Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-09-05

ncer Gen, Seymour OF New oFN expects
| to reach Montreal and equip the FoaC SO
art4r business in ABOUT eIShtGeh months no .lS
Sir Hugh Alien Oh the Allen Lane ocean
| steamers IS very acliFeIy "oFNlhS up
the interest OF the ROAD ana WORK VII az
at once be comlnencea west from Mont
real also. a large IIeGl OF NeSselS are
| now III port ioaoln? WIN IiNloGE IoI ti III
| oiu "0Io' WI'h WHICH 'uc I"nIocl 'I e.
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THE ORIGINAL DIsCOvERER OF TIE
| DIAMOND FIELDS OF THE WEST. which
/ arc NOW eycitirr 81 much attention has
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| III lIle Laramie CIV yoHlIh2) 0eIt1I|'es'
! |, Edward Arnold am the original ulS-
| COvcrcr OF the diamond district. My
| first visit 10 the fields was on July 18th,
1869. prospecting in the PimO Indian
country for gold One day an Indian
! came to me bringing some brlEht pecu-
| liar shaped stone lie assured me they
! were diamonds, and that the locality
| where there they We're to be found had
/ been known to his tribe for many years
| After making him presents, and with
| heap Of coaNing, he consented to accom-
! pany me to the grounds. 1t was three
| days journey and we started at once. |
| found the fields located on the slope Of
/ a mountain Of sandstone formation, and
! so plenty were the gems to be found that
| picked up a quart or more in a few
| minutes. ! started the next day with
| fear and hope for San Francisco. On
my arrival there | carried the stones to
| !. W. Tucker, JeWeler Montgomery
! street, who pronounced them worthless.
/ | was not satisfied. heard OF French
! lapidary in the city, who had worked at
| Amsterdam, the great diamond cutting
/ mart Of the world and to him l applied
| for his opinion. lie pronounced them
| diamonds Of the first water. My friends
in some manner got hold OF the matter
and it was creating some excitement,
| when referred TO tucker. his salts
| fled them and threw them off the track.
| To make assurance doubly sure | sent
one Of the stones to Fossa, Morris &
Co, Boston, and had it cut. This re-
lievod my mind OF all doubts. | went
back that season and brought out with
/ me about 100000 worth. | made two
trips in 1870, two in 1871, and one this
year in company with Dodge Rcwberry
and Henry 1anin. who We're sent to YER
ify my statements to the company I was
then forming in Washington. In ton
and half Of dirt we found $50. 900
worth of brilliants.
The publishing this report of Janin's
was the greatest mistake we have made.
for it set all the old miners upon us.
Those diamonds were discovered before
the two pretenders were ever in the
country. I know them both well. They
are frauds. Here he showed us a beau
tiful brilliant of about seven carats)
This is one I brought with me on nv
last trip. Dodge. who accompanied us
on that occasion is a very poor miner.
He is too we'll fixed to mine. After be-
ing on the grounds for few hours he
refused tn nick I'm the diamonds whom