes bthlod^and i markings
jto 1 guide : theVAnglo-Saxon JsucceasoiU to
.. th"em*^|Th«s* ; prehistoric j miners ; souglit
'opalfandlturquolse" mainly, f v -
;^thef great' San ;Dtcgo-
Rlverslde 'region/ ?• bulging
J*#«lf cas*.^ltf v lsl?6n9f of Uhef difficult'
i mining f «gldns/^There ? is j llttl* i water
;or|ftt«l^ andLonly vgems ;br ,i gold^cbuld*
tempt|niftn|up>>nilt.'*|j.Throughout- r i fftls
! granitic ! reglqn^ther*| Is iwidelyj "pireva?
j an| igneous burnt! rock J "of \ gray
colqr,f whichl has |be«nTcalled fafdioriter
ibutvwhich > t ProfessorlT.lC. I|Hopklns!has!1 |Hopklns!has !
rclasse«ras)gabbro.^.Thlsl rock|ahd|thV
ng^Ug^ear^jn^lgJj||rt|^th]
forth a chord and the singers took It
up for a phrase or two, then stopped.
"Once ; more.'; commanded . th* expert. "
Then he began arranging those screens
at queer . angles \u25a0 with >. each other and
let .one down from * the celling toward '
the megaphone. And then I saw. He
was , regulating sound waves , just as a
photographer : regulates light waves. '..
phonograph :': ' records "\u25a0 / every;
sound, good ; or r bad," said ,th* v expert.
"and," lest : any,, one L should .. scraps his
foot -, on ths floor, for example, • ire as*
these screens to bunch - th* \u25a0 real • musi
cal" notes, in'; order": to; hid* : ths other
possible noises. Besides, • you ;s***th*
organ . and / chimes - are - some ~ dlstanc*
from the. singers. ~ and the ' screens, as
I ? have 1 placed^ them, i serve \, to 'I throw
the or gin • tones .still • further, back ' and \u25a0
thus; git c 1 the "effect of space— «s in a
church.".
'.After awhile the""; band ; cam*. And
then there was trouble indeed.' . Into
the room were dragged - hug*, double
decked wooden benches which looked
like the' sections of a atagra staircase.
These; were arranged facing the meg
aphone and close to it. and til© musi
cians, great; s earnest \u25a0' German "fellow*/
clambered to their places. Th* lead«r
raised his baton' and— well. . yon* never
heard so much noise In 1 your llf*. z-ig. ]l
v "Stop '" screamed r the ". , •xpert.'^lTtt*
trombone was too '• near th* : megapkone, \u25a0
th« qlarinet too high from the .fioer^tb.*
tuba pointed . th *» wrong ' way,* th«r* \u25a0 w£*'
water in • the cornet— roh/ 1 1 oouldn' t • b*-^
gin , to tell what wasn't th* matter. •»
they : all ; clambered C around " MM ' down
and ,- up^ and •' missed th e!r - f ootifig and
banged fono another's ) instruments, aad
were * finally rearranged. Then thl* all '
happened again.' and still once taor*. At
last ; they were ; rightly) seated and ther*
was more arranging of \ soreens and try* 1
' Ing ; of chords • and "rune." At : Isflgth,
. and south direction in a s«rl«s of rldre*
lor f mountains, traversed .by veins of
coarsely cryauillred granlt*^-«r dikes.
\u25a0\u25a0: In ' these ; pegmatite 1 veins -• ; or dlkts,
which vary In their structure, but ar* I
I generally similar, " th* ~ gem ; minerals
,v are^ found. 1 *: ' .- '' : -'-";-;- t-. ' ''\u25a0'\u25a0'
ct Essonlt* i- (garnet) _of fin* qual ity -is
found at Ratnona; also topas and' the
rose variety of beryl. Around Jaoumba
V Hot Springs, 30 1 miles \u25a0 nearer th*.Col
;orado>idesert than Campo, mines of
;s; s garnet, vWhich Is ; very.i abundant there,
• have-b een*; worked 4 for^ many years.
- Beryl " ls found ther* also.- Asong ths
volcanic • rocks ' of - the desert ar* opal
• and .turquoise regions, sotae of ths lat
ter gems being f ouad - f ar up on San
. Bernardino \ heights < an<j oth«rs \ in N«- '
: vada aftd Arizona on th* sam* line. ;
:" ;!>The * first ' discovery : of ;' gem-tourma- ,
lino in California was made In 1172 by
v ; Henry Hamilton. 1 He found som« of, th*
mineral on -thft southeast - f slop* of
t Thomas mountain/ in! Riverside county, :
q and ;rscogni*ed-; It." ",Thr***i mines , pro
;;duclng-thegems,\r*r*th* result of this
{discovery at % that place. - Th* location"
.gem locality was 'kept a' secret"
gtorjaa longt ime.
- "The famous llthJa 1 region of Pala was
% dlsco^red in 18f»5 by/C. Vu Orctltt Pink,
"black and green tourmalin* were' found
% there.' •;\u25a0\u25a0'- .'\u25a0\u25a0 . . '
V ;A secret ) known to f the Indians for
f centuries "was i revealed " to J th* - whites
when the spUndld gem ir«gk>n at Mesa
Grande, was discovered In 189 S. A" ledge'
'^on : the ; mountain Bide exposed : by ; th*
\ elements was run upon by a prospector.
i From I this « th* * Indians • had - taken many
-crystals. * Some* they burled trtth " their
?• deadr A 1 f cw 4 of 1 these >.w*r** found iln \ the
.graves. \u25a0 Prospecting had? been started
;\u25a0 through ;. some \u25a0 Indian ; children flndln jc
beautiful i of ;^ tourmalin*
crystals C In ; a " camp near • what >t» now
Mesa Grande. v
":; The] highly; Colored: varieties "of tour
malines, are 5 among th«: most beauUful
i.- ( of > gem materials. The colors er* red.
\u25a0 blaok,' bfo^*rt." blue and 'grein: Some
f are' colorless.: * The r*d= varltUes are
called -rufeelllte. "Some; specimens ara
I red and green
#Others;are,redf at one end and ' green,
black at the other.- The Chinese
: have ifofjyears; had ; what; is almost^a
, reverence "i for .., the pink ' tourmaline.
California Jeadsj the world ; in the "pro
• ductlon'of ithese gem tourmalines. 4&oth
In 5 quality 1 and ; quantity.^- Brazil : was
j formerly ,the 7 chief producer.. A bushel
|of(tfi* t gems 'Is! said Lto hayV been' taken
C^ om .^ Vl6V 16 ; Sani Jaointo - «»in« the : first
pseason.\pnefspeclmen*ei ffatincne 8 long
t and p seven i 1i 1 inches ; In £ diameter . ~ws3
i bought jby," Harvard univ-ersity
&S|The - ruby,, and ! the sapphire are : known"
$*& * transparent iXcorundumsV - Minute
I rubles, have i been founa; in r certain "Call
|tforma? sands^and the vflnd : *wo'nid'??.b*
grgataabl«.jr-a process of fusing them
The San Francisco Sunday. Call.
with all screens set. they set forth Into
their tempest of brazen harmony. Then
to the committee went the trial record.
It was ' not " approved and one* more
there 'was rearranging of players and
screens. They were still at it when
the manager, yielded to my look of de
spair and led a: <» to the peaceful haven
Of his private office.
" I said I .would speak further of the
"master, record." Mr. -W. H. Miller, the
manager, unlocked a drawer of his
desk and .took from IS what looked like
a I can of French - peas. *• Removing • th«
cover, he drew: forth with th* utmost
care a beauteous, gleaming cylinder
and set It gently, on end.
: VTbat," said*ft*,*.*'ls a master reoord."
"Why do you make them of brass F* X
inquired.
1 • "Brass your ' grandmother r* he
chuokl^d, "It is gold— solid gold. 1 *
I reached for.lt. X wanted to hold
that much .gold in my hand Jut one*."
But h* gently Intervened.
"We never touch them •xcspt on the
'rtai.'*. he said, "because there U greasa
.ob tha cl««n»st Angers,' \u25a0 aad th« most
mlcroscoplo particle ; of foreign matter
would ruin the record, for the harder'
we tried to dean It off the mor* dirt',
w* would gat on It. W« make them of ;
, gold because tt doeant 00 r rod a."
'. >Th*r* t* no us*. of going Into thm r*-'
\u25a0 searches < In : oheml* try and the studies
In th« comparative expansion of metals
as Mr.; Millar:: told them to m*. There
wer« • year*, teo, of mlorosooplo lnv««- '
tlgatlon of dataii* so tiny that an lm.,
palpable daat mot» could. hide thtm b«. v
for* even the "recording point" cam* to
\ perfection. I r«ver could " make th*
wond*r of It d«ar t o 7 o u. and perhaps \
\u25a0 ftm wouldn't cars, any way. But after
llatining to him I know that X am oomV
I la« to respect these disturbers of Sun
day morning nap* more than X es*d to.
p«rf»otly w*r* known.. Th**« tw»'
stones can be scratched onljr b7 th*
diamond. Proapcotors ar« \u25a0 »»archins
diligently for th*« 9 aton**. Th«r* U a
fortun* In a perfect ruby o: six*. Tras.
: sapphlrea have b««n found 'In th* Ban
Frand>qulto pass In JLes , Angelea
county , according to Dr. Eonit, who L»'
special agent of the Unlt*d Stat** g*o.<
logloal survey In th* matter of gamin- :
olorr. H* has written a valuabl* book
on the Industry In this stat** which has ',
b*«n printed by Lewl» E. Aubrey, state
mineralogist.' always careful to dlastm
lnat t Information ' for th* " publl&
Amethysts I hay 9 been found at th« ,
Noonday mint. - &*ar Bodl* In , Sfoad
county?.-' : .
\u25a0:; On©': of th» greatsst area dtraorvrtas^
of tha 'state's \u25a0 history was that of taa ' -
transparent spodumsn*. vary ins from a*
lllao color; to pal* . pink , and whlt*» and!
whtca haa been chriateaad kunzlts. Th*
find .was mads In the tourmalin*, region t
at Pala Chief mountain. Th« locality;
Is t full Kof llthla ; mineral*. . Trfphan*
Is the usual name of th*' mineral ' la'
Europe. . The "\u25a0- kunxlt* : crystal* \u25a0' ar* *f! -
• splendid .size and their coloring la re- !
\u25a0markable. ,Th* cut ones run from 1 to*
150 ;; karats • and ' av*rag» $T a karat. !
They are taken from a pegmatlt* dike.'
trhlch !s much broken and s«ems to
> f orm "surface of , the', hill \u25a0on which*
it lies. This ; materials la meeUng with,
great 1 favor " as jewelry and hi I looked
;upon aa > wholly, an American gem,
" ;;; The : great " turquoise flslda of taa
Bernardino county were given th* flr»t
considerable by Th* Call'
-In :.189S.'.' Reports being brought to San:
Francisco of ;the finding of this gem.*
together with ~ston« Implements and :
cliff Inscriptions iln this weird dasart
region, this paper ; fltted out : an expe-V
dltionito .explore the locality,; GusUTr
Eisan of the Academy of Sciences ac-;
companied It a3 archaeological expert.
The turquoise region ; and the evidences
: «* the \u25a0 there by . a prehlatorio
race were - fully described In The Call
at that tlme." : 3fiaa
'. ;-Th;j«o -eaUed Jade— r*ally ;vesuvlan-'
Ite-rrf ound , In , California Is destined to
become Important commercially, larger
ornaments^than^wel. - can - b*: mad*
? from Jt.vWhlleldeclarlng that th* lm- ;
; m*na«s deposits at ; Happy Camp.* Slskl
:you county, and In Tulare ar* not jade.
State Mineralogist Autmry say* tit Is"
even:finer, than <som.« jade.' and exhibits
a handsome piece that he wears as a
watch charm.
h ,The new;gem mineraf found In Call
fornia. j mentloned at the opening of this
.article, has -been, christened the benl
,'tolte.. because it was • found in Son
Benlto county, near the Fresno county
line.: It excels the 'sapphire In brll
liancy,= thoujrh»it Is not so hard. - It re
tains its - color - , and fir» through all
; tests. It .was found by, t. E. Saunders
and . R. Hawkins, prospectors. It Is
being .examined Jby easor Lor.der
back;of; the "state" .university,' together '
with another "gem i material of a > black
, or rbrownish^ black; becoming ; deep red'
in thin slices, found on San Carlos p« ak. V