Category: Diamond Hoax
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CHAPTER 24 – Visitors From Pinos Altos
Who, When, and Why Perhaps one of Ralston City’s more reliable claims to fame is the fact that it was directly responsible for the founding of what is today the Grant County seat – Silver City. Many will be familiar with the famous exclamation of “Well (or Hell) boys! If…
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The Great Diamond Hoax – Final Installment
A Change of Plan Roberts was initially unaware that there had been some changes made to the plan of action for the disposal of the Virginia Mining District properties. On September 26, 1870, he had written to Harpending “My idea is for you to go to NY and interest some…
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The Great Diamond Hoax contd.
More About Mr. Morgan Firstly, we recall Harpending’s description of his chance meeting with Mr. Morgan at Cheyenne. Mr. Morgan who, after requesting to accompany Harpending on his trip to the Virginia Mining District properties, became so thoroughly impressed by them that he proposed the formation of a company, and…
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Chapter 23 The Great Diamond Hoax contd.
Philip Arnold and James B. Cooper On November 19, 1870, the Weekly Arizonan reported that “Messrs. Cowper and Arnold” had arrived at Tucson the previous week from the Burro Mines. They were en route to San Francisco and carried with them not only news of the mines at Ralston, which…
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Chapter 23 -The Great Diamond Hoax
Recap and Background Numerous articles and books have been written about this particular event, and so we shall not report the whole story yet again. To do full justice to the events surrounding this particular swindle, the characters involved in it, and the fallout it generated would take the writing…