The New York herald., 1873-02-01

GERS OF the army and others in this section for a
number OF years past. During the scouts made in
picked up by the soldiers They were STYLED Navajo
rubies, and some Of them were OF q size ranging
from eight to twenty carats. Arnold and Slack,
VINO were Interested with Harpending and Roberts,
o San Francisco, in what are usually know as the
burro mines at Ralston, In Southern New Mexico,
accidentally met with man In 1871 at one OF the
stations between Tucson and Apache pass who
aaa soidlered IN the Navajo war and had carried
WIN MN ever since few pretty red stones as
curiositles Arnold obtained these stones from
MN and shortly after proceeded with Slack to the
northern part OF the Defiance reservation, q
sea Chez Tor red stone, district Tney
their claims and laid on ground puttisg up monu-
ments, as s the custom OF miners in new districts
1nese monuments and notices are still standing on
the trail from Fort Defiance to the San Juan. 1t il
very likely that they intended making this spot the
scene OF their operations but 1t soon became neces
sary for them to change their plans. McCallen,
another striker OF Harpending'sat the Burro mines,
Raea s on s from
getting on the track OF what he supposed to be
precious gems And he, too, came to Defiance to
$50 miles to the north Of this tort
aso These he took with him to New York, and
when 1t was announced by the San Francisco news
papers paper u that at diamonds had been discovered his
TIE GREAT MEDICINE MAN,
and through him had an interview with Humboldt,
and they came out last August the leaders Of an
expedition or New York company. But Arnold had
place was too public for his psns" The Navaos
are very Obseryant tribe, and they watch very
closely the movements OF the whites when they
fnd them searching for anything. They have pros
pected the country 30 far much better than any
one else, and brought In great many more gems
parties had got wind Of the story and supposed the
miners to be In the vicinity Of the Burros some
sa,d SAIL in the Pina mountains; They fol,
slowly from station to station until they
found that one where the stones had
meantime been killed by the Apaches, and they
could obtain no urther information OF the locality
OF the stones. Then came the trailing for trails.
McCalcn was endeavorng to follow Slack's trail.
and he was supposed to be posted. So there
McCallens trail, thinking that would bring them
in at the death. And all OF these parties found
Of more or less value which added @ to the
Of red stones, with which to .'salt Ruby Guch, at
their
"CLAIM'' ON THE UNION PACIFIC,
they having selected that spot as q point
SS Whites fse
middle Of September a party of forty men, known
as Gray's party, and who were fitted out by Har-
Tor the supposed diamond fields. This was sup
posed to be clew to the proper place, and several
parties set to work to track them up but GIays
for they travelled constantly running up and down
steep mountains digging their way in and out Of
deep arroyos, iording streams and crossing deep
ravines until they arrived at this post when Gray
drew them up In the plaza and disbanded them,
been announced several DAYS before the expedi-
tiOn started that 1t was for the diamond fields and
the statement went uacontradicted. But now
Gray said that they were looking
NOT FOR DIAMONDS, BUT FOR GOLD
At the rate they travelled prospecting was out Of
that no prospecting was done the recent deve
Opments made by the government survey party
prove clearly that the object OF these branch par
while the projectors OF the fraud bagged their
game. l think 1t is now pretty clearly established
iona during The past two Years. And vet u whv Hh
should not diamonds and other precious stones be
,3n3y y shs ayHs an9 ayyg%s 9 shs re-
are found here as are found in South Africa and
Mlnas Geraes, in Brazil. Here exist the itacoumite,
quartzose conglomerate and the tertiary cretaceous
and carbeniferous systems. In the ravines are
quartz crystals, clay slate, rotten ironstone and
iron sand. Garnets and peridot "a green trans
parent crystal exist here in conjunction, and by
many experienced biologists they are considered
the best indications On the Colorado Chiquito
(which followed as far as Sunset Crossing) OBJ
served very favorable indications at several points,
Many Of the hills situated mile back from the
river and running parallel with it were covered
with worn and rounded pebbles.
THE FINDING OF PRECIOUS STONES
IS referred to In the government reports Of Lieus,
Ives, Beae and others In which frequent reference
Many OF the Pueblo and Navajo Indians wear gen.
uine turquoise for eardrOps or necklaces. The
place is variOusy mentioned as the spot
from which 1t is obtained. 1t is valued very
highly by the Indians, lew small pieces being
worth with them fine horse. Many OF these
fine pieces OF turquoise have been transmitted to
them from time mmemorial and it is doubtful
whether the true place OF its existence is yet
known. Chrys0lite, peridOt and Oivne are found
in quantities at Ewell's camp, twelve miles north
Qi Fort Defiance. .s.:.l,s = :- III
AT THE SEILA CHEZ DISTRICT, -
lis miles north garnets OF almost every conceiv-
emily styled rubies by the miners, but have not
yet had very clear evidence that a ruby has been
found. These garnets are of an extraordinary
hard character, and many of them Will, perhaps,
pass for rubies when set. No digging whatever
has yet been done for precious stones and 1t w0uld
be expecting too much to be able TO pick up on the