Diamonds Found In Congo.

New York Times 100 years ago today, September 23, 1912:
Guggenheim and Ryan Part Owners of Company That Made Discoveries.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Monday, Sept. 23.— The Brussels correspondent of The Daily Mail telegraphs:
    "The discovery of diamonds in the Belgian Congo has given rise to much discussion here. The following are the facts as based on most careful inquiries: The largest discoveries have taken place in the Kassai district, close to the Portuguese frontiers. Some 600 diamonds were discovered in tributaries of the Kassai River.
    "The discoveries were made by the Forestière Minière Company, a Belgian-American concern, belonging to the Brussels Société Générale and Messrs. Guggenheim, Ryan, and others of New York.
    "The diamonds discovered, if not as valuable as the Kimberley ones, are at least as valuable, if not more valuable, than the diamonds of German Southwest Africa.
    "Other discoveries have been made by prospectors of the Tanganyika Concessions, Ltd., a British concern, in the Katanga district, near Northern Rhodesia. Some diamonds were also discovered in the Mutendele River, a tributary to the Congo River, but at present no attention is being paid to them."