Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-08-15
DIAMONDS IN AMERICA.
Three Distinct Regions in Which
They Occur.
Geological Surveys Account OF the
Precious Stone Industry in tho uni
ted States-The Jubilee Diamond
Declared the Finest in the
World.

1t is announced from Washington that
the Geological Survey is preparing ii
pamphlet on the production Of precious
stones in 1900. The principal features OF
.hc precious stone industry in the United
States are summarized as follows: Tha
continued mining of the fine blue sai-
phircs in Ferguson county, Man; the de-
vciopment of the fancy-colorod sapphircs
I'm Granite county, Mon; tho systematic
Wogdng of the berY deposits I'm Mitchell
county, Mon; the Increased output of tho
turquoise mines in Nevada, and Grant and
Sante Fe counties, \. NJ. the great sale Of
the turquoise cut with the rock under the
name of turquoise matrlX from ali
localities; the cutting and selling Of the
western North Carolina emerald with tho
Ganguc under the name of emerald matrlX (;
tho mining of purplc-pink garncts In Ma
con county, y. c.. the discovery Of coIorcd
tourmalines at a new locality I'm Cahlor-
mia; The further advance in the price e
diamonds. the continued popularity aud
demand for pearls, emeralds ana rubics;
the Importation of nearly &OWpOo worth
Of rough diamonds which were all cut in
this country; the stability of the dia-
mond-cutting industry in the United
states, even with the limited output Of the
south African mines; the continued i'm
portation and sale of the Queensland and
New South Wales opals and their cutting
from the rough in the United states and
the presentation by Mr.. J.Picrpont Morgan
10 the American Museum of Natural His
tory of the great Tiffany collection of gems
and precious stones shown at the Paris
Exposition of 1900 and the Clarence S.
Belmont collection of minerals.
In the United states. the pamphlet says.
diamonds are found in three distinct Re-
gions-l. Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana
and Ohio in the vicinity of the Green Bay
lobe of The continental glacier =. in
On.
South Carolina and Kentucky. 3. In cali
fornia, adjacent to the watersheds of the
San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers where
they were first found in the United states.
Thcre are reports that diamonds have
been found recently in six localities in
Georgia but there is some doubt as to their
authenticity. A diamond Of - csrats. was
found recently in Shelby county Ala
thirty miles south of Birmingham. The
stone was found in a garden. 1t was sent
to New York for examination and was pro-
nounced a stone of the first water which
would make a gem of about liz carats
when cut. Two diamonds were found re-
Gently in Tennessee, near Knoxville.
The annual report of the De Beers con-
solidated mines for the year ending June
80. 1900, issued by the great corporation #
which Cecil Rhodes is life governor ar
the American engineer. Gardiner +. VIII
liamS. is life manager. is a very VOlumiu-
Gus document and contains much unusual
matter connected with the South African
War, and the resulting Interference with
the operations of the company. The actual
diamond output of the mines was reduced
vastly more than one half, but as prices
were higher the value of the product was
reduced by an even half
The total amount realized in diamonds
from the company's three mines during
the year was a2.o7o, 413, or sl0l, 362, OG5, just
about one-half of that for the year pre-