The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-11-30
A $25,000,OD0 Diamond.


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~ r'U.i' leooniy puo'.o''u 'r "om ,in
~ o'ePi,ei'7oi' Vh t,ie seoipsS, ni
eraioSy, e'c', Ii 'iie 'o'"to VI uv",s 60
we lahe ,iie '"s,oNl"S 'h't,ea'irI ,nrIIaiI I
rount VI t,,e i,"iio,u M liiii,e' I .,oans y, ' ~
NNuun.y. many VI VIZ nv Nt''n Tnn, R,a
.ne .Is, o.u.e, sas inc ,,o H.,nis'o n1" ,rt"ra
WI, ie1ISn'no I, .nS e,,o s,sT'I nr Tovd ~
le.".e0 ~ 'ue n"''.ui, v, n'' xxx, 9hnnt 4"
Gonilec'r,il WIN tno u'"''io nii'n ~ ~
u,ss, .,s II. '''"' '"i'''o'' 'e'''''' " Wv
'''n..' .....,, ..,,,,, u,, ,,o,l,Io 1.
hniS 'ur,,''S pilI.'o' S ~, ;,onniun,ito ', or
ei,o ,i,i'iiv,i5o 'ouSo -, ',"uT n,riu ~ tha
1iaI 1i.'9.'o a1'''I :, ',,v, W. nnnnnhont - the
or"'Uu; onr Gor ts,e,I ,iIo ."'W omI IN evarv
o"I o'Sd an.;' W.. |''n'S :annI nnnh n,;na ne,r il
So,. nod,, net'''t' ti W. 1'",,I', iJiI | d;amnrds
'",I h a., ai,, 'vu''h Spu. ,,i,n o;m', totoI.
w iunoTant nf their n,tnre n, value.
y isJaa'e snIoat " aaI ,,,u', n''"o ,oot nr ,han
60, im,' o, '",u Va ",1',"S II,,rnno 10 ha nmt
nnI aot ~ ;.nraIr,' =" imt ninst nf tLenr
,nr u,nro 'i' ,os, - s"o'5fi than M % ora stilI in
,hn ny hanI, a'n ~ ''Vao tio " d,dorn Who kaan
them M as nnmen,nns IN ,heir roupf,
sto,n noinoan,iral, irnorant ftheir
] nntnro or yalne none Sere nicked nm
,'nt s,oL os ,,nra ,rithnrt i,ar,at,t;nn
,"i,,on wy, o H. u prayiI Iio omd G.,innnd, anount
w 'r, nnir tha n"n,tonth n.rt NJ the
,,.bnloy ynroJmot E,nr-ffrhs of all the
Iio,,,nIIa fnrnI I'm n,ny n,untry are
SmaIl ond onlv Gt f,r mechanical
,'nr,,asa'i, r, W." .,a,1,r,i na,n, iasa thon n
~ l'''> 80 enN'''''s'' 'S'''to
Grains me carat is n fraction less
1,on four or,inu ,,hron and onn-aiXih).
rmt - ail a,,in,otos .nd eolaa in the
laval a - 10 mr. Of fonr Grain. II oripina.
,"J .iI rrnn Wa mso nf the snnd If a nlsnt
~, nno 49, inJin, IN the .,lo NJ dia.
,innI, - WY This hnrr, yhich crnwa on
I,.G,''L' -, g., ,I,, rnnial ,or',h NOT vorv oc.
- 80 '',', onauTnroA ,l,n Hnrnnsea Of the
oon"'1 'i i,iii,od ,''.r InJan. fnr apvero, thon-
,onu ,,nar,
'rrn ThSS viaiI t :, rroyu for forty wears,
frnn tHa iohnr ' of from thirty thonsapd
~ ,",i, ,ivtu tu0 thn"somd i"" hand. ranped be.
twonn ,nn thnm.aud and twelve hum
Jrod n,,nnos u, ' of this large amount
,ou thou ro rornIy f,unl more thnn three or
nvS s"nS n"d .n 4ovar 'n mora than ten. that
uoi,haJ ,,,nro linn thirty cnrats.
These facts strongly confirm the opin.
ion TINT, when developed, Hall Coun-
ty will he AZ rich in diamonds rs Bra
I'll, and contain even a larger per cent
of sizsble ones of the first water Iu
Washing for pold. ali the larger ones
would, from the construction of the
machines necessarily be lost orthrown
away with the quartz gravel with
which they arp associated, aud only
s,Ich ~ lassrl into the relllers, with
the proirs of cold and fine sand, would
Inc fnnmd in tLr pauuing after the days. 3
work v.na done. All of those found in
Hail Conutv were thus found, weigh
inc from two 70 six carat5, somo few
lass and tnrse were of large size. One
of thesa as before stated, was broken
nm to s,ethe cause of their lustre, 10y
| the iprornn miners. Another was
used for veara by the boys, a. u "mil-
dje-maui, in pIaying marbles and tie
larpcst one bv far was lost by Or. Lloyd
who wao cmuIovpd to oversee thirty
negroes in working the Glade Gold
Mine. n deposit twelve miles northeast
of GAINESVILLE.
Dur;nr ,ho c,, voor. be wos cm-
,,,an"d ia iI ,,io,,o on oft nf the sond. ol
p,"y .,i,ds .", ';n 'Jm l" ,r,Jd Id a,erv uiTht of.
tlio & l,',''L,,S9 hauit' ,U wa. ovar ohnut
,n,f , S,,T ,;mi G If mrctty sfoncs. which he
'o ',",a ~ XXI III, " ,yirn uLn urt ihem in nm
sn,o sSn o,hnnrJ y" n,, I, "1o"nt tmch os thc rhjI.
o.'' v"i'on"o"' .u,, fnnu ,. ~ ~ ntinh yynra rnn-
''ieir 'T"', ,HhnH 49,, .n,,hnrJ w,s f,Ig
elai,y ,y3o ,99', ,;,,In ha,t ,,[ anI rut tham
t Sne ',iS,I0 ,at fn, r'turo 7, s7,,cneanent Snmn
i'r,, ,t'"' f,',,, t,n ,I,nir .i,n and rnnrtnd
", ,,Ie'.' i,u''' tn,.n anr ,rnrtI, C,nn,
.ua'.., iu,'"v ,,',,,mI ' =, Gn,, tl,onsond Ln.
twenty ,,t'',D" ,i 49, i" non ,,} ,ra" fnmnT Nv
i,s ,uio. wv 'ci'n,t LII 'rorl,ir, IN thn ri. i,
i'il'seii i " "'i, aioT. nonI ia oaid tLnt
p,aco W " ,',nr, a,,M ''h',,' hm I,,, Ina had mn
apout y" NV; i'?u'' y,;, Iy sn" N',S ronaI ,,. ha
"a.c,'b WIN: ,''ninS ii,.S " SIittIon', a'~
lou'l" SIu'!r J.n' IN w. ,i'''t ~ ;,,i,.,,,
e"GePV ,''"t ~ vs. - '',t ',,' 'ii,, uai,,n
oi'y ", one sue t,'e "',,I' o,"u
covered "'.' ol"St ". .,',, "H", o',,, H,,,; );
~ was a'H'1't .i'e sly y, " ',.eoI
BENG iia,u pu7il'eu W heep WV "".o' ~
nalro"s l'lc! WIN SWt s,"uh ~ "9
10 'uih'sii Hli, ioI oTl'''i.,,' ""'",, ,6' 81
ne iaiu IL Oh ''le onhn, oy ~, niaTt 'it'
Whlch sloou JIost 1yi i,',,, IN h,sn,' ~ ih1'
Wheh he ,htcilue', " t"nG 49, :. "p !" ,iI LIZ
caoih anu give ~ " ia,o nv e CIV" u nt Unit
drell, as pelhg lle ,aise1' VI d., '"e ,ipo,, p'e,,
W stones lie i'au luui,'. ni. VIZ;
hight came 'nH iilaGi'lnes Weie re, eiiil,s,,
eH Oh 'l'eir soiu 9airu, a,l. LII III ht aIo ~, h
Oh tne moment me- ioisot ",i "9ou. r'ou,, anI n
Prelty stone. l"e!Ne JuaiS '',J' "ni,
ne was SHOWN r1ugi' ' unt,iionn' ai,'' ,ha
AT once fecogilheu Ihe conle,i.S ~. VI az. III,
mustard Go:te,' "i'" liie pls
one" he had laid up pV .pe ,rt. gu'h-.lee. l,,'
soon niter ne louiiu lile p's P'et.y
stone," tile lease eHpiren' an" . .iit
company VINO empioyeu nun sem
home the hands ana 4qit WORK: Aoohi
the Same time MIS-. li'yu diel; una
his daughter, VINO ilau Ieacneu = Mo- "
hahnUo", li'lii,v"' a.u NY" t 20, I"%y Ht,
was the crnboarI which then contain
cd tha f,ted bap When he became
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