Arizona citizen., 1872-11-16
The Diamond Story Continued.

This CITIZEN contains an article o1 some interest on diamonds, first pub lished by a firm of London diamond brokers. There being no law requlr- ing any one to believe it or any part of it, it is given for general consldera- tion.
 There is a very intelligent and e1- perienced geologist and mineraloslst' now in Philadelphia, who is personally familiar with much of Arizona. we have on our table letter ot hls pear ;np date October II, in which he re- fers to the diamond business in this language:
 The diamond excitement has subsided, but I cannot believe that such an eXperl- enced expert as Janin has been duped- vet there are several very suspicious facts.
 The "rubies" are garnets, and the emeralds" chrysolites- common gems.
 The above was never intended for any but our eyes, and is given be- cause of the high character of the writer. The diamond sharps may not have favored Philadelphia with any but the "common gems," but the whole world has noted the suspicious facts.'' The published report of Janin Is @ rare document. Let us reproduce @ few extracts:
 The total amount of work done was under, but say four days work of two men, or eight days work of one man.
 This amount of labor produced 256 carats of diamonds, first quality, worth S16 per carat, or S4,O96; 56S carats dia- monds, second quality, worth S3 per carat, S1,704; 824 carats, worth S5,oO0. Fur ther of rubies, four pounds, of 7,20O carats, worth fifty cents per carat, but es- timated at thirty cents-S2, 226.
 Again:
 Our stay at the. diamond field was so short (we were in camp at the field only seven days) and there was so much to be done in the way of locating, surveying
 
 and timber lands, that it left much less time than l desired in which to prospect and sample this tract of ground.
 Again:
 The question of water is satisfactorily answered by the statement that we secured five streams, being all we found on this side of the mountain. We secured also 320 acres of pine timber lands, ample for fencing and for fumes and buildings. The streams of water are so situated that they can be carried to any part of the property at moderate expense. A mining district was formed and mining laws passed to protect our interests.
 Let sensible men ponder upon these extracts. Think of the untold mil lions in 5000 acres of land when one ton of the ground gave S5,35O. Under the circumstances, how comforting to have expert Janin assure the public that the comprehension" that dia- monds will be so abundant as to des- troy their value, is entirely without foundation"
 Then think of the surveying that was done; the securing the property, water rights and timber lands" the " five streams all on one and "this side of the mountain;" the "pine timber lands;" the "mining laws passed to protect our interests;" and then dear, confding readers, think of all this beng done in secret; the loca- tion of all these grand property in terests being @ secret and yet so well surveyed. and secured by the laws of the land! Laws are not secret things in this country, especially those which protect anybody interests worth hun dreds of millions of dollars as repre- sented by expert Janin.
 We get so many letters inquiring about the existence of diamonds in Arizona, that our disgust for Janin and the whole business is intense. Every body in search of information on this subject should write to Expert Janin, San Francisco. Put a thou sand questions -5 him and insist on 8 complete answer 10 each. and if he