Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1916 — PEARL FISHING PROFITABLE [ARTICLE]

PEARL FISHING PROFITABLE

Many Valuably Gems Are Being Taken from Wabash River. Pearl fishing in the “Old Wabash” river seems a myth, yet many people are making a living off the profits of its depths and in a few cases some are mating what may be called a fabulous profit. A. R. McConnaughay, a dealer in pearls and slugs, has found this field very prolific of remunerative results. Mr. McConnaughay, who is located in Fowler, recently bought of Long and the Conner brothers of Lafayette pearls valued at $1,600. The first pearl was valued at SSOO and was found between Attica and Riverside. The second pearl, which was much more brilliant and uniformly formed, brought the sum of $l,lOO. It may be mentioned incidentally that the first pearl valued at SSOO weighed just nineteen and one-half grains and that the latter, the prize of the collection, weighed just sixtytwo grains.