, 1876-03-05
qo,couda. Brazil, and South Africa
Must Hereafter Take Back
Seats,
Err Mine of Eri1liants Has Been DIS
covered Within Fifty Niles
Of Chicago,
Which Promises to Pan 0ut More Genuine
Kohinoors than Alaska Does
Fictitious Ones.
Fow the Discoverers Propose to E3-
p1oit the Location of the In
valuable Pocket.


The Pure Dfnphanous CARBON 10 bo
mined by the Aid of Dynamite
Capped balloons
THE TRIBUNE ha.tens to lay before it's readers
the outlines Of most stupondous nnaelsaAlnS
now in progress in this city. In scientlnc oolo-
ne-s it 1nar fairly compare with the most caring
conceptions Of this or any former age; II sue
cozs{ul it will deserve to raaK, in 1acs Will .no
celebrated exploit Of Prone.heus IN ci'ns1os
down ire from heaven, or the d1Amaue pose u
Jupiter Pluvtus, when he ralned gown shower
of rold from the skics. The scheme is no less
one than the enrichment, to the extent OF unsoao
millions, OF the projectors and their ir1enoS' ps
rendering available store OF wealth, oy 1ue elae
Ct which the far-famcd mines OF uoconos WAL
pa!e their incdccsuat fires 1t Is pzoposeo w
draw down from the skies
NOT GOLD. But DIAMONDS, 90.
.r5,ot in tho fern OF dust either, but in SOLID
u,aeses far larger than the celebrated hon l-nor,
which has hitherto been deemed the leading ano
cos.ucat brilliant in the wo1id
4 verv few miles from this caty. on sne llne o1
the Galeu. Railroad, huge shauty ID now being
erected, having been commenced about the MD
die Of last week. The exacr location cannot DC
more closely indicated, as the parties III cna1He
a7e aftaid that such publicity "oalo De
fatal to the success OF tneh ,Isis unuea nanor
was passing along the limo q couple OF Days ago.
and ioonln. on, at the window, his attention was
arrested by the unusual proportions Of Inc
croUnd-nlau of the structure,-unAke that ol
gnv other building in OF near this city. Ills
curiosity being awakened it needed nothing fur-
ther than that peEsssen. search'cE anu 4ues-
t;oninu. which is the inherent chasectet2stlc OF
the true reporter to patiently evolve the 4eaa1nK
facts IN the case~
n leading physician OF LaFoste. lndiaaa. Feaa
before q scientific association OF that place
lengthy paper dcyored 70 the consideration OF
TIE FORCES OF NATURE,
and the media through winch they acs: fassius
hy the greater part Of his communication. 1t
NAV hc sI1rrly noted that he came to the toilo"-
1ng conclusions, supporting them BY what SEEM
ed to be an irrefutable array OF tacte' oackea os
unauaUersble logic ,-.,.
neT throCch space, would soon run away from
her atmosphere. if it we're not presented from
learine her br something moro than the 10" o.
attraction That ratentlye agent ne nao 1ounu
to be translucent shell en@elopinE the ea1sn :
otmosnhere at a distance Of mora than score OF
miles. uertars several scores Of miles. from her
euriace-tte paper is significantly silent as to its
exact d,stauce. It was also proven thas ILLS
shell, which might be likened to-
enve,o,ioc. the esrth and her exterior air, Is
c,m.osed Of pure carbon which necessarily eS-
is.a i, the CONDITION Of the diamond
The communication was not received Win
marked favor On its reading, but the bo'dne=s
ri ita conclusions attracted the attention OF one
or tro scientific gentlemen iu the vicinity, as
enon ns tho paper had passed through the press
and they at once pat their heads together to see
II they could not work ont scheme BY which
portion Of tins valuable treasure could DO &C.
cured to themselves
For the rest wc. will let one OF the projectors
who is also medical gentleman, speak lof hlh1
self. rre,nisinS that he w:s found at !eao'ni
Lote! in this ctr, and that be vas only rzeVallee
ucoa to be communicative by tho Solemn assu1
a1ce Of our reporter that
ENOUGH WAS KNOWN -
of tho facts IN the case to Waf1cnt bstbeAeu
without his mid, and that it vas to nls 1ntefen
that the statement should be as accurate as pos
side, for which reason he WIS asked to speak
tlat mistakes in tho narration might be avoided
and due secrecy was promised on such points 81
il was considered necessary to Keep from tn
public ,.,. -. !.
shell aud obtaln soEo OF It's Matctaal, 10" III
Doctor-Wcll, We did think at first Of trying
to build structure that would rcaca It, DUE ons
Of Cur number rsdiculcd the idea Is being equal
ly useless with the still celebrated Tower o
label. Then NO thought Of an idea dcl1Ses
from the experiments which followed that o
Franklin. tho philosopher. We thought that, l
ho could bring lightning from the clouds. We
in the present advanced state Of our kno"ieaee 9
ought TO be ablc to send q sutEclency oi AGns
ring through and beyond them.
.Certa,n!y. that looks feasible enough; don
you think now that that Elan would wo1k
ave are not exactly prepared to say no t
that, nut it is probable tha1, nut 10. .uo II II
should have undertaken it. The fearful enere
Of dynamite was, however, forcibv Drought t
our minds by that disaster. and wo nave no
concluded to t1v and explode portion OF
THE DIAMOND sIELL
ty ysending up sufficient charge OF d5n amlte
a uroperly-constr1ctcd balloon" ..
Dut do Won think it possible that you ca
eeud balloon so far2 have UNDERSTOOD tns
the balloon bursts at an altitude o. sla oI @ esse
miles pnless most Of the gas be let out; anu
strikes NE that you would scarcely fand any on 10
foolhardy enough to 80 up 50 hish 10 pull Il
valve at the required moment. .,o..
40. NC hare provided for all that. at least
theory, for there are sone olNcuistes } set ~
.:TAat is grand, trn1y still there are SON
difficulties in .he way, which do not clearly &c
through In the first place, how high above u
earth is this shell supposed TO be
cured tho aid Of frst-class Mathematician ~
astronomer to take the 1efrochve index OF IL
diamond. and by comparing that with the
fractye power Of the atmosphere at
DIFFERENT ALIlICuEb.
tn cnJcn1ste IS We think he can pretty ueari
Low high above the earth this shell is."',
"But do you think that it is at the san
height all around tho earth:"
.:Ch. no: and there comes in the foasibili
Of the scheme. Inasmuch as the earth tends
slough of her atmosphere by leaving it behi1
her in her Journey round the sun. the natur
etTect of that will be to cause the diamond sht
itself to take the samo attitude with regard
the earth. That is. the point Oh the earth's so
-, i: %,I %r+r Ia hnf
ecliptic to which the earth is moving at al
given time will be much nearer to the sh'
than any other portion OF the surface, and the
posite roins must in like manner be much IL
the1 of than the average We think it like
that the least distance under certaiu favoran
conditions will bo found to be not more than
ABoET DoxES MILES,
Init that estimate Of distance is open to CORE
ton from subsequent calculations"
uWhat are the favorable conditions you Tel
:.Tbe principal one is the position Of t
moon. Our theory is that when rue moon is