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 >