Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-21
DIAMONDS.
The Western Field of JeWels-GOld and
Silver Yaluelesss
Full Details of the Discovery and Re
sources of the Diamond Fields.
Cape Of Good Hope and Brazil Outri-
vailed.

CHICAGO, August 2O.-The Larami,
Sentinel, of the nineteenth instant
publishes report of an interview witt
J. E. Arnold, the reputed original dis
coverer of the Arizona diamond mines
in which Arnold gives what purports tt
be the first truthful account Of the mine.
which has yet been made public, bu
which far surpasSes any possible fic
tiOns that may have been told before.
ARNOLD SAYS
his first visit to the fields was in July
1869 was prospecting, he says, in the
Pimas Indian country for gold. One
day an Indian came to me, bringing
about pint of bright and peculiar.
| shaped stones. The Indian assured me
that they were diamonds, and that the
locality where they were to be found
had been known to his tribe for many
years. After making him some presents
and with heap of persuasion he con-
sented to accompany me to the ground
1t was
A THREE DAYS JOURNEY,
and we started Immediately. 1 found
fields locP ted on the slope of mountains
of sandstone formation, and so plenty
were the gems to be found, that picked
up aQuart or more in a few minutes. /
started next day with fear and hope, for
San Francisco. On my arrival there |
carried the stones to ]. A. Tucker, Jewell
er, in Montgomery street, who pro-
nOunced them worthless. l was not
satisfied, heard of a French Lapidary
in the city, who had worked at Ana
sterdam, Holland, the great diamond
cutting mart of the world, and to him
| repaired for his opinion, and he pro-
nOunced them
DIAMONDS OF FIRST WATER.
My friends in some manner got hold of
the matter, and 1t was creating soLle ex-
element. When questioned | referred
to Tucker, this satisfied them and threw
them of. To make assurance dOubtly
sure | sent one of the stones to Fasso,
Morris d Co., Boston, ard had it cut,
this relieved my mind of all doubts. /
went back that season and brought out
with me about two hundred thousand
dollars worth. made two trips in 1870,
two i'll 1871 and one this year, in com
pany with Dodge Rewbery and Henry
Jones, who were sent to verify nv state
ment to the company I was then
about forming on this occasion in
Washington. In about ton and half
of dirt we found about
EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF
BRILLIAE.TS.
The publishing of this report of JAN
in's was the greatest mistake we have
made, for it set all the old miners upon
us. Janin and Dodge he pronounces
frauds. The latter, he says, is too well
fixed to mine, and in proof, he asserts
that after being on the grounds a few
hours, he positively refused to pick up
the diamonds when they were under his
very nose. Arnold says he shall start
from Canon City, Colorado, with one
hundred picked men and experienced
and that their claim is all right
as they protected by the government
in the matter, and will go ahead boldly.
From Canon City their route will 90
southwark, through st. Louis Valley
three hundred miles and South of Mar
quis Village, near Flax river, he says
that about
TWO MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOU
SAND DOLLARS
worth of brilliants have been gath
cred up to this date, and says that
IC las hSuiGu IL at lOW eS-
innate. took out one weighing forty
carats on my first visit. 1 could pick
them up in the slope of the mountain
without trouble. The rains had washed
the surface dirt off and exposed them to
view. l have denied upon all occasions
any knowledge of the location of the
diamond district, except to my COM
pany. have been obliged to do 50 to
protect the interests of my friends and
myself, and you are the first outsider
who has obtained any accurate account
of this affair.
HUMBOLDT.
speaks of this country as a region where |
diamonds should be found, and Lieuten-
ant Ives, who passed through that sec
ton in 1857 with a surveying party, de- |
5cribes the rubies and emeralds found |
there, and speaks of finding stones re-
diamonds, none of which were |
tested by competent judges. We be-
lieve that the gravel in which gems are
found occupies an area of some three
hundred thousand acres. The trail is
IN good land, and the government has
issued its patent for the entire area. The
present owners have, therefore, the |
power of the United States to protect |
hem in the possession and enjoyment |
If their property.
The Sentinel appends to ArnOld's
statement a good notice of the company |
With which Arnold is connected.