Hokay, I'm finally back and I think I've left this story hanging long enough.
I was discharged from the U. S. Navy and had decided to save a little money by "hitch-hiking" back to Biship, CA. It was a pretty straight shot to the South and I didn't have to worry about any side tracks.
As stated in an earlier post (Balls of Gold), I was fortunate enough to catch a ride with a man who enjoyed talking. (Nothing like me, since I'm the quite type of person).
The story he related was interesting, but not enough for me to follow it up.
Diamonds in Nevada
My benefactor told of how his Grandfather(?) was a doctor in Las Vegas back in the early 1900s.
One day the Dr. decided that since he had a little free time, it would be nice to spend that time
relaxing and fishing.
So, early in the morning, he saddled up his horse to make a trip to the Colorado River. My ride said
that according to his Grandfather, he was more than half way to the river and the sun was still pretty
low, when he noticed a bright flash of light from the side of one of the many small mesas between
Las Vegas and the river. Out of curiosity, he kept his eyes on the spot and guided his horse over to
the mesa, where he picked up 3 almost dime sized crystals that he thought might be quartz, but the
shape was unlike any quartz crystal he'd ever seen.
So, he dropped them into a pocket of his old fishing jacked and went his way, determining to have
someone take a look at them after he got back to town.
As things happen, when he got back home, he hung his jacket in the closet and totally forgot about
the crystals he had put in the pocket.......until, several years later, he was packing up some old
clothing and things to get rid of when he took the jacket out of the closet and tossed it on the floor.
He heard something rattle across the wood floor and when he checked to see what it was, he found
one of the crystals that had come out of the pocket.
Then, the memory came flooding back. The fishing trip, the flash of light, gathering the crystals and
his decision to have someone knowledgable about minerals check the crystals out for him.
So, the following day, he visited a friend he knew who was a "rock hound" and showed the crystals
to him. The friend looked at them under a magnifying glass and suggested that he send them to Tiffanys' in New York.
It was about three weeks or so before he heard back from tiffanys'. Basically, the letter stated that
the crystals were "top quality Blue Diamonds" and wanted to know if he would consider selling them
(for a generous price). And of course, as the way of these type stories, he went out several times, but
could never locate the particular mesa where he had found the "crystals".
Addendum
Now this is the kind of story that I'd normally file away as "wishful thinking" or "too much imagination,
but I remember a T.V. show similar to the Discovery Channel, back in the mid-seventies. I'm not sure
of the name, but it might have been "Treasure Hunt", or "Treasure Search", something like that. Their
focus was to take treasure tales and through expert researchers, try to locate the "lost treasure".
In any case, in the mid-seventies, they researched a lost treasure story about a prospector who would periodically go to the Colorado River and come back with a number of "Blue Diamonds" who's sales would take care of his needs until he made another trip back toward the river. Of course, the show had the normal drama with witnesses who would tell what direction they saw him going or coming from while in their childhood.
Anyway, they finally (back) tracked him to a cave near the Colorado River. In the cave, they found an old steamer trunk that by letters and other items they identified it as his. If I remember correctly, they also found mummified human remains that was believed to be his. They also found bits of blue clay that was identified as being identical to clay that was clinging to the diamonds that he had brought in and sold.
Unfortunately (or fortunately as the case may be), when an expert geologist analysed the clay, it was
determined that due to the dam, the diamond bearing blue clay is now under about 60ft of water.
So, if any mesas are left that haven't been leveled for housing, I'd look for a mesa with a layer of blue clay in its matrix.
Thanks for reading!!
Eagle
right back atcha! 
In any case, many thanks for posting my link
