Diamond Peak (Colorado)

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• 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.

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Diamond hoax of 1872Philip ArnoldWilliam Chapman RalstonClarence KingHenry JaninAsbury HarpendingCharles Lewis TiffanyBank of CaliforniaGeorge D. RobertsGeological Exploration of the Fortieth ParallelSamuel Franklin Emmons