We made it
to Crater of Diamonds State Park. We are
planning on staying here for 2 nights, but that could change, well because we
can. Lol
We only have
one bar of 3G for internet so we have to go McDonalds for dinner (darn)so I can
send my blog out. So how this works is I
pick the pics I want and put them in a special folder in the computer. Then I go into Word or some program like that
and write all the information to go with the pics and then copy and paste and
maybe retype or add to and put it all onto my blog and publish it so you can
read it. I have been told that we are not coming into town tomorrow so maybe no blog, sad yes.
Before I
tell you all about the diamond field I must take you back to the gardens just
outside Hot Springs, Arkansas. They had
a train display of the companies in the area at the time the creator was
living. In fact she owned two of the
companies that were established in the 1800’s.
The first pic is the Arkansas-Wisconsin Lumber Company she owned at one
time. It burned to the ground and this
is where the bricks came from for the beautiful path I mentioned in my last
blog. The next pic is Bathhouse Row in
Hot Springs. And the last two pics are
of the Malvern Brick and Tile Company that is still in business today. I just do not want to make the blogs too
big so sometimes I must leave out stuff.
And the write-ups have holes in them because I forget or no room. Mostly
I forget.
This pic is
the inside of an art studio next to the post office. We mailed the grand kids their monthly
package. I could not believe the size of
that beautiful rock.
Sally, we put the car thingy to cover the tow thingies and it looks really cool. Hope everyone understands the technical language. LOL
The State
Park is really nice and reasonably priced too.
The sites are paved and level, that level stuff is very important. They have full hook-ups, which means water
electric (30 and 50 amp) and sewer.
Besides the diamond field they have great trails and other things to
do.
I will give
you some more personal information about the area tomorrow when we are out and about in the
diamond field.
Visitors
from around the world search for diamonds in a 37 acre field. Here, a massive volcano brought diamonds to
the surface of the earth. This world
famous site is the only diamond-producing area in North America open to the
public.
Over 75,000
diamonds have been found at “the Crater”, an eroded volcanic pipe. On average 700 diamonds are found each year.
Some of the
diamonds are:
1924 Uncle Sam at
40.23 carats, the largest diamond found in North America.
Many more I will not list
1998 The Strawn-Wagoner Diamond, a cut
white diamond 1.89 carats. The American Gem Society graded it as
flawless a “one in a billion find”. I am
here to find one to out do that one. LOL
Although
genuine diamonds are the chief attraction other semi-precious stones can be
found, amethyst, agate, jasper, etc.
There is a
small fee to go into the field and look for diamonds. They give you instructions on how and what to
look for and they will also rent you a set of tools needed to do the job
right. Then when you are done and have a
mess of precious rocks you can take them in to be analyzed and appraised at no
cost. I will be able to give you more
information tomorrow after we see how it is done. I did get an email from my younger brother
on the correct technique for mining diamonds in the field so now we are ready to
bring the stones in.
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