Bisbee daily review., 1908-10-24
ARKANSAS HAS
 | FIRST CLASS
 DIAMOND MINE
Experts Sent to Investigate Re- port That a Large and Prof. table Industry Can Be Built Up There.

NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.--The experts sent from this city to Arkansas to make s thorough engineering exami- nation of the section in which 3 few nigh grade diamonds were recently found, have sent in a report, which seems to establish that a large and very profitable diamond mining in dustry can be built up there The ex- suoiua4ions have been made in Pike County, just east of the junction of Prairie Greek with the Little Missouri River. The area within which. pitttng and borings have resulted in the find ing of high grade diamonds that aver age better in color than most or the recently mined South African diac monds, is about five miles square.
 George F Kuntz. Tiffany & Co.'S diamond expert, made an examination of this district some time ago and re ported that it was not possible that the diamonds had been in mining phrase. ''salted' d''-that is--that the gems were placed in the ground for the purpose Of exploiting fraudulent diamond fields. He satisfied himself as aa expert geologist that the 26 diamonds found during his examina- ton of the district exhibited condi- tions that made it clear that they were for ages in the rock and earth formation from which they were dug under the eyes of experts in diamond mining.
 Within a. few weeks after the first visit of Mir. KuntZ, 13S diamonds were found ia the district The weights ran from one thirty-second of a carai to seven caratS The stones art white. most of them being of excep tionalpurity The best of the ATkan Sas diamonds are found in the same kind of embednents that conditions the diamonds at Kimberly, South Af rica
 The result of the discoveries in Ar kansas led to the formation of { strong syndicate of capitalists in tni' city who retained two diamond mine experts to go to the pittings and re main there for development work The men chosen were Ethelbert c Woodford, who was for many years diamond mine inspector and deyel oper in South Africa and Brazil Tn
 
 associate with Thomas Ava Edison These men are still at the new dia mond diggings and are prosecuting diamond drill borings that have re Vealed fine gems at depths of 1S0 tC 235 feet 4 notably good batch O diamonds from this field has jus reached this city and was disposed of for S37,000 to a firm of cutters. Tn work of getting these stones occu pied six men for l4 days.
 ThI Arkansas discovery has as tourded the De Beers Diamond Trus which has long controlled the majol fly of the mines from. which com s per cent of the worlds diamond: The United States buys ope-half tn worlds output of diamonds. Grea Britian, the home of the Diamon Trust, takes only one-sixti of the al nual production of diamonds.
 The great finds of diamonds bea ing ground in Arkansas will put a end for time to Brazilian prospec ing recently begun by a body of Anne ican engineers and will concentrat the attention of a very large synd cate of New York capitalists upO the thorough working of the Arkans; fields. It is said that no stock jo ping scheme is to be connected vii the Arkansas field. The ground vi be worked by men of very larl means, and with the best obtainab machinery and hands, and the enti product will be taken by importa, domestic diamond cutting interests