Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1902-01-19 | Page 6 | Diamonds in Montana

DIAMONDS IN MONTANA District Near Lewiston Attracting a Great Deal of Attention Helena Mont Jan 18 A special to the Independent from Lewiston near the scene of the reported diamond dis discoveries says that according to Clif Clifford Clifford ford Deo the discoverer the fields cover cov r an area of fifteen miles long and four miles wide Deo brought in a large number of stones which he found on ona ona ona a hunting trip on the side of ant hills Some of the stones that were examined and thoroughly tested by b a mineralogist located at Spotted Horse were pro pronounced pronoun pronounced noun ed by him sapphires of an an ex excellent excellent quality similar to the white i sapphires found In hi the Congo district which are now shipped to London Deo insists that Tiffany of New York rendered an opinion to the effect that the stones were diamonds There Is no corroboration of this and the general ImpressIon js that fy Is a sapphire that of Yogo Togo which Is the most noted In the United States A telegram was received in Helena today by Governor S T Hauser from former Senator Wolcott Volcott of Colorado Inquiring as to the genuineness of the find and saying if It it was genuine Mop Mor ton O 0 Frewin the English financier would start for tor Montana Immediately