Jan C. It's like any other kind of mining or panning for gold, whatever. It's true that the only a small percentage of those who hunt will find the big prize. So, if you don't enjoy the hunt, you're bound to be disappointed. <g> It's similar to genealogy--you don't always find what you're looking for, but if you enjoy the detective work, it still pays off, simply being in pursuit of the goal. And you go on in the hope that a great nugget of data will fall in your lap. <g> As for Arkansas, the diamonds are found in a 'kimberlite pipe', the throat of an old volcano. This is the same situation as the diamond field in South Africa. So, you never know what you're going to find. Even in South Africa, most of the diamonds they find are quite small. Jan G. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "jcurtis" <jcurtis@redrock.net> Reply-To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jan Garland and Jewelry Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 21:39:56 -0600 Nevertheless...the pickins are slim for most folks. It's a bit like the Lotto. Jan C. -----Original Message----- From: Sharon Workman <workman@dreamscape.com> To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, April 26, 2002 8:58 PM Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jan Garland and Jewelry >> It's basically a tourist trap... > >Not exactly a tourist trap. > >"Over 70,000 diamonds have been found at the "Crater" (an eroded volcanic >pipe) including such noted finds as the Uncle Sam (40.23 carats), Star of >Murfreesboro (34.25 carats), Star of Arkansas (15.33 carats), and the >Ama-rillo Starlight (16.37 carats). In June of 1981, the 8.82 carat Star of >Shreveport was added to the growing list of valuable stones picked up at the >Crater. An average of more than 600 diamonds are found each year." > >From: >http://www.gorp.com/gorp/location/ar/parks/crater.htm > >Sharon >IBSSG >----- Original Message ----- >From: "jcurtis" <jcurtis@redrock.net> >To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 10:51 PM >Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jan Garland and Jewelry > > >> There was an article about the Arkansas diamond site in National >Geographic. >> It's basically a tourist trap, but people have fun looking and hoping. >They >> charge $5.00 a day to sift & look & dig...think that was the charge. >Which >> tells me there isn't a lot to be found there. >> >> Jan C. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: JACK CHILDERS <jaxone1234@msn.com> >> To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> >> Date: Friday, April 26, 2002 2:41 PM >> Subject: Re: [BSChat] Jan Garland and Jewelry >> >> >> >There is a place in Arkansas where you pay a small fee and pan for >> diamonds. I can't think of the name of the place. But my mother went >there >> once to strike it rich. I have a jar full of the 'diamonds' she found. I >> tell Kade it is her grandmother's diamond strike !! I have no idea if >they >> are worth anything or not, but probably aren't. Knowing mother, if they >> were worth anything she would have cashed them in years ago. >> > >> >Jack Childers in OKC >> > >> >PS, I think the name of the place in Arkansas is Murphysville. >> > >> > >> >==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== >> >Unsubscribe from the list: >> >>Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=uns u >> bscribe >> > >> >============================== >> >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >> go to: >> >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> > >> >> >> ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== >> Unsubscribe from the list: >> >Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsu b >scribe >> >> ============================== >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> > > >==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== >Unsubscribe from the list: >Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsu bscribe > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== Unsubscribe from the list: Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx