Diamonds - The Rush of '72
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When two Kentucky prospectors, John Slack and Philip Arnold arrived penniless and near starving in San Francisco to deposit raw 'American' diamonds in the Bank of California, it caused quite a stir. Rumors flew across the city. This was going to be bigger than Kimberley and everyone wanted a piece of the action. But Slack and Arnold would be hard men to woo. This is a true story. What begins as a trickle in the Colorado mountains would grow into the great rush of 1872 and ruin the lives of almost everyone it touched. 'Just when you think you know what's going to happen next, there's another surprise. This book is a marvel'. Johnny Dixon Frem
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Sounds interesting. I think that this area is known for colored diamonds.
I guess I need to finish it first...
""Diamonds -- The Rush of '72" by Sam North"
What a story! An intriguing tale that had me wondering all the way through about which of these vivid characters, each with so much at stake, would outwit the others, to make their fortune during the Diamond Rush that got everyone in California and as far away as New York, London and South Africa all fired up again with more of the same fever that heated up the Gold Rush.
I read it this summer as I was heading by car with my business partner up into the Northwest Territories of Canada to visit with an old flame of his, whose husband works as an engineer at the huge diamond mine in the middle of Great Bear Lake.
There were a myriad of... More >
What a story! An intriguing tale that had me wondering all the way through about which of these vivid characters, each with so much at stake, would outwit the others, to make their fortune during the Diamond Rush that got everyone in California and as far away as New York, London and South Africa all fired up again with more of the same fever that heated up the Gold Rush.
I read it this summer as I was heading by car with my business partner up into the Northwest Territories of Canada to visit with an old flame of his, whose husband works as an engineer at the huge diamond mine in the middle of Great Bear Lake.
There were a myriad of... More >
"Diamonds - The Rush of '72"
Brilliant.
The cover is old school with a cool flava, and gave me inspiration for a yellow diamonds research.
Better than the rush of gold by the way, I think James Bond writers should read it :)
The cover is old school with a cool flava, and gave me inspiration for a yellow diamonds research.
Better than the rush of gold by the way, I think James Bond writers should read it :)
"Great Book"
Really cool book. The common American's fascination with diamonds is brought to the fore as people become crazy with speculation over diamonds being discovered on American soil. Diamond Cut is not considered so much in this book, though.
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