Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-04-24 | Page 1 | A Large Diamond Has Been Found

A LARGE DIAMOND HAS BEEN FOUND New York. Apr. 24 Maiden Lane Importers Im-porters of diamonds have Just lenrncd of tho finding of a diamond weighing 225 karats In Johannesburg, South Africa. It will rank as one of the half dozen of the largest and almost lu-aluablc lu-aluablc jewels in tho world. Reports have also reached Maiden Lano of a rush to new diamond fields In the western Transvaal section of South Afrlcn. The now fields, called tho Bloemhof, already have a population popula-tion of 300 whites.