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Quicksilver Deposits Near the Little Missouri River, Pike County, Arkansas

Description: From introduction: In this study the Geological Survey and the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior, cooperated. The author prepared detailed geologic maps showing the surface topography, geology, and workings of 11 mines, and the underground workings and geology of 7 of these; the Bureau of Mines engineers directed diamond-drilling and.bulldozer-trenching. The locations of the detailed maps are shown on plate 23, an index map overprinted on a segment of the map made by Ree… more
Date: 1942
Creator: Gallagher, David
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oral History Interview with C. C. Carlton, January 19, 1994

Description: Interview with C. Corky Carlton concerning his experiences as the public relations and advertising person for the Crater of Diamonds in Murfreesboro, Arkansas from 1958 to 1965.
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Date: January 19, 1994
Creator: Henderson, John C. & Carlton, C. Corky
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[News Clip: Big diamond find]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a man finding a 10-caret diamond.
Date: May 20, 1964
Duration: 2 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Gem]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Dallas woman finding a rare diamond at Diamond Crater in Murfreesboro, Arkansas.
Date: May 21, 1957
Duration: 1 minute
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Gem]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas woman finding a rare diamond at Diamond Crater in Murfreesboro, Arkansas.
Date: May 21, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: APBO 85]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a Huntsville man who is richer by as much as five thousand dollars following his discovery of a diamond at the crater of diamonds state park near Arkansas.
Date: July 15, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Diamond find]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the weekend at the crater of diamonds mine near Arkansas.
Date: July 15, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Oral History Interview with John I. Bateman, January 11, 1994

Description: Interview with John Bateman concerning his recollections of the Crater of Diamonds and diamond mining near Murfreesboro, Arkansas from 1930 to 1950. Appendix includes 2 maps: a "Geologic Map of the Prairie Creek Area of Peridotite in T. 8 S., R. 25 W., 2 1/2 Miles South-Southeast of Murfreesboro, Pike County, Ark." and a map showing the locations of various landmarks in the Crater of Diamonds State Park area.
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Date: January 11, 1994
Creator: Henderson, John C. & Bateman, John I.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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