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558 MINERAL RESOURCES.
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IMPORTS.
Diamonds and other precious stones imported and entered for consumption in the United States, 1667 to 1867 inclusive.
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Exceptional discoveries of gems—Diamond.—la
April, 1887, Mr. Lewis M. Parker, a tenant on the farm of Daniel Light,
three-fourths of a mile northwest of Morrow Station, and 13 miles south
of Atlanta, Georgia, found a diamond on the farm. The stone afterwards
came into the possession of Mr. W, W. Scott, of Atlanta, who sent it
to the writer for
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