Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-12-05
DIAMONDs Ann RUnYra.


From the Denver Tribune.]
Il For2Neeks and months the Tribun
has been assaiicd by some Of the NOR
responsible papers Of the Territory
headed by our city morning contem
porary-for our earnestness in callin,
attention to the wonderful resources o
portions of Colorado and Arizona
Tho Diamond beds" were pronounc
cd ''humbug," and IL was furtle
stated that the Tribune was especiall,
desirous of depopulatingj the minin;;
districts adjacent to our city.
Of late however we have heard bu
little of this old-fashioned abuse. anl
the proprietors and editors Of the yer,
papers that were the loudest In theil
attempts at ridicule and satire. ar,
now conspicuous as candidates for no
siti0ns in Diamond Companies.
! The position long since taken and
persistentiy maintained by the Tri
bune on this diamond question" i,
too well known, to permit any con.
temporary, however jealous in Its pres.
emt faith, to detract from the Tribune
its just merits, and we are happy, even
at this late day, to find all our contem.
poraries 90 open and eager in follow.
Ing the lead that we were the fiist to
mark ont. ,sta 80 -
| The special cause of this excitement
and convulsion has been the arrival in
Denver, of Mr.. Charles r. Stanton. oI
California, direct from the .Arizons
diamond fields. ~
All the essential particulars of Mr..
Etanton's discoveries were teleeranh-
ed to the Tribune several days since.
from Santa Ne, and in advance of ali
I contemporaries, as usual, but the ar
rival Of Mr.. Stanton in person, with a
ruby valued at $3.50, 600 and a diamond
valued ct $4,000 or $4,000, has set
the community half wild on the dia-
mond question. a
Mr.. Stanton called at the Tribune
ofice this morning, to pay his respects
as he said, ito the champions Of the
diamond cause, and further expressed
MS regret that ignorance of the charac-
ter ofthe Denver papers had caused
him to visit other establishments pre-
viously. @ sZ S-sf
To what has heretofore appeared in
the Tribune. however, relative to the
gems In Mr.. Stanton's possession, and
the general resources Of Arizona and
Colorado, In the matter Of precious
stones, we can add but little that is
new.
Mr.. StantOn's ruby and huge dia-
mond are yet to be cut, but there is
hardly doubt as to their prodigous
value. II the ruby weighs fourteen
carats after being cut, its Dresent
Meight being sixteen, it-wiile be the
lsrYsst stone Of the Kind in the world
the next largest said to be among the
imperial jewels Of Russia, and weigh
ing eleven carats, and presented to the
Russian Gar by the Governor of Sibe-
ria.
Tiffany 4 Co., the celebrated New
York jewelers., at present have two ex-
pert iapidaries in Santa Fe-Messrs Hug
gins y Justice-by whom both the ruby.
and the diamond referred to, were pro-
nounced of the first water. These gem
tiemen intend proceeding to Arizona
to establish a regular aud perfect lapi-
darian.
Mr.. Stanton found his Jewels about
one hundred and fifty miles northwest
Of old Fort Defiance, and near the.
southwestern boundary of Colorado.
latitude 36-4O-37-4O, longitude from
Ill to 113 west.
Mr.. Stanton states that the diamond
fields in which he has operated, are
some twelve miles square, the entire
district abounding, besides diamonds
aud rnbles, In garnets, opals, topaz,
sapphires and emeralds. He says that
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