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Article: America's big hole: digging for diamonds in Murfreesboro, Arkansas.
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- Israel Diamonds
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- April 1, 2008
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The Murfreesboro mine discourages commercial diggers by banning any wheeled vehicles onto the field and by not allowing anyone to take away dirt to process it. That would negate the nature of the mine, although at a rate of two carats per ton, no one is going to get rich here.
For immigrants coming to America, the dream was of a place where the streets were paved with gold. While that was always just a metaphor, there is a place in America where a person can walk on diamonds--and pick up any he finds. It's the Crater of Diamonds in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, the only diamond mine in the world open to the public. It is the only ...