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To: LaFayette555 who wrote (13216)	1/23/1999 5:19:00 PM
From: Walt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26850

This is off topic for WSP but years ago I saw a map, I cannt remember where and it showed the locations where early settles had found diamonds in NAmerica. That was in the days when people got water out of streams, walked around and dug their gardens by hand. The diamonds had been found in southern Ontario, Quebec, all down the US coast NY maine etc and in california. Some wer e quite good size. Not all those diamonds came from the NWT pipes so there are lots still to find. In Arkonsaw there is a park pay to dig Diamond pipe and it was going long before Fipkes find. Rock and Minerals is a great buisness in the US and everyone should pick up a copy of the Mag by that name to see. It hasn't caught on much in Canada yet but will. Now for my prospecting plug. Anyone anywhere can become a prospector and you just never know what you are going to find till you look. How many people have visited the local stream or river and taken a look along its banks or tried a few pans for colours etc. How many poeple when they drive by a rock cut or outcrop actually stop to get out to take a look. Thats the key looking. Doesnt have to be a remote area in the middle of no where either, very few people take the time to scout out their own areas. Every one assumes there is nothing to find or it would have been found by now, but the number looking even in the populated south is so small im sure there are lots of interesting finds to be made within a hundred miles of where you live. Who knows you could find your own diamond, just look for something really shiney and hard. They look like little pieces of glass only shinier. You might find an emarald, a ruby or a mineral that has never been discovered befor.It might be a rare fossil or a priceless artifact. Thats the lure of prospecting. You might not find anything but one usually has fun looking. regards Walt