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Now who can say but some person going down with his drill in Philadelphia will find some trace of a diamond mine yet down here? NOW WHO CAN SAY BUT SOME PERSON GOING DOWN WITH HIS DRILL IN PHILADELPHIA WILL FIND SOME TRACE OF A DIAMOND VINE YET DOWN HERE
in Philadelphia right where you now live. “Oh,” but you will say, “you cannot know much about your city if you think there are any ‘acres of diamonds’ here.” I was greatly interested in that account in the newspaper of the young man who found that diamond in North Carolina. It was one of the purest diamonds that has ever been discovered, and it has several predecessors near the same locality. I went to a distinguished professor in mineralogy and asked him where he thought those diamonds came from. The professor secured the map of the geologic formations of our continent, and traced it. He said it went either through the underlying carboniferous strata adapted for such production, westward through Ohio and the Mississippi, or in more probability came eastward through Virginia and up the shore of the Atlantic Ocean. It is a fact that the diamonds were there, for they have been discovered and sold; and that they were carried down there during the drift period, from some northern locality.  TO YOU THAT YOU HAVE ACRES OF DIAMONDS IN PHILADELPHIA RIGHT WHERE YOU NOW LIVE OH BUT YOU WILL SAY YOU CANNOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT OUR CITY IF YOU THINK THERE ARE ANY ACRES OF DIAMONDS HERE I WAS GREATLY INTERESTED IN THAT ACCOUNT IN THE NEWSPAPER OF A YOUNG MAN WHO FOUND THAT DIAMOND IN NORTH CAROLINA WAS ONE OF THE PUREST DIAMONDS THAT HAS EVER BEEN DISCOVERED AND IT HAS SEVERAL PREDECESSORS NEAR THE SAME LOCALITY I WENT TO A DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR IN MINERALOGY AND ASKED HIM WHERE HE THOUGHT THOSE DIAMONDS CAME FROM THE PROFESSOR SECURED A MAP OF THE GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS OF OUR CONTINENT AND TRACED IT HE SAID IT EITHER WENT THROUGH THE UNDERLYING CARBONIFEROUS STRATA ADAPTED FOR SUCH PRODUCTION WESTWARD THROUGH OHIO AND THE MISSISSIPPI OR IN MORE PROBABILITY CAME EASTWARD THROUGH VIRGINIA AND UP THE SHORE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IT IS A FACT THAT DIAMONDS WERE THERE FOR THEY HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED AND SOLD AND THEY WERE CARRIED DOWN THERE DURING THE DRIFT PERIOD FROM SOME NORTHERN LOCALITY
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