The San Francisco call. [volume], September 01, 1907, Page 9, Image 9

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THE AMAZING
GEM FIELDS
OF
CALIFORNIA
THE recent discorery . In the "Cali
fornia hl!ls of another .variety of
rare gem— « iiva.l to theeapphlre
—Is a reminder of the Importance
th* precious stone Industry -of this
state :: has attained. Men and wo
men all" over 'this country are 'Wear-
Ing ornaments that came 'from Califor
nia—brilliant stones of several, sorts, or
handsome pins,- lockets, rings, seals and
fobs that . bear cut and polished "pieces
of beautifully, marked minerals mined
here, j Enterprising men. eret making
shipments abroad. Germany^ is, taking
much of \u25a0 the crude 'stone from the ya-
rlous "gem" mines and "clever lapi
daries are. turning., it; lnto jewelry, that
delights the people "«of ' that * country—
and perhaps of this, for there la nothing
to prevent the keen .^Germans ' making
beautiful baubles out:. of the. raw ma
terial bought from us* arid sending
them back to sell. .' Our. gems ; and geui
material are. . better kno\yn -abroad ;
than right h^re at home. California !•
actually outi tripping: the World in gem
production. '\
The. land""of gold and ja.de — that is>
what California may be called.' Do" you:
know that we are' actually 'shfpp!ng''*to' \u25a0'
China, sup^ased tola the very "motli'er
of *verythlng meritorlouß or .artistic;
or worth having In , that ••beautifali
greenish mineral, a stone that* is ;• said
to be equal. in every, way. to, the . real 4
article and that immensely pleases.t he '
celestiale. the best 1 ; Judges of .genuine.
Jadet It"; Is quite^"likaJy. that' the' wily
heathen are returning us some, oi thia
too with 'the^oriental '.stamp upon;.ic
Th* substitute being.; J- sent [ to Jcrilna
comes from llariposa ; county, : -though
£h* largest "deposits : In ) Calif ornla iaro •
not -there. Burma supplies . Chlna'wltn
most of the.rei.ll jailc - \u25a0',':>'•'" 4 \\
San \u25a0 Franciscans iWiil ' bo Interested • to" 1
know \u25a0 that i there ; 'ls .*'»>' fj hidden • irem "
mm* wfChfa Qw MMMV VsMHsV4ll9^ Vb%
*"oswwi^nwj£i * •e*o»t
from' a; be*oh cliff >M<^th«|tt«UiM«
:p iwiV^rtii^'sarji ;; : not . tnow '{Vaiinfi^nS
;|m^^^a^^toow^th* ' : min(rti|[i«s*tlc>nl'
Some valuable • masses of stone hay«
>&i^pjoss^up)<m f. th'« beaoh below " it
,^*ftridKthe' imenTjarje (anxiously searching
Ktor jthi ''mine ;itself.v^t;can^o^b«Jftir;
?'aV«y. J* There"' are f & ; ; n amber .,- of \ vari
eties of ,' gem* stones and • jewelers' • mln-
Vrals' found; In the counties ": bordering
- (lan> Francisco, 'v .*: *-.--;.••
4^ Injthetdays ;wh«n i California's 3 aurlf
' «Id^s,^mesaVMd ? rß^rtni
;s; s depressions i'weW ; b^n^|torn|Md|fwt'
by.hordes of rploneer < mSeri^wi th j -;»
\u25a0J?renj^ffie {Rockef ellers * and \u25a0 Harrimaiui
; tojrwrlng"; coin-/ from sthe5 the people, this
.«tate; produced: enough gold -to have
E^Qyerlald'^; the; inter! or " of ; Sol omon'sTex*
% penslvel te^p'le^erected?. theTpartition|pf
?il 5 f c^^^lmin^bef qr^f^Jora^^^^
y ellow*
- metal; 'lying -around inVvarlous :\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0:\u25a0 loose
tforms,ilooklas fsmallfas Jthe* pllejof f a
; mere {cannibals chief. . - - \u25a0 .
;^T.hat ; aayo •; been :. Quite;** easy
§tp^^^if7r^a^lurin|f^H«S^Sil^4foi(l
not] knoWitlientthat
:th«;- treasure 'box;of j.the ; Paeifle • eerlto
also havbjsuppiied th*i''c6stly ston***^-—
"perhaps ; : of 1, the' '- of I", Jaspen
'agate v or ;; obsidian, •'quarried 7ln larg*
'ch^hks-i^that ,i Were : the ', main " material
[ot the\»tyMsh ; ; resldence ; that Solomon
• had Htor]^ that" daughter* -,of
VPharaoh.^ he ;,was : legally ' married ] to,
and, more ; than" this, could > have made a
:v«ry/:?credltable ;= :; flash"; alongside i vv i the
. queen of Shaba's sift of precious stones
.to .the^WiseJand^accumulatlna;.; ruler.
-The barbarous ] Sheban "beauty, and even
\u25a0 deopatra oould; have^ornamented th*m
s ValV*i I to j tKelrV^eatVsaUsf acUon t wltii
California', |cmi \u25a0: and < tripped dellght
••Uy.*- before** th'elrj mirrors,? fairly.'tink
fcns;. and: glowing -with Cthe . baubles,
!"W^ltf|'th«re^ might-; have .been a : few.
- BBlMlng-— ln \u25a0 th« way of large diamonds
' smd '- rubles, say~^that :AnnavHeld j or ' a
v pork magnate's .daughter .- would; have
deemed .necessary ;.to Wmak* -\u25a0• the full
; illumination!;. 'W % '' '.' : " "^ l''\f:' ; '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0:'\u25a0 '-'\u25a0'-.
\u25a0 • The ieollapso : that : j the $ Sheban; queen
'underwent Tyh«n i she* gazed |on"" the -gold".
'of 'Solomon, In face jof^thej pouches /of
sparklers ;"she' : . had = conveyed i by," camel
,to ; his oity^. home,;! shows i .that California
could "_haye surpassed^the'Jewelfy'dis
play/ she; had? gathered ;\ip\ln* her :do-^
fmain'to blind Solomon, withV- Otherwise;
:shi^would j haye ? fla"shed upon. '-the king.;a !
' buoket • or" two :of \u25a0' color a trekked Vocks •
> —iz« ••i-^s.-A-.'--— *r="-*f \u25a0*>»*!« — »-» ijr •!\u25a0- \u25a0•\u25a0j'-lr- "SjMf^
.that wouldn't have shocked hereby com
parison ..with 'his .auriferous -loot..: ;1 ..
.There is talk about 'the <' jasper? gates j
\u25a0 in>,V: far., away land, that the boodier
;mayjneyerjsee,'|but s what .would the out
i¥ide^^rldoa^Pojjthe'-i fact J. that .there \u25a0
; >r«t sidewalks '^ln' San^Franclscbl payed:
LwitbTfiasper, as ,wlcked as. some ," people
abroad pretend to ; belleve- this ; city is?
i Not city ' can be', very "bad • that* has : pave
.\u25a0> v „--- v .-•,\u25a0- \u25a0-, \u25a0 -»<»-.- ,v . ;' ,- > \u25a0:- rr \u25a0 x .i f . . \u25a0 >» ;
ments of Jasper.V * '\u25a0\u25a0•'"' •." : ' ' -
i -5,.---^..- *,-.'\u25a0:'».» , <r *-^-i *'"•»... -.'i^-.r-'.,^;- \u25a0-':. .=•--\u25a0;>\u25a0 i'
GernlMirie^iri^ThisiCity \u25a0 - v
t . , George ;, D. \ Scott, \ a -dealer, • In ;Cali7
[f drnia>" gema ' and Jewelryj material, Is
.'thaTnwnith^attearrlea' the secret of |the*
j-i-i-.s,- s.-.";.i--k'-,5. :--..— '*-... t ,^-ry —"".-\u25a0*\u25a0•" <-^;'-'--'"
sem|rnlne ! ,on|.the , ocean; front of . San
•Franciswilnfhis breast. He expectsHol
locate ,tha deposit 1 and make -a fortune
irr^it:^No J tionly>i»ftlie"^em' or 'this
mine to-oatf etas* ts ; ttsm ofty, tat Itcrs.
. according to, fc©«^*l«;'thsj oaly s^M^Vta
:tbi/wwMjs.t»fci^^ltjli^i»ji^
ViTSat a QhSMkOA \u2666• otlMf4 a SKBS^^ES^^r
ti« oilff lined «tw*» fe« a g«m nato«T
, Boott says ' he ' bat : , mtn&tL "«J ' s<sy \u25a0; c£» !
finding .- TIM loeattoa. r bccsMxa* ; cdw «a v ;
•xperienoed ' sy» osj3 tell ttta tasjterUl »
to; the rough wh*n tt Is encouataTQdL
Hs is tsarohlng diligently forth* isiaa,
Oolitlo Jaspsr is what Soott ealla the
. "Voatf 1 from ' this \u25a0 xnystsrious mlsa. *Es *;
«k "( bsmdttil JJ k c* -.'lt^«n» /
* *ay .'and', asksd permiadoo » to - sxacoto* -
IV 'U Kls praotlcad \u25a0 ay« : saw that '> It w as .
ram ; mat er laL Xt \u25a0 lsa*t \u25a0 valuabl a ta
small - quantities* " but caough oi
H would m&k* a man rich, and ths
mine probably contains a larg* quantity .
©fit. Soott paid T9 l 'cants for ths chunk >
he got. ' Ther* was . flr« s and ' thr««
. quarter / pounds _of ? it, and \u25a0h« 1 sold -tt i
-' for -f 11.7 S. " / Searehin g - carefully whe re '
th« hoy iaid he had found tha sp aciman,
'? he found - some ' more of the material.
Oolltio jasper, Soott • says,' oosslsts of
; inclusions of Jasper tn basalt. - Mentkm •
*is mads of this ' in geologists' ' reports.
;Oolltio v means eggllk*. This raatorlal
that the ocean has uncovered looks Ilka •
\u25a0\ a; mass of red frog eggs. . . In th* larg* \
epeclm en \u25a0 , obtained the s • ' eggs variod '
;", in size , from a pin*; point , to ' an inch' la .
'diameter. \* The ;\u25a0 smaller - ones' are of a
X briillant ' : red. '_•; .'• The : larger - are nearly
falwVy s* dull*:; red *or .brown. " .They ; ara
\v*r'y^ handsome i' when , finished,'/ cutting
'Vupriik*'; : bloodstones. «:" Pendants, '"."seals,".
intaglios^ahdf the" likb « ar* \u25a0 mad«'from
'^he\ i yggs.7;':;ThVmateria»'»^ja*sillcatoT'
and no acid. will- mar/ilt. True Jasper
.'ls'a'Bolld- red.'\" \u25a0" -• \ ? -''\u25a0 - \u25a0.\u25a0. \u25a0 • - \u25a0 \u25a0 : \u25a0
t Scott ,haV; learned*. that\thl3"^deposit
has been, knowh'of >for. 15 years. ' There
has . never jbeeni: a ">. determined > attempt
to locate; it,- and the ocean -does not
seem r_tP "intend to'uncoy J er}lt entirely.
' Here's V"a; : ch"ance : Uo>; find ;a :.gem : ;mlne"
rlghtfon .the /edge? of .San Francisco.
. ; V; The V mine ~< at" ; ; the i beach ,is j not '," the •
only^pfoducerjof^Jewel material- in San
Francisco,- V In ; Golden* Gat* ; park ither«
I is 'being jwatched '.with^inuch ; interest -a ;
[.\u25a0new.! stone \ that * : i promises to ; develop
into ( Bometliing": upon ithe finding of bet
ter : ' : specimens/- 'fhls ;S recently -noted •
J mineral lsbelng, uncovered Jn the quar
ry In .the \u25a0 p«rk.'» It?ls* a ; very •peculiar •'
resembling Tagate . in som* C of »\u25a0 its ;
. v patterns,-|,with v f translucent ;, inclusions
;of chalcedony iin an\,oeh«r colored mat
, rix, : i\ IV polishes 3 very finely.^ but 'most '
; : bf< th c ! ; pi ccc s•> found \ th us ' f^a r J?jffe|
v cracked.' _ f "j" lt tis dally. l that a ,
-larseiand^pQffectjspeclmen, will^be re
vealed and' then ithV: full ;• value of r the
. material ' as "an^ ornamental : stone ' can '
ibe Vi^y. v; \u0084 . '••'".' .
'A .'sort* of \u25a0 gTa'en ' striped ' agate \ls i also \u25a0-
found -near 'Pan f I-Vanoisc'i •xojusiv*ly» '\u25a0\u25a0:
fit! h^^_thli^pjp*^Qm:Jr^of
j.wltii; grien "»tra,vs \u25a0 In . It and 'is ; rcry '
-prttty. \J - -. : :• _;\u25a0'..
"*-* i.Old ;Fort : Point 'on San: FTaaacl»eo ; ha.y
.hasinever.'.beenlrAv^a to >th« general
, public as rich in tn!a«rais, t but, accord
/tng to .the-, geologists, tli-9 ras«rTa>tion
ts full,of gamiul'j«ir«l«rs*, xaatvrfsUa.
Broo«ite of. a gr«3ri»Q' or: oltwi grwen
©ol»r is f oond th«T^ '. Taia also»«odaCs
- near St. Joseph* orph ta ; avyhßn. \u25b2
T*ln of tna*«Jv» p««toUt« n«T«3ml tstOkmm
in dlamater exists at th« potat. I5»t»
mfttwrfsJ it et a AeMcaU wtiita or •**
grow tint It Is *%ti& as •, good oTaa-
o«a4fti' ston« and of rahia, for uaa3Jmsj
\ssmll . eoya, Cgor— • «r' tal»M, wm9u
X>>to!rf e< th< mnitmff*. »»Tga«» y»
rt*ty, as w«U r' m \u25a0•ry»Uim»s\ -: wad««l
\u25a0 pale itmß er e.'»nir, tea*' Is «te« - Csoad
"at •' Tort. Foia^ .' mad.: fT> sn \u25a0- &&a - t«n
'-loimd v tb>M;' fey"; th« am - t^s>t - st»tr
. mtesMli < t»»:: «hs».' ioTmcnsjnt''s)p«gplsVl^'
lrt*. s, s»w o< a ysarty rsartw^ ttn#wl
with greon, «r n^H, «*•! .!\u25a0
som«tli3«« cot'ini'fia-MMsHtal and
' e&2l*4 " tti«a" "flsSx sr«," teoaosi Ra yt>
oaUar hxst*r give* !? tts) \u25a0tpssirsn— 4s>
. t2t4, pise* tortsJ optlo>
Bronsit* \u25a0 ooours •m. ocoKn ctwh sa»
r.bltai ,a—ndatsa ;wtOi; tops* ta Sftorln.
- and in \u25a0\u25a0 Hi*itn * Cssu* ; <itn ii»mi mi O4ter%d \u25a0
' garnets aad msiaaijit* aad asurfte ar»
found. .Tnt Iftttsr two mlawaia ar« •#»
sociatad with - oepp«v •*• vi ooow
from th • 10uadsJoop* iote«. .Tb«f w*
; highly color 9 d and sr«. xued ta Tacsmi
«,rt work. Apophyllite is ioosd ia th«
New AJmaden «mines. Ftuotit*. oco*
slonally cut for gsms/fs fsun4'ta ivMt*
-'cubes at Mount Diablo In Contra Covta
county. H*matit« and [ limoarial, from
the black .variety of Trhich beads, la
tagllos ;i and > other ornaments 'ar* «at.
-is found in Alamedaconstr, the former
near the city i of lAJameda .and;thm'lat
' ter!in;the hills to the'•ast.:". '
The "tourmaline is rniaed 'the .most
extensively of all*, the - gems, or gem
material found In Californta. and the
greatest :; returns have been received
: from it, but of course the main interest
.will \always 'center ; around, the -dia
mond, jqueen -= of the - Jewels, among
them -what gold is among • precious
metais,: f carrying with: it: the'same fas- -
; clnatlon, arouslos the. same', eagerness :
on the \u25a0 part of man -to \u25a0 find' its hiding
place. Dlamonds i- of: first"quality, but
very few of them, have been found in;
California, mostly la th« northern, sec -
- tlon..
> Geologists believe there' Is "a; store of
dlamonds*soraewhere in the mountain
ous regions * of the northern group iAt
• counties-* and that some day the pros
pector's] pick % will burst into the blaat
: Ins -treasure housa and bring Callfor^
nia mbre'strongly into the world llms
li^ht than* it was "in.the* days cf* the
gold - discovery. )\u25a0
V The * stamp',, mills \u25a0 of;" California ar« J
actually.'Crushing diamonds with* th«
; rock; that Is ; pulverized under th* rat-.
tllng : steel - hammers. , Mlnut* ' \u25a0 frag- •.
, ments of these prseious gams are.found j
frequently.in*, the*' alok>«s "&ad .basscrlw -
'"\u25a0'\u25a0' (C«attßaasd «.next pasjpft^ *