Smith, Marcell Nelson, 1854- [from old catalog] · Boston, Mass., Printed for Smith Patterson company by Griffith-Stillings press · leaf 65
yprimary source, are gradually being exhausted.In the last five years, statistics show that therehas not been an average of ten million dollarsworth of pearls from all the fisheries combined,while much more than ten million dollars worthof pearls are sold annually in New York Cityalone.… … THE RAJAH OF DHOLPUR WHOSE PEARLS WERE VALUED AT $7,500,000 Courtesy ofJ. B. Lippincott Co. PEARLS 45 sea to pick out and get the oysters which they Pearlthought might contain pearls, but since the ^^^^demand has so largely increased, divers are nolonger employed. Grapples are used in theirstead…
Precious stones · Gems
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