Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-05

Although considerable numbers ot
diamonds are continually hting found
In Australia. chiefly In New houth
wales, tho true mltriN has never h,,h
discovered In that colony thcrr H. oyi-
dence In every case 10 show that tn
stones were drlftei from their original
matrix 10 the places where they were
found, hut up 10 the present 10 locale
and nature remain unknown Mh,h
both have been lHrrrtnlned, ~ IN prob
able that New South Wales VIII become
one OF thu irnllnF dlnmpnd-prnduglng
cnuntrles ~ the world. but tho work "
prospecting o. difficult. tedious, aud
costiy. hy reason NJ the mountainous
character Of the country In which gems
ar principally found. The finest stones
yet known were obtained several years
arc from thu CuigoEnng River, rlHlnH
IN ths Australian Alps, and running
through aufifrfuuH country lh in'
northwestern portion 81 thu colony. y"
regular search ~ being made nt me
present time fur the stones, the gold
mining industry being found ~ q more
certain and rUuuncratvc characters
but at Hingcra and other portions OF
the New England district, In the norm.
arm portion w the colony. diamond
mining IN actively carried on, tho stones
generally being small, and many "on
color" Others ~ the Same kind are
found at Inyerell In the Same country,
Not few OF the stones obtained nt
either place would be claHHed ~ ilrst
wnter hy the expert, being whltr.clenr,
bright and free from rpcck or ntW. but
thClr extrpme hardness makes the cost
~ cutting tNuHurlvc In proportion 90
thoir sligo. Considerable numbers az
dlamonda from nlngern, lrver'll ana
other places are annually foli M liu.
rope, the larger rloufH BRINGING rnnl
prices Thua. il.ngcrn diamond which,
WHOM cut weighed slightly uudcr
carat. was dFp'Hcd Of IN London Cor
cit los 3D.. another, with n rrepnl4h
tlnre. weirhinr over half carat when
cut. bringing ciO, The Ftonon aycrag
about four 10 the carat In thHlr rough
state. the prlcts realized hplng from fr
ca. 20 gH per carat, For diamond
drills ana slmlllr Industrial purpoacH
tho New South wales stones are slim
ply Invaluable and are preferred In
those 81 other diamond proluclng
countries. A. Mltinrong, between 90
and 80 miles south u sydney. diamonds
are found In % drlfi, associated with
other gems. Some NJ the stones are OF
"a much deeper tnro than the straw
color which malles them on" ana are
regarded M having q peculiar beauty
| ~ their own as yellow diamonds. In
| 1855 some good diamonds were found
| In one ~ the western districts, whore
! SOME aluvlnl mining was being carried
D
/ foot, one of the stones, capable ~ he
| Ina cut into a nrst-clnHa brilliant NJ
four chrata. was sold FOR e75.
! Although diamnndF ARE met with In nu-
/ mnruus places In New South wales,
I uftfu many miles apart from each
other. their sources remain undlHcov-
rrpi t1 this day The ahradcd appear
nnua ~ Che stones generally shows that
th.y must have travelled considerable
/ distance. although their extremc hard
npas hlH caused the slgna Of abrasion
tp De Ions conspicuous than In Brazilian
and other diamonds u is believed that
thr mltHiN M the Blngern and invcreil
diamond wIl ha found somewhere near
tbc Great Dividing range. and NJ IL "a
appronohel me stones obtained will In
rrtasa On H.za The ancient river bed
doyn which they were carried has yet
to bs discovered An effort was recent.
iv made to sink on the deep ground"
iut whom tho hIsalt had boon pierced.
ana ths under rock penetrated 10 n
5nptb III one hundred feet. the death OF
tbe optrrprslus promoter stopped fur
tbsr operltlous 70 IL possible they may
h. resumed lu th' near Future, when,
N sticcesafu they viii do much 20 en-
nance the reputation. nt New South
Wales as a dIamond-produclng ooun-
try. totIN ptItN,,,pp