The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-08-24
MORE ABOUT THE DIAMOND
 BUSINESS.

the ground from which thousands of fortune seekers propose to gorge themselves with gold, silver and gems " of purest ray serene"
 We'll. let them come on, this Territoryis very large one; yes, large enough to hold ship-Ioads of precious stones. But, we re- assert, Do not come here, at our invitation, to fill your sacks and purses with diamonds and such. for we are not prepared to say, positiyely. that such gems do exist here, al- though we rather think they do.
 The foregoing remarks are, of course, drawn out in consequence of the terrible ex- citement in San Francisco about an immense diamond field in this Territory, which ex- citement was, at latest dates, feeding upon the report of Mir. Janin, which appears on the first page of this paper.
 Tom Miner,
 The "Bilk," as he is known here and else where, was in the city, at the head of com pany, preparing to start for his diamond rancho A woman had applied for admission to strike out with Toms company.
 Force Gregory and one or two other mem- bcrs of last years Miner party, were in the city. Gregory speaks of man named Nc Cul.um or McCallum, who was a member of the party and who found some precious stones, the value of which he did not make known to Miner. Joe. Voshay and others were in the secret. Miners field of dia- monds is somewhere in the Pinal mountains.
 Two rival companies are now organizing their forces for Arizona-Miner's and Harp ending's.
 Another company has been organized at Virginia City, Nevada, and its stock was be- ing disposed of. It appears to rest upon the assertions of Mir. Fox, who says he came to this Territory over year ago, prospected a portion of it and found stones which have been proved to be precious.
 His narrative leads us to infer that he alighted somewhere near Camp Apache pros pected to the northward and found the stones near the line of the 35th parallel, in sand stone formation. His story is corsoborated by the following blast from other bugle- horns, which we copy from late number of tho San Francisco Call:
 Los ANGELES August 9-Prof Glass, of Colorado and the Todd party arrived this evening from an extended ge from the diamond fields. They have with them 1000 pounds of specimens of gold silver and other and several pnts of precious doubtful stones which will be exhibited in San Francisco. On the route from Fort wingate to Albuquerque, New Mexico and on the bor ders of Arizona in what called the Ant Hill Regions, their gems discovered all at the surface There specimens of genuine rubes from the size of large pea downward The diamonds if there are any, are small, bearing quartz Fort wingate. The party claim to have discovered and located flowing oil springs that will yield from seventy to one hundred barrels per day The precise location of these springs they will not divuge In old mounds and ruins of ancient cities they ouud rel cs of tools pottery and cloth. The party not sangune to their diamond discoveries The ruby spec mems will weigh quarter of a pound.
 Throwing the above combustible stuff upon the already brilliant flames that lighted the metropolis of the Pacific will, no doubt, cause big soul-burning, and hundreds, per haps thousands, of men will rush to Arizona, immediately, for whom the following infor- nation is given gratuitously:
 Once upon time, not many years ago, certain soldier of Camp Mcdowell found what he supposed was big diamond. He took it to San Francisco and disposed of it for very large sum; busy rumor soon after said that the soldier procured that diamond by "nipping' it from some person who pre- viously possessed it.
 Then, Severance & Co.,, of San Francisco, wrote to us to know if there were diamonds lying around loose here. We objected to giv- ing an emphatic opinion on that point, for the simple reason that we were not qualified to do so.
 Old soldiers who took part in driving the Navajo Indians upon reservation, have told us that the Navajo country-to the north and east of Prescott-contains all manner of beautiful stones, among which, they thought, diamonds manage to fill positions.
 Several years ago, Mir. Slack, an old miner of Lynx Creek, in this county, skedaddled from these diggings, and turned up at the Burro mines, in the interest and pay of liar pending and Roberts, we believe. He re- mained there some time, when he left for San Francisco and Utah, in the interest ot his employers. He is now in the East, "living like fighting cock" upon cash made while in the employ of Harpending,-some say, the proceeds of the sale of his diamonds, and in- terest in the claim others, again, aver that Slack got his cash from the sale of mine in Utah.
 He has old and dear friends here in Pres cott, with whom he has correspended, but to whom he has never once said diamond. It will be seen that Mir. Slack is used pretty freely in Jauin's Report
 Van Allen, who came here several months ago, and, with Charles Myers, silently stole away,n towards New Mexico, on diamond hunt, told persons here that Slack took from this Territory great many diamonds.
 We have seen some of the " diamonds found in the Pinal Mountains. and did not believe they were diamonds.
 We have beer upon every important river and creek in Arizona; have seen wagon-loads of beautiful stones near the big Colorado, the Little Colorado. the Gila, the branches O: