The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-09-18

port was more than satisfactory
: The company was formed with q
capital Of s1O,OOO,0OO. It was
; still thought necessary to keeC
the locality q secret. | started
South and procured twenty ne,
groes, thinking | could move
them out to the location and get
about six months work out OF
them, when l would be willing
the world should know the loca-
ton. got them here and had
them equipped, and was to start,
when [ lost confidence in the col
orcd troops and concluded to send
them home. They had been here
only about three weeks, and |
gave them $3.50 each, and they
were we'll satisfied. General Nc
Clellan has some, and matters are
satisfactorily arranged. l 60 to
Canyon City, Colorado, from which
| place l shall start with 100 picked
men and experienced miners. Our
claim is all right. We are protec-
ted by the United States govern
ment, and have concluded to 60
ahead in the matter boldly. Mi
! ner and Fox, Of California, claim
to have
DISCOVERED THE SECRET
where our gems are found, but
they do not speak of seeing men
which we have on the ground
working and holding possession.
From Canyon City our route is
southwest through St. Louis Val
ley, 300 miles, and south Of the
! Moquis village. Near Flax river
about 81, 100000 worth of brilliants
have been gathered up to this
date, figured at q low estimate.
I took out one weighing 405 car
ats. On my first visit l could pick
them up on the slope Of the noun
tain without trouble. The rains
had washed the surface dirt off,
and had exposed them 10 view. |
have denied upon all occasions
any knowledge of the location Of
the diamond district except to my
company. l have been obliged to
do so to protect the interests Of
my friends and myself: 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 Lieutenan, Ives,
who was through that section in
1857 with surveying party, de-
scribes the rubics and emeralds
found there, and speaks Of finding
stones resembling diamonds, none
Of which were tested by compe-
tent judges, we believe, at that
time. The gravel in which the
gems are found occupies an area
Of some 5000 acres. The tract is
on government land, and the gov
crnment has issued the patent for
the entire area. The present own
ers, therefore, have the power Of
the United States to protect them
in the possession and enjoyment
Of their property. The company,
Of which Mr.. Arnold is the foun-
der, is incorporated as the Ca!itor-
MIA and New York Mining and
Commercial Company, with the
following trustees: Milton S. La
than, President London and San
Francisco Bank Albert Gansl, Of
B. Davidson & Co., Rothschilds'
agents Thos. A. Selby, William
N. Lent, VIM. F. Babcock, Louis
Sloss and Maurice Dore, Of San
Francisco, and General George
B. Mcclellan and S. L. NJ. Barlow,
of New York. The capital stock
is sl0,00O,0OO. Mr.. Janin, engi-
neer and mineralogist OF the COM
pany, estimates the cash value Of
tho jewels already secured at mil
lions, and says there can be no
estimate of the wealth embodied
in the company's tract.
THE DISCOVERER.
i. Edward Arnold is a Ken
tuckian by birth and forty years
Of age. He came into the West
ern country at the age Of eigh-
teen and has therefore had an cx-
perience Of twenty-five years in
mining. He was at one time a
partner Of old Bill Bridger, and
is said to know the Western coun-
try better than any man living.
He has acquired a fortune through
his diamond discoveries, and after
getting the company in working
order proposes to retire, and no
longer to lead the life Of the hardy
miner.
The following is a copy Of q let.
ter picked up near one of the Rad
ical rendezvous, yesterday. The
original can be seen at this Office
Orr NVrcr g r. Aur 20 I'D