Show California DIamonds DiamondsDo DiamondsDo Do Not Justify a "Rush Rush " " Washington Washmgton - Recent dIamond dIamondfnds diamondfnds diamondfnds fnds at Cherokee Flats near Caml Cami Camlno Camino Camino no Cal f do not just fy any rush to tothe tothe tothe the area in m search of eas ly gotten gottengl gottengl gottengl gl tier tter ng stones says Dr R A AFoshag AFoshag AFoshag Foshag curator of m nerals at the theNatIOnal theNational theNational NatIOnal museum muscum here We re reeClve receive reccive eClve ceive at the museum one diamond diamondfrom diamondfrom diamondfrom from the Cherokee Flats reg on ev every evcry evcry ery cry three or four years Perhaps PerhapstO Perhapstwo Perhapstwo t\\O t O two \ hundred d amends amonds have been beenfound beenfound beenfound found in Cal torn forn a s nee nce the gold goldrush goldrush goldrush rush days the largest reported be bemg being being mg ing about seven caratsThe caratsThe carats caratsThe The Cherokee Flats d amends amonds ex expIa expla expla pIa pla ns Dr Foshag are perfectly perfectlygood perfectlygood perfectlygood good stones the r rar rag ty rather ratherthan ratherthan ratherthan than any detect defect in m them makmg making makmgthe makingthe makingthe the placer gold depos ts is un unprofit unprofitable unprofitable profit profitable able as d amond amend mmes mines Near the thecrecks thecreeks thecreeks crecks creeks is a d ke of serpent ne rock rockfrom rockfrom rockfrom from fromhlch \ which \\hlch hlch the d amends amonds are be beI be1 I 1 eved eyed to have been freed by weath weathermg weathering weathenng ermg ering during durmg many thousands of ofyears ofyears ofyears years Working Workmg this thlS d ke tor for dla dia dlamonds diamonds diamonds monds \ would ould cost much more In Inlabor inlabor inlabor labor than it cot coild cotld Id ever prod cc ce m in mdIamonds indiamonds indiamonds dIamonds he bel eves evcs |