Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-07


orn virginia ana Georgia. some tom ri.
twelve stones Of varying quality ,,.
of them. the so called Dewey" weirE
ing twenty-thrce carats. a few vo,r.
ago the great lake region deveioped ,
diamond md craze OF large promo,
tions within short period mo los.
than seven stones Of fair quality wors
found I'm the clays and grnvels of tb.i
part ~ the country, and the excite.
ment rose Co fever heat
We're only immigrants.
The scientists, however. called hal,
Thcy demonstrated with convinrIr-
readiness that the finding of dism,,s,
In limited numbers was quite lutolv ID,
happen at almost any time and in s....
place. They explained that the stop,.
were not indigenous To- the soil. but h,4
migrated during the glacial period fr.r.
some far distant locality This var.
plausible solution cannot be made d..
apply 90 the Arkansas find. for the ra
gion IS several hundred miles sorfr
OF the extreme southern limit of OBJ.
great glacial moraine once deposited
over part Of this continent Thcr. .
no known geological quibble that win
account for the presence Of diamond.
in Pike county. and In the absence ,r
definite knowledge TO the contrary Oh.
find must be- accepted as such. Accord.
ing 10 the opinion OF an enthusiasm.
Journalist. it must be acknouledr.r
that Arkansas, long known as the sis..
Of whetstones, razorback hogs and sr.
riculture. has at last startled 3D.. ..
teemed contemporaries by coming o..
| the fore with a real diamond 9r.
/ Neither "salted" mine nor a russo DO.
boom real estate is this. nor yet "a f.D-
rication constructed to kin space ir f..
newspapers I'm the peaceful season .f
summer. but n bona fide, bedrock ey-
merit inspected patch of ground vfr
real green peridotite. igneous rock and
am Of the other earmarks OF prosDsr.
GUS diamond field, most important M
| which Is a number Of fine stones ~
which the largest weighs six and
| half carats.
| A Lucky Accident.
The present discovery was made
| through accident by a Pike count,
man who was on a different ques. from
that Of hunting diamonds. Having found
| patches Of green dirt and rock 900 h.s
| farm. he thought that possibly hs
/ properly lIllkNN AANlN i'NN'IINl N-I'.
| value. and TO this end me began maxine
| Investigations Of a careless character
Ona morning while walking across
| one ~ these green patches tha Ar-
| kansan kicked up a peculiar LOOKING
| pebble. which possessed am un1na.
| uster Knowing that small diamon.s
had been found in that part of Tire
state. the man picked up the luminous
| cal
| slipped &c into his pocket Some .r.
later he showed IL to "a friend who d.
slight knowledge Of geology and ..
er examining Il under a glass the au
advised him to send % 20 an expo.
The stone travelled to Little Rock uI
thence to New York city where
value as "A real diamond was ascertain
! ed on learning that his diamond WAS
genuine. and thinking that there were
| probably more on the ground where
this was found, the finder went quietly
20 work. and I'm a few months uo Dad
collected a number Of tho stones.
The diamond region Ia the EIu. Grass
State lies between lsom and CreeOrr
creeks in east Kentucky whore he"
are croters or pipes. precisely H
those " South Africa. These are dUH
with the peculiar geological formation
now called "kimberlite,' which .s 1a
diamond producing soil of South M
RIGA General Pearson claims Oh have
located "a pipe about as large as Or
famous De Beers, and his party s nov
sinking shafts and making test drifts
The old Bocr leader BIS connden. tlt
plenty Of diamonds win be found when
the plant is ready for Operations
g. A. CARNODv