Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-08-26
THE NEW DIAMOND FIELDS.

Another story About Their DIseOverJ-Narra.
tive OF T. L. ArROld-Hs CIAlms 10 he the Dis.
cOVprpT.
Iron the Laramie Ssutlpel, Aug Ial
We have the honor Of first placing before
the country the Only authentic history and
circumstances Connected with the great dia-
mOnd discovery, which we gathered from the
original discOyerer, Mr.. 7. Edward Arnold
The main facts were In our possession some
days ago, hut at the request ul parties most
Interested they were uOt Published at the
time.
Our readers will remember that on the lIth
Instant there appeared In the Sentinel an ar
tlcle on this subject. The next morning we
were waited upon by Mr. Arnold, when the
following conversation ensued
Mr.. Arnold. IL IA no use for me IN misrep-
resent matters 10 you regarding your artlAe
in last evenings Issue, for you have got Us
down to a hole. came here for tho purpose
OF htllng out an expedition, a. yOu state, sup
posing that II could be done without our in-
tentiOns or destination heing discovered. The
San Francisco papers have bceu working IN
the dark, publishing all sorts at nunsense re-
gaTdmg this Important discovery, but you are
the only one who has yet hit Us hard We
will compromise, II agreeable 10 you, as We
are not ready To have the facts made public,
II you will let up on us for u few days, VIZ
viii give you the facts In FULL and you shall
publish tho first authentic account OF the
affair.
Satisfying him that we would remain quiet
until such time ~ lie was ready to have the
matter made public, Mr.. Arnold proCeeded
~ am the original dlsCOVerer OF the diamond
district. My tirst visit TO the fields was In
July 1852 was prospecting In the Pimas
Indian country for gold. One day an Indian
came 10 me bringing about plut Of bright
and peculiar shaped stones. The Indian us
an a. a..
the locality where they were TO be found had
been known TO his tribe for many years.
After making him some presents, with a heap
OF persuasion, he consented TO accompany
me 10 the ground. II was lhree days Jour
ney, and we Aarted Immediately. ] found
the fields located on the slope Of mountain,
Of sandstone formation; and so plenty were
the gems 10 be found, that | picked up
quart or more In few minutes. | started
next day, with fear and hope, for San Fran
cisco. On my arrival there ! carried the
stones TO j. A. Tucker, jeweler, In MOntgOm.
cry street. who pronounced them worthless.
l was not satisfied heard Of French lapl-
Diary In the city who had worked ut Amster-
dam, Holland, the great diamOnd-cuuing
mart of the world, and to him | repaired for
his opinion. He pronounced them diamonds
OF the first water. My friends In some man
ner got hold of tho matter, aud II WAS ere,
Rtlng come excitement. When questioned |
referred 10 Tucker. This satisfied them, and
threw of. To make assurance dOubly sure,
| sent one OF the stones 10 FOssa, Morris X
Co., Boston, and had II cut This relieved
my mind of all doubt. went back that sea-
son and brought out with me about 500 900
worth. | made two trips la 1870, two In 1871,
and one this year, In company with Dodge,
RewbeTry and Henry Janin, who were sent
10 verify my statements TO the company was
then about forming. On this Vcc4slpn, ~
al. l..l
found about $50 OOO worth Of brilliants. The
publishing Of this report of Janlus was the
greatest mistake we have made, for Ii set all
the old miners upon us. These diamonds
were discovered before the two pretenders
were ever in that country. | know them
both well. They are frauds"
Here he shows us beautiful brilliant of
about seven clrats, saying, This Is one that
brought out with me on my last trip.
Dodge, who accompanied US on that Ocua-
sion, Is very poor miner. lie Is too well
fixed TO mine. Alter being on the grounds
for few hours, no positively refused 20 pick
up the diamonds when they weTe under hls
very nose, Ianln's report was more than
satisfactory, and the company was formed
thought necessary TO keep the locality Sc
cret. | started south and secured twenty ne |
grOes thinking that l could move them out |
10 the location TO get about six months work |
out OF them, when ! would have boon willing |
that the world should know the location. ! |
got them here, and had them equipped, and |
was ready TO start, when lost confidence la |
the cOlOred troops, and concluded 10 send |
them home. They had been there only about |
three weeks and gave them $50 each, and |
they were well satisfied, Gen. Mcclellan has |
come On and matters are satisfactorily gr-
ranged. go TO Canon City Colorado, from |
which place shall start with one hundred |
picked and experienced miners.
Our claim Is all right. We arc protected |
by the Government, aud we have concluded |
TO go ahead In the matter boldly. Miner " |
Fox, Of Colorado, claim TO have discovered |
the spot where our gems are found, but do |
not speak OF seeing the msu which we have |
gu the ground working aud holding posses
sion. From Canon Cily our route lies south
west through 81. Louis valley 800 miles and |
south Of tue MOquls village, near Flax river. |
About w. 900 worth Of brllliants have
lceR gathered up " this date, figured ut u
low estimate. ! took out one weighing 4O1
karats on my first visit. | could pick them
lp on the slope Of ule mountain without
trouble. Tho rains had washed the surface
dirt OIL and exposed them To view.
~ have denied upon all OUcaaluns any
knowledge of the location Of the diamond
district, except to my company, have been