Diamond hoax of 1872
Books
- Diamonds in the Sand The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872 and the Men Who Fooled America · Liszt Think
In 1872, two Kentucky prospectors convinced San Francisco’s elite that a remote Colorado mesa held untold riches.
- The Government’s Parallel Track…h reports, most dissolving under examination. King read it twice, noted the absence of specific location data, and set the paper aside. The diamond hoax of 1872 had triggered a brief prospecting craze across the western territories, but this report felt different—it spoke of investors, not just pros…
- A Cut Stone in the Gravel…t would become part of the permanent record, the document that future historians would consult when they sought to understand how the great diamond hoax of 1872 had been exposed. In Chicago, he paused long enough to send a preliminary telegram to his survey superiors, announcing the completion of hi…