El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-17
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ut seems that some of the papers in
FL Paso are making a great deal of
| capital out of the reports sent out by
Alamogordo and Ell Paso correspond
ents about the alleged diamond fields
| at Captain" said Captain Manning of
Alamogordo to a Herald reporter this
| morning. They act as though they
had been scooped on the story. There
have been no diamonds discovered at
Captain and no correspondents has
said that there have been. There was
a great deal of excitement there and
| it still exists. The conditions were
such as to create belief that diamonds
could be found there and this is the
| only report / have seen. The true sit
| uation is this: j. j. Blow examined the
ground on his property there and found
crystals almost as hard as the pure dia-
mond and found all the necessary con-
ditions that always exist in diamond
| fields. The diamond is created by ex-
cessive heat and is formed in the
same way that the crystals are. Know
ing this and seeing that the conditions
| there were very favorable to diamonds
he took up all the land with other
prominent men there and began inves-
legations. These Investigations are all
| that was ever given to the public and
even now the prospects are more fav-
orable than ever. Blow and his asso-
ciates took up all the land there and
are now developing the property as if
they knew that diamonds existed. He
| fully believes yet that ne will find the
gems and no one who is acquainted
with the conditions doubt it in the
least The very people who are de-
nouncing the story and contending
that it is fake are the men who now
have force of men at work develop
ing the property. No coal can be
found on that immediate spot and if
the company did not hope to find dia-
monds they would not be spending
money there. l have been watching the
situation all along and / am positive
that Blow and his associates are con-
fident of finding diamonds or some
thing very close to it. They have no
scheme to work for they have no prop
erty for sale. They merely hope to
find diamonds and if they do they will
work the mines themselves
w. w. Mills, United States consul at
Chihuahua. is attending the Carnival
accompanied by his wife. He never
tires of talking about Chihuahua and
thinks that city will be the metropolis
of all northern Mexico in the near fu-
ture. I'VE have had no end of trouble
with worthless class of Americans
there this winter" he said, land the
American colony is now getting sus-
picious of every new visitor. Charles
Bernstein, who was arrested here a
few days ago for cashing a forged draft,
swindled everybody he could in Chi
huahua and I paid his way here to get
him out of the country. Garston, who
also cashed several worthless checks
here, played strong hand in Chihua-
hua. He came to me few days before
he disappeared from Chihuahua and
told me that he was in the secret SER
vice of the United States army and
wanted me to help him get some mon
ey. l have been buncoed enough by
these fellows and 1 passed him up with
out consideration. There are now sew
eral fellows in Jail for like tricks and
some of them are under serious
charges
]. H. Lightfoot, editor of Ell Captain,
at Captain, New Mexico, is here to
attend the Carnival. Mr.. Lightfoot
says that everybody from Captain came
down except a few people they left be-
hind to watch the chicken coops. He
says few Ell PasO people are pros
pecting in that country and the people |
were afraid to leave things unguarded. |
Mr.. Lightfoot has very little faith in
the diamond excitement in his town
but says that the company is working |
the ground for something. Captain is |
too rich with coal, copper, gold and |
silver to suffer from diamond excite
ment. he said, and the miners there |
are too busy to think much of the new |
discovery.
4. c. Phingston, county commission
er from Lincoln county, New Mexico.
is attending the carnival and looking |
after private matters. His county is |
one of the great mineral counties of |
the territory and he is very much in
terested in the work of the miners as
ISOLATION which. was organized here
yesterday.
The undersigned banks will, owing
to the Carnival festivities. close at /
p. m, on Thursday, Friday. and Satur-