BANDITS IN COLOMBIA
SEIZE RICH EMERALD MINE
GOVERNMENT TROOPS DEFIED
■ (Received 27th . May, 2 p.m.) BOGOTA (Colombia), 26th M.ay
•Bandits, armed with rifles, reported, to number 100, and asse-rting themselves to number.-400, seized the Coscuez mine, which produces many of the world's finest emeralds. The' bandits, firmly entrenched, seized the garrison in which half guard while others work the rich deposits. Government troops and police are rushing to the scene and a clash is expected any moment. The bandits have sent a communication to the troops: "We are reardy to kill in case we are attacked." . ■•■
Colombia is the world's largest source of emeralds, and has exported these stones for lour centuries. Production is entirely in .Government hr/>ls and the chief mine or quarry is ai Muzo, in the mountains north of Bogota (the capital) in the crater of .in extinct.; volcano. Veins .of • green quartz arc broken up by pick and crowbar and the material is waslved In a sluice and searched for gems. The Indian' workers live in compounds and the gems are sold in Paris. . Other emerald workings are at Coscucz and Cuindia. . ... .. . ■ "
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 123, 27 May 1930, Page 10
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186BANDITS IN COLOMBIA Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 123, 27 May 1930, Page 10
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