Map of the Diamond Field Fraud

This map of the area where Philip Arnold and John Slack “salted” their gems as part of the Great Diamond Hoax of 1872 comes from the Web site Geology of Wyoming.



Here are the details of this image, as they appeared on Geology of Wyoming: “Aerial view of the Great Diamond Hoax area. [Clarence] King’s 40th Parallel Survey route included the portion of Colorado in view. UT: Uinta Thrust, Tg: Green River Formation, Twc: Cathedral Peaks member of the Wasatch Formation, Tbc: Bishops Conglomerate.”

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