Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-11-02

2ays cam EEpers--1sssrnruset We
sars wis ehs~ rhst ssssss bssors
ssss e. sas.s Bssa pises~srsd n 10
NaHss pisss In Arssriea
uammauis IA place. % IN their orig.
mai rmoaaxicai se<ting. and q sHah
nns quality and such quantity % give
prnmAss a. = F4ch mine have bsen
feuna h Plke counfy. An
snrA was ne ststement made tbe
othsr ear. says the Nsw York Herald.
b IN. Georre y. kumE ~ New Tork. q
nufnd gem expert That the diaDo1d
mlne existed has been kept 80 secret
o. passahie ~ the owners since they
werx ansmrea b. experzs that their
gruund eMrrted the Felnk
In . goveEnuaeBt report % - made
ruhifr senn the Grxt oeaeial Hotice y
O. - g1sen that q dlamond mine ha.
been feund n the united States. This
suliesan. wkieh viii prove sensational
despite ne conservatism viii whsch u
has hcen prepared. euahoaies the result
81 investigations ~ Dr kunx and Dr
Hsnry s wazhinrton. a noted phfogrs
pher. Dx kunz has studied and en-
eeRsored % tracs % their supposed
eources exery diamond found In the
unEted States in the last tweufy years.
AxkanzMs Diamonds are fouad over
az area 81 feo acres near the little
aown q Nashville. about sixty miles
fFum T1tfls Rsck They oocuT In q
wasrHnic Feck. similar b. that q the
Noush African mines. which forms a
sEsnll agneous stock IN Pike county
ne nrxt two stoBes Uere found on
AnE L 1assS hy an Arksnxsn. and since
ss~n they have h@-en foHnd almost con
tnsounly. the total number being I3o
AZ last reEorz. Many stones are white
and ~ good water. whiIe some are yel-
kw and oGhess q brown tint The two
largest stones wesxh Eix and = half
eArats. 0ae heing exceedingly hne
white and the osher brown. They are
fsund on the surface u the sgneous
sFpa as vel sN IN the greenlsh. flable.
d~campo@ed peFidotits. somewhat nke
IT, fnm0us blue groun6" u kimbeF-
10 No aiamenas have been dlscov-
ersd oufkde tn too Acre area. They
were 81 found between the swp dikr~
wherw . rOaavay has cut 40 the DE-
eampo@ed reck within an area q some
ere arres
me property b a. controlled By enc
eumpany.- said nr KunE and h be
inE actively prospected. The course
81 shs ewnerx % Tar has been sensible
and conservative one hole has been
sank ase fe~t and another 10 feet. and
both are IN the igneoas rock al the
gag. On TIE Tle Beers property one
hsae has heen sunk 2.eo feet
In my oplnion q eenuine. permanent
dAamond mine has b~en found. and
Americans may 1oan he wesring Amer
lean dlAmonas instead q gems found
g Eritikh sol Much wfll depend 90
the manner n which TIE property b
eevelopsd In diameaa mining q has
heen feua1 necensaFy 90 handle 1000
eoo paris of earth 30 Get one part q
aAamcsd, and even with the tine pros
pects the Arkansas owners have the
enfsrpriss might prove unPrUnnhie
"A diamond vas found IN Arkansas
h isl snesker IN 1885 and others n
issss and fssa Only recenfly has sAs
rsEht kind o. an Investigation h~en
mace e she peculiar geological forma
ton.
This b the hFws time a diamond has
esea foand IN place in the United
STATES ] have traced dl4msnas found
= Wlsconssn. Michigan. ohio and In
eAana and found them o. D. within fha
EAaeanl morAine. whlcb carries their
source north q Lakes Superior ana
Hur0z- About 30 individual alamoads
have hesu found h tn woad mines e
e@nfr1l California. Ons wa fssns
nsar Richm0ad. Va. one m Montana
ana ons n fdaho But al these ssons~
were found 70 have asased froun Other
places-
Nons e TIE Arkansas sfones haxe
pet t~cn cst. but their qb4lity L pro-
nouneed By Dr. Kunz 70 he supersox
% thR pe Beers putput. Ths rpxsoa
n whieh they we're found Is smrlv
suBplaad With enal. wood nnd wns~r
for opsrsfiag purpo~es.