The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-09-18
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
The Treasures Of the AZtecS.

The Treasures Of the AZtecS.
THE ORIGINAL DISCOTERER TELLS
HIS STORY-A FORTUNE FOUND IN
4 TON OF DIRT-LOCALITY OF THE
FAMOUS MINES-SAN FRANCISCO
PAPERS ALLIN THE DARKROOM
sTITUTIoN OF THE INCORPORATED
COMPANY, &C.
LARAMIE, Wyoming, August 10.
The following appears in the
Sentinel today:
We have the honor Of first plac-
ing before the country the only
authoritative history and circum-
stances connected with the great
diamond discovery, which we
gathered from the original discov-
erer, l.. Edward Arnold. The
main facts were in our possession
some days ago, but at tie request
Of the persons most interested it
was not published at that time.
Our readers will remember that
on the 4th instant there appeared
in the Sentinel an item on this
subject. Next morning we were
waited upon by Mr.. Arnold, when
the following conversation ensued:
"Mr. Arnold-It's no use for me
to misrepresent matters to you re-
gardiug your article in last eve
ning's issue, for you have got US
down to q hole. | came down
here for the purpose Of fitting out
an expedition, as you state, sup
posing it could be done without
our intentions or destination being
discovered. The San Francisco
papers have been working in the
dark, publishing all sorts of non
sense regarding this discovery,
but you are the only one who has
yet hit rs hard. We will compro-
mise if agreeable to you, as we
arc not ready to have the facts
made public at present. If you
vii! let up on us for > few days
we will give the facts u full, and
you can publish the first authen-
ii *eir. We satisfied him that
we , ould keep quiet until such
time as he was ready to have the
matter made public, and he pro-
cecded.] I am the original discov-
crer Of the diamond district. My
first visit to the fields was Or July
10, 1869, prospecting in the Pimo
Indian country for gold. One day
an Indian came to me, bringing
some bright
pECULIAR-sHAPED STONES.
He assured me that they were
diamonds, and the locality where
they were to be found had been
known to his tribe for many years.
After making him presents, and
with heap Of coaxing, be con-
sented to accompany me TO the
grounds. 1t was a three days
Journey, and we started at once.
| found the fields located on the
slope Of q mountain Of sandstone
formation; and so plenty were the
gems to be found that l picked
up a quart or more in a few min
utes. I started next day, with
fear and hope, for San Francisco.
On my arrival there I carried the
stones to J. W. Tucker, jeweller,
Montgomery street, who pro-
nounced them worthless. I was
not satisfied. l heard of French
lapidary in the city, who had
worked at Amsterdam, the great
diamond-cutting mart of the
world, and to him l applied for
his opinion. He pronounced them
diamonds Of the first water. My
friends in some manner got hold of
the matter, and it was creating
some excitement, when | referred
to Tucker. This satisfied them
and threw them off the track. 10
make assurance doubly sure l sent
one of the stones to Fossa, Morris
e. Co., Boston, and had it cut
This relieved my mind Of all
doubts. [ went back that season
and brought out with me about
100000 worth. [ made two trips
in 1870, two in 1871, and one this
year, in company with Dodge
Rewberry and Henry Janin, who
were sent to verify my statements
to the company l was then about
forming in Washington. In q
ton and half Of dirt we found
about
$4,000 WORTH OF BRILL1ANTs.
The publishing Of this report Of
Janin's was the greatest mistake
we have made, for it set all the
old miners upon us. These dia
monds were discovered before the
two pretcnders were ever in the
country. l know them both we'll
they are frauds. Here he showed
US q beautiful brilliant Of abou'
seven carats.] This is one