Show iiona some three weeks ago says an elko respondent of the sacramento union ion while colonel dow major doyle and stil others were engaged in ia Luil building fish pond for the propagation of trout front on the south fork xit ot tile the humboldt river river boms 1 eight miles southward of elko and upon cleaning out one of the veral springs that supply the ponds a 60 largo larga dumber of peculiar stones somewhat resembling diamonds were found the parties in quer question tion belaev that they had bad discovered something of more than ordinary importance immediately ammo organized a diamond mining district by a set of by laws and electing a recorder A large number of claims have been staked off alt and recorded and specimens of the new dew mines milies had bad been sent to various experts in san francisco francico franci co and sacramento to bo be tested ahus far the report from these parties panics live have not dot leen highly satisfactory factory A lot rent to sacramento was m more favorably bl reported upon by stating staling the they y were white topaz and that where they ex isted diamonds were found from this grain frain of encouragement we are arc still hopeful that bat further fueher prospecting r will demonstrate demon rato that there is a 2 diamond field in eastern nevada |