Pike County Diamond Mines
Two and a half miles southeast of this point is the
only locality in North America where diamonds have been found in the
rock in which they were formed. They have been found principally
in one igneous pipe which, with three small pipes, aggregates about 80
acres. These pipes are the craters of a volcano which erupted
under the water of the sea which covered this place. Diamonds were
first discovered October 1, 1906. It is estimated that 48,000
stones have been recovered, about eight percent of the diamonds
recovered have been gem stones.
