Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
Diamond Mines of the Far North

rainic material now known as the "kei-
tie inOraiie. but. as the specimens pre-
riously alluded to in the National MI
scum show, ii has. I'm the words or m
eminent scientist. engraved upon the
Lodges of rock over which II has ridden.
in simple language Of lines AMI grooves.
the direction of its movement, after first
having planed away the disintegratsd
portions of the rock to secure a smooth
and lasting surface As the same lodges
have been overridden more than once
and at intervals widely Sserarated they
are often found. paimpsestIike with re-
cent characters superimposed upon car
Tier. partly effaced and nearly illegible
ones.
Many of the scattered leaves OF this
record have. however been copied br
biologists, and the autobiography OF the
ice Is now read from maps which give the
direction of its flow. and allow the mo-
ton of the ice as a whole. as we'll as that
OF. each of its parts, to he satisfactorily
studied. Canadian biologists as a result
of recent Investigations. have shown that
one of. che loftiest submits of the ice
cap must have been located some distance
west of Hudson bay. and that another,
the one which glaciated the lake region o.
this country. was. IN LA bra dor. TO the eaSr
OF the same body of water. II has been
determined that from these points tie
Ice moved in spreading fans botr' north
ward toward the Arctic ocean and south
ward toward the great lakes.
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Now. the finding of the diamonds men-
toned has been coupled with what il
known regarding the glacial movements
and the differences drawn warrant as in
dictated, definite search fer the hidden
mines. The evidence from the Oregon,
Eagle and Kohlsville stones which were
located on the moraine of the Green bay
glacier, is that their home. i'm case they
were carried from the same locality, in
between the northeastern corner of the
state of Wisconsin and the astern sum-
init of the ice mantle--a narrow strip OF
country of great eNeent, but yet a mar
rowing of the field to be explored. II be-
ing assumed further that the moraine OF
the Lake Michigan glacier. in which were
found the Saukville. Burlington and Dow
agiac stones. has the same originals 10
inferred from the nature of the material
deposited--the home of the diamonds IL
placed as far to the northeast az the vii,
derncss beyond the great lakes, since ii Is
known that the Green bay and Lake
Michigan glaciers coalesced in that ~
s!on. The small stones found at PfnuG
Creek. Wis. and the Ciucinnati stone. aifF
the loca tons of their discovery be taken
into consideration, still further define tie
starting point OF the GRANT gems. sirlevs
the lcbes of the ice mass which trans
ported them made complete junction
with the Green bay and Lake Michigan
iobes or glaciers considerably further 10
the northward than the point of union OF
the latter glaciers themselves.
Upon the assumption. therefore, that al
the stones which have been found have O.,
common origin, the conclusion follows as
a rigidly scientific deduction. that the
home OF the gems must lie in the Cana
dian wilderness between the points where
the glacial paths marking their migrations
converge upon one another and the for
mer summit OF the ice sheet.
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The broader the ian" Of the distribu-
ton OF the diamonds the nearer to the
latter must the coveted locality be sit
uated. 1t is therefore anticipated by the
biologists that when the barren territory
about Hudson bay is thoroughly explored.
the discovery OF a pissib,y rich and vast
diamond mining region will have been .
result
The interest displayed in the matter re-
Gently by the Canadian geological survey
is an earnest that the subject has come
to be recognized as one of distinct inn
portance by the scientific authorities OF
EnsIand's American dominion. Uncle
Sans biologists. by cooperating In the
work, In narrowing the field OF surmise
as to the exact location OF the hypothet-
ical diamond mines, have repaid in Q
ma nner of speaking. the natural debt con-
ferred on this country. not By msn but
by nature, when the invading ice carried
down from what is now Canada the rich
soils plentifully unloaded on the lake
states and the gems with which they are
SoWn.