The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-08-23
TWO ACCOUNTS OF THE DIAMOND
- FIELDS OF ARIZONA.

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The Company Which Works Them
Sapphires, Emeralds, Rabies and Dia-
monds-Where are the MineS?- $2G0-
coo in the Prospecting Pan, Etc.
SAN Francisco, August 1t is
but few years since the people
on the Pacific coast were greatly
excited by reports that large
quantities of diamonds had been
discovered in Tehcma county, in
this State, and for a time nearly
everybody one met talked of drop
ping his business, selling out, and
going to Red Bluffs to make his
fortune in diamond digging.
Reality soon became enthusiasm
however, for although many large
stones were found, not one of them
was n diamond. Only last year 3
party Of men went from White
Pine into Arizona Territory on 4
diamond hunt and came back with
bags full of pebbles about as use
less as those generally turned up
by the big black ants of Arizona
and Now Mexico-they were mere
ly quartz. Other expeditions have
gone out from time to time on q
similar GRAND, and with like re-
suits. One man thought he had n
treasure, for he found n stone
weighing 173 carats, which was
supposed to be diamond, but it,
too, was merely quartz. We have
had gold fevcrs and diamond few
ers in abundance, ''ruby preserves,
emerald ranches, and sapphire
hunting grounds" to our hearts
content and our pockets deple
ton; but these arc now but dim,
regretful memories of the past.
In Arizona VIC have 4 yeritable dia
mOnd field five hundred acres
wide, and on Tuesday last, in the
Office of the County Clerk was
filed n certificate. of incorporation
of ''The San Francisco and New
York Mining and Commercial
Company the objects of which
are to ''carry on the business of
mining and exploring for gold, sill
yer and other precious minerals
and substances of every name and
nature in any and all of the States
and Territories Of the United
States, and to do such commercial
business connected Herewith rs
the interests of the said company
may require" The capital stock
Of this company is $10,O00,O00, in
shares of 800 ecch, and the trus-
tees are Albert GanseI, VIM. +.
Babcock, Milton S. Latham, Louis
Sioss, VIM. NJ. Lent, Thomas ).
Selby and Maurice Dorc, of San
Francisco; and Samuel L. NJ. Bar
low and George B. Mcclellan, of
New York. It was intended to
keep the formation of the company
Il secret, but some indiscreet per
sonagc let the cat out of the bag
to somebody in California street,
who told it to somebody else, and
finally a paragraph appeared in one
of the newspapers saying that
there were ''visions about" of en-
eralds, rubies and diamonds.
Great excitement cnsued, for we
are an excltable people when we
think there is chance of gaining
wealth without much labor. IL
was reported that some of the
stones already found were on eN-
hibition at the bank of California,
and hither fiocked all people to
see the wondrous sight In the
middle of the directors room, Oh
leather covered table, was piled
what ut least represented the
wealth of Ormus and of Ind. At
one end of the table, over which
many anxious and plethoric per-
sons were bending like starving
men intent on gazing at steaming
bullion, was an iron cash box full
of rubies, but these attracted lit
tie notice, for on the center of the
table lay n confused heap of dia-
monds from the new fields, some
almost as small as the head of 4
pin, and others as large as 4 small
bean, some shining brightly, and
others dull and lustreless as peb-
bles; some looking like quartz.
1t was sight worth seeing once
in life time, and everybody
seemed to think SO. One large
diamond weighs los carats. There
is ruby there larger than any
other yet discovered in the Uni
ted States. Unpublished as they
stand, the whole collection of
gems is said to be worth about
$4,000 or $4,000, and this csti
mate does not include about a
quart of small diamonds not yet
examined. When they have gone
through the hands of the lapidary
they will, of course, be worth n
vast deal more than they now are.
One diamond which has been cut
is valued at $4,000. They are of
all shapes and dimensions, some
cubes, some pyramids, soma
spheres, and 50 on, and there are
about 5000 of them. They are
of all hues, white, yellow and
black, the latter used in cutting.
There is quite quantity of sap
phircs, large, but not yet cut, and
here arc rubies, some of which
having been cut show themselves
to be of remarkably fine texture.
and color. To see all these things
was like being transported back
to the days of Haroun Alraschid,
and one almost looked around for
the genii who had borne him to
this palace of wonderland. One
almost longed for some enormous
being to come and say: Il an
ready to obey tho Ring l and the
other slaves of the Ring" and
then have him sweep one away to
Europe with all the gems in his
possession; but, alas! it mote NOT
be.
Mr. Roberts and Mr.. Harpen-
ding, who are supposed to know
more about the discovery of the
land and its value than any other
pers ons, have been Intercepted
on the subject, and divulge a lit
tie. They say that the diamonds
and rubies were first discovered at
the field in Arizona some three
years ago by an Indian, who show
cd what he had found to some men
in the employ of their silver min
ing company. Messrs. Roberts
aud Harpending obtained posses
sion of the stones and had them
examined by lapidary in San
francisco, who pronounced them
o be vericlble ru5ies and diamonds.
1t may readily be imagined that the
gentleme lost no time in ascertain
ing the exact spot where the pre-
cious stones were picked up, and
| Immediately took measures to Sc