The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-11-25
The New Diamond Fields
4 Wife Prisoners Confession.
The Quakers and the War.
Organizing a ReIiefFund
The California Lottery Fever.
Weston's Weary Walk.
More WhippiDgs in Delaware.
ETC., Etc.s Etc. Etc.s Esc.
organizinga a ReIiefFund
The California LOTTERY Fever.
Weston's Weary Walk.
THE AFRICAN DIAMOND FIELDS.
Continued Excitement-Rich Yields of Ola.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Rush TO the DIRglnRs.

Continued Excitement-Rich Yields of Dla-
monds-Immense Rush TO the DiRsinRs.
The mails from Durham and Capetown, South
Africa continue to give details of the wonder
full diamond regions discovered in the Valley of
the Vaal and the whole southern part of Cape
Colony. The editor of the Natal Mercury has
visited the country and writes from there
We have visited, inspected, and carefully in
quired into the workings and yield of the dia-
mond fields, and we now most unhesitatingly
declare that there has been no exaggeration
whatever about the matter, but on the contrary,
everything has been underrated. We assert,
on the authority of Messrs. Unger, Hond, and
all who have made the subject their study that
the world has undoubtedly never known such
diamond mines before. Mr.. Unger, the dia-
mond merchant from Hamburg, who has been
in the trade all his life, declares that by
are every day unearthing stones of
size and quality far superior to
those found in the Brazils at depth of twenty
feet and upwards aud what is more, that in the
aforementioned mines fve-carat diamond is
seldom, If ever, found oftener than once in five
years, while at the Vaal River fields not day
elapses without several OF three, FOUR five, six,
up to twenty carats, and even larger, being dug
out, publicly exhibited, and disposed of by the
finders The other day superb stone of forty
eight carats was found on the widow Verreis
farm, where there had already been yield of
fifteen precious stones, worth an immense for
tune. The average yield is not less than sixty
diamonds day, all of great value. Many of
the most valuable ''inds" are kept secret, none
caring to tempt the cupidity of strangers by
such alluring bats.
People of every rank are at work with pick
and shovel. The President of the Transvaal re-
public, Mr.. Pretorius has signed the diggers
rules, and is working away like any other
digger.
A diamond merchant came in recently from
the upper dggings, a mile or so above, with a
box containing two hundred diamonds, the
greater portion being perfect gems, and the
largest weighing AZ carats. There were also
stones of 5, TO- and up to 20 carats. In six days
he had purchased four hundred diamonds.
Another buyer, in a few days, had bought fifty.
A party of four, in three weeks, had obtained
four, one being perfect stone of 2534 carats,
the other, 634, ~, and 1 carat, respectively.
At Jagersfonteip, above Phiel, on the Vaal 10
diamonds had been picked up-one of 90 carats,
found by boy while working with a common
pick and scarcely foot beneath the ground.
1t is of the most brilliant water, and worth a
fortune.
One more fact:-A small party from Wepener,
in the conquered territory, washed out a beau
tiful stone, perfect gem, slightly straw
colored, of 2594 carats, close to where we were
at the time staying. This diamond is perfect
in shape and without flaw, and made the fourth
obtained in three weeks, the first being 6$4
carats, eXhumed the first day; the second, IL
carats; the third, carat; and two more since
the large one above mentioned. These men
arrived at the diggings only three weeks ago
without capital, and without previous know
ledge on the subject.