Show I Story Of Diamond Hoax Told In Desert Magazine The greatest mining fraud in Western History centered in the rugged mountain country south of the Green River and northeast of There two men meticulously salted a and then caused leading financiers of the world to back the The story of the Great Diamond Hoax of 1872 is retold in the February issue of Desert Magazine now on the newsstands Included are photographs of the principals and a map of the Roosevelt-Dinosaur-Green River Phillip Arnold and John Slack of the diamond planted in poor grade rubies and sapphires into the Utah soil and netted for their never- were brought to justice the fraud was discovered before stock in the diamond company was offered to the Author of Desert's story is H N. Ferguson of |