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Iin 1921 two Canadian tourists, Charles and Doretta Beach, undertook a 10,850 mile odyssey in a brand-new Nash automobile which they picked up at the factory in Kenosha, Wisc., proceeding across the United States, up to British Columbia, down to Mexico, onward to Texas, and back to Ontario. In her diary Mrs. Beach complained that the stretch from Wamsutter to Rock Springs was the worst of the whole trip. She noted that it took the better part of a day to go the 115 miles from Rawlins to Rock Springs, and the first 40 miles of that was on a fine road.

Salting In the Washakie Basin

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To the west of Baggs and southwest of Rawlins in southeastern Sweetwater County lies a desolate area known as the Washakie Basin. Today most of the area is accessible only by occassional Jeep trails, and those are few and far between. The appearance of the area can be pictured in the mind's eye by the place names of the Basin: "Washakie Badlands," "Poison Draw," "Hells Canyon," "Poison Basin," "Colloid Draw, and

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"Poison Buttes." In 1872, in this area, John Slack and John Arnold reported the discovery of a rich diamond field. In order to convince potential investors of the legitimacy of the find, a well-known and respected engineer and some of the investors were brought to Rawlins and taken on a three-

day trek, blindfolded so that would not know where they were, to a lonely butte. There they were shown the diamond field with diamonds everywhere, under the ground, in rock crevices and on the surface waiting to be picked up. The engineer reported that $1,000,000 a month could be expected from a mining operation. Stock was sold. Unfortunately for the investors, Clarence King, due to his knowlege of the area, was able to deduce the location, examined the site, and, with his knowlege of rocks, determined that some of the diamonds were cut and polished. Investigation found that the year before Arnold and Slack had purchased some $40,000 worth of low grade diamonds in London. Arnold was arrested in Kentucky where he was found with the proceeds of the stock sale. Slack was never found, leading to the suspicion that he may have been done in by his partner. The site of the diamond mine and the balance of the $40,000 worth of diamonds has never been found. Some believe that the location may be near Vernal in Utah, others believe it to be in northern Colorado, and yet others contend that it is not more than 40 miles from Rawlins. The irony is that the state geological survey reports that there is a very real possibility of diamonds in the state, but as a result of Slack and Arnold's fraud any interest in diamond exploration in the state had been deterred for over 100 years.