Diamonds, Rubies, Garnets from the Great Diamond Hoax
Butler engineered an amendment to the Placer Mining Act to cover diamonds on May 10, 1872. ... Table Rock in the Red Desert of Wyoming was suggested to be the site of the diamond fields, and was initially named Diamond Mesa. ..., and Stl, Sandy, 1995, The great diamond hoax of 1872: Wyoming Geological Association Resources of ...