The mysterious lost Diamond mines of Mexico.

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In 1921 a newspaper story appeared.

MEXICAN DIAMOND MINES.

The legendary diamond mines in\the State of Guerrero. Mexico, which, ever since the days of Emperor Iturbide, have been sought for by the curious, are again the subject of animated discussion. Sc says the Reuters correspondent at Mexico City. A well-known Mexican geologist recently returned from a tour of exploration of the State.

and, according to the newspapers, asserted he had found the lost mines. Exploring parties are now said to be In the process of organization. General Guerroro, after whom the State was named, is believed to have discovered the diamonds more than 100 years ago, below.

and to have presented the Emperor Iturbide who died in 1824 with numerous gems of immense value.

The general died in 1831, however, without disclosing the treasure. The wild regions of the sparsely populated State have from time to time been explored in an effort to find the mines.

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We know of a meeting between the two of them between 1821 and 1824. Here is painting dated 1870 of the meeting below.

It would of been in that time periods that General Guerroro, gave the diamonds to Emperor Iturbide reign was from 19 May 1822 – 19 March 1823.

So we can assumes that during that time period that Emperor Iturbide was given the diamonds by General Guerroro.

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It should be noted there was no mention of Emperor Iturbide Emperor Iturbide memoirs being given diamonds by General Guerroro in Statement of Some of the Principal Events in the Public Life of Agustín de Iturbide.

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Here is stories one of many that came out in 1921.

The newspaper Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Saturday 29 January 1921, page 4.

It would be interesting to find who made the claims in 1921?

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The Mexican mining journal volume 8 1908 may have the answer how General Guerroro came across the diamonds?

on page 21 of the journal

.The search for the fabled diamond field , but without success , and the conclusion has been reached that the Guerrero diamonds , which were diamonds all right for the money lenders took them , represented the loot from some rich caravan en route from Acapulco to Mexico city. Captured by Guerrero.


So perhaps that was the answer?

That the mystery of lost Mexican diamond mines was ruse to hide thew fact they had been captured and looted from a caravan from Acapulco transport from India via china via the Philippines via the Manila galleon trade.


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In the book Gems of North American below.

By George Fredrick Kunz ( wow what a name! ) written in 1890 wrote the following below.

He gives a source of story above.

As you can see it was in his options it was not diamonds at ball but quartz? Was the diamonds actually diamonds or was it looted diamonds from mule trains from the coast with cargo of raw diamonds from India via china, Philippines?

The story might of been a BS story of finding these diamonds to cover the fact they had been looted?

And other the years the treasure legend grew?



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Another factor the diamonds may of been a bribe to carry favor between the Waring parties of the insurgents.

Generals of the Army of the Three Guarantees (left to right),[1] a painting by Ferdinand Bastin.

Toribio CortinaAntonio López de Santa AnnaMelchor MúzquizGuadalupe VictoriaLeonardo BravoJosé Antonio de EchávarriMiguel BarragánVicente ValenciaIgnacio AllendeJosé Morán y del VillarLaureano José TeránVicente FilísolaMariano Paredes y ArrillagaPedro Celestino NegreteAgustín de IturbideAnastasio BustamanteVicente GuerreroValentín CanalizoJuan Aldama y GonzálezJuan José MiñónNicolás BravoFray Luis de HerreraManuel RincónLuis Cortázar Rábago.

It must of been triumphant day marching into Mexico city officially ending Spanish rule.

But already the rift between imperialists and republicans had already started beside the scenes.

The story of Diamond and lost diamond mines was legend that evolved from internal political struggles just after independence. And thus a small gesture in history became the lost Diamond mines story we hear today.

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