Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-08-05
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The Americans are fond OF excite
ment aud adventure, and when to both
the prospect Of making money rapidly
Is combined, they will undergo great
suffering and risk of health, and even
life, to acquire 1t. Stocks lately hav-
ing been very dull, certain unscrupu-.
lous spectators in San Francisco arc
trying to fleece the public by inducing
them to purchase stock In the Arizona
Diamond Company. By announcing
that General Mcclellan aud others OF
note r trustees, they feel confident
that they will be able to induce honest
men to buy their humbug stock. To
this Is added the desire Of getting up
a rush to Arizona of all the id fools
who are out of employment, or discon-
tented with their condition. l should
oe very sorry to see them succeed In
their ncfarious desigus, as untold pri-
walton and misery would be the fate Of
thou ,ands of the poor, deluded fools II
they rush In crowds to Arizona, to say
nothing OF the depression In business
and other evils. Assuming that all
the reports are true IAN assumption
which 10 sensible mar could admith
every one who reflects cannot but be
aware that not Il man In q thousand
If the adventures who have followed
these excitements but Is this day In an
lmpecunious state. Only a few have
been successful. Is 1t not the case
even here In Nevada, where We have q
Legitimate mining business? Accord
ing to accounts, u space OF country In
Arizona Of $50 miles In length has
been prospected, and nothing found
except In one place, and tho dia-
.mond fields In that place are located
and claimed by q company. The OBJ
ject OF the originators of this swindling
scheme other than that Of selling the
stock Is to Induce the thousands OF dis
conteIted spirits to 60 there. rs they
will prospect the country and perhaps
discover gold and silver mines, which
they, as Iocators and owners Of the
land, will derive the benefit Of. The
climate Is hot and the country swarms
with Apaches, q fierce and sangulnary
tribe OF Indians. The district Is far
away from any base Of supplies, and
the credulous fools who 60 there will
be deprived Of almost every comfort;
| would say every one, but they may
have the comfort Of smoking their
pipes and consoling themselves with
the reflection that they were not tho
only fools, by thousands, who have
been led astray by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Now, does any rejecting man be-
lleve for a moment that II q rich dla-
mond field had been discovered, that
these men would rush into the market
and try to sell stock? Would they
not. on the contrary, proceed In q
quiet mannc to develop the mine /?
This diamond fever Is kept up and in
creased by vague rumors OF fabulous
wealth, surmises and bits OF fiction, a
singular r~eticence and now aud then
confidential disclosures. II few men
have taken up a diamond field Of 5000
acres it Is not surprising that they
should keep back some Of the facts
about location. But their pronptness
In putting stock on the market, anu the
readiness with which creduluus per-
sons take the bait, r two Significant
facts. This stock speculation should
not be encouraged, for 1t will IN my
opinion certainly eventuate In loss,
except to the oriyinators Of the scheme.
The diamonds alleged to have been
found in Arizona are mostly OF small
value. owing to their diminutive size.
therefore most decidedly advise all,
unless they are mining Sharpe, to have
nothing to do with the stock. II Mr..
| Henry Janin has written a letter from
| Arizona rs stated, saying that with Is
men he could take out 81, DOC, 900 worth
| Of diamonds per month, one Is inevita-
bly, compelled either to doubt his hon.
esty or his Judgment. JUSTICE.
Virginia, August s, 1872.