Project. Find out more about gold and diamond mining in South Africa …
During the 19th century in South Africa, gold was discovered in Johannesburg and diamonds in Kimberly. Soon European migrants began mining of gold and diamonds in South Africa, when from 1886 onwards, the mining business became highly profitable.
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Diamonds in South Africa: Discover Where They're Found and …
The major diamond mines in South Africa are significant sources of diamond production in the country. Key mines include: Kimberley Mine; Cullinan Mine; Venetia Mine; ... and it played a crucial role in the diamond mining industry in the late 19th century. According to the South African Heritage Resources Agency, the Kimberley Mine symbolizes ...
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Diamond exploration and mining in southern Africa: Some …
after the turn of the 19th century when the Premier Mine at. Cullinan, east of Pretoria, came into production. Kimberlites ... including the 3106 ct Cullinan diamond (Cullinan Mine, South Africa ...
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South Africa
South Africa experienced a transformation between 1870, when the diamond rush to Kimberley began, and 1902, when the South African War ended. Midway between these dates, in 1886, the world's largest goldfields were discovered on the Witwatersrand. As …
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Historical Reading List: The Diamond Fields of South …
Most people at that time had never seen a diamond and only knew of them from books. They debated how and why diamonds occurred in South Africa. This surprise discovery prompted Boer farmers along the rivers …
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Topic 6 Contextual Overview
The Uitlanders that invested into the diamond mining industry and gold mining industry were referred to as the Randlords. ... At the start of the nineteenth century the Union of South Africa's legislation promoted racial …
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Who owns South African diamond mines?
The biggest diamond mine in South Africa is Venetia, located in the Northern Transvaal within Limpopo Province. It is owned by De Beers, a subsidiary of Anglo American. ... Cecil Rhodes, a British businessman, monopolized diamonds in Africa during the late 19th century. He bought numerous diamond-mining claims and eventually formed De Beers ...
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(PDF) The origins of late nineteenth-century migrant diamond miners
The origins of late nineteenth-century migrant diamond miners uncovered in a salvage excavation in Kimberley, South Africa. ... The skeletons are thought to be those of migrant diamond mine ...
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Diamond exploration and mining in southern Africa: some …
From 1870 until shortly before the start of the First World War the diamond mines of South Africa accounted for almost of global diamond production. ... This situation started to change shortly after the turn of the 19th century when the Premier Mine at Cullinan, east of Pretoria, came into production. Kimberlites had been discovered in ...
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South Africa
South Africa - Economy, Mining, Manufacturing: The economy of South Africa was revolutionized in the late 19th century when diamonds and gold were discovered there. Extensive investment from foreign capital followed. In the years since World War II, the country has established a well-developed manufacturing base, and it has experienced highly variable …
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19th Century illustration of diamond mining in South …
Download this stock image: 19th Century illustration of diamond mining in South Africa. The 1867 discovery of diamonds in the Cape Colony radically modified the world's supply of diamonds. The annual world diamond production increased …
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Significance of the Discovery of Rich Resources of Diamonds
The diamond mines in Kimberley and the gold mines in Witwatersrand became some of the richest in the world. ... Transformation in southern Africa in the 19th century: colonisation, migration, mining and war ... do not necessarily play an important role in the overall well-being of people. c. in the major cities in South Africa are less than ...
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Diamond Fields of South Africa: Memoirs, Mines, and Minerals, …
Published between 1870 and 1917, this collection of monographs, essays, and pamphlets reflect the excitement generated by one of the greatest mineral discoveries of the late 19th century. …
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who were the miners and what were their lives like in south africa …
The miners in South Africa during the 19th century were primarily white men, primarily from the United Kingdom, Ireland, and other European countries. They were drawn to South Africa by the discovery of diamonds and gold in the late 1800s, as these precious resources offered the potential for significant wealth.
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Diamond Museum Amsterdam | A sparkling experience | Timeline
The diamond industry in the first decades of the 19th century was a cottage industry; the polishing was mainly carried out by home-workers. Women and children provided the power for driving the polishing wheels. ... In the Jagersfontein mine in South Africa, a diamond weighing 650.80 carats is found. The firm Metz is commissioned to facet this ...
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IN KIMBERLEY, SOUTH AFRICA
THE ORIGINS OF LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY MIGRANT DIAMOND MINERS UNCOVERED IN A SALVAGE EXCAVATION IN KIMBERLEY, SOUTH AFRICA A.E. VAN DER MERWE", I. RIBOT2, D. MORRIS®, M. STEYN4 & G.J.R. MAAT1'4 ... Describing The Diamond Mines of South Africa, De Beers. 176 South African Archaeological Bulletin 65 (192): 175-184, …
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Digging Deep : A History of Mining in South Africa
Before the advent of the great mineral revolution in the latter half of the 19th century, South Africa was a sleepy colonial backwater whose unpromising landscape was seemingly devoid of any economic potential. Yet lying just beneath the dusty surface of the land lay the richest treasure trove of gold, diamonds, platinum, coal and a host of other metals and …
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Grade 8
Britain, Diamond mining and increasing labour control and land expansion. Before South Africa's vast mineral wealth was discovered in the late nineteenth century, there was a general belief that southern Africa was almost destitute, similar wealth that had drawn Europeans to the rest of the continent. ... Gold mining in South Africa typically ...
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Nicky Oppenheimer: Head of a business empire built on decades …
Cecil Rhodes founded De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited(a company that would later be run by the Oppenheimers) after a massive diamond discovery in South Africa in the late 19th century. De Beers developed a clever albeit unsportsmanlike strategy that saw it dominate the diamond market.
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Historical Reading List: The Diamond Fields of South …
Diamond Mining in South Africa, T.H. Leggett, Cassier's Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 371-393, (1898). A detailed description of the diamond mining operations and their historical development.
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History of Diamonds
THE HISTORY OF DIAMOND MINING AND DIAMONDS IN SOUTH AFRICA. The 1867 discovery of diamonds in the Cape Colony, South Africa, radically modified not only the world's …
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Colonial extractivism and development: The state and private diamond
In South Africa's Cape Colony, De Beers' success as a prime mover in consolidating the mining companies is often attributed to engineering skills, strategic management and financial intelligence (through the help of London based-Rothschilds financial company) (Newbury, 1987).While this is undoubtedly true, another important consideration is how the company …
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Early Photographs Reveal Daily Life at the Kimberley …
Kimberley, South Africa, is home to the world's largest diamond mine, also known as the "Big Hole." Dug by humans and so large it is visible from space, the pit has yielded some of the world's largest diamonds and made the …
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Cornish Miners and the Witwatersrand Gold Mines in South …
3 written by the trade unionists. The most important of these were general histories published in 1926 and 1961, and the biography of trade union leader W.H. Andrews written in the 1940s.2 Most of ...
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In Kimberley, the world's diamond capital, illicit mining …
The project was launched 18 months ago in Kimberley, the site of a 19th-century diamond rush that lured fortune-seekers from the world over. Mine owners granted more than 800 unlicensed, or ...
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How mining towns shaped African history and culture
The discovery of minerals such as diamonds and gold in the late 19th century catalyzed significant changes across the continent (International Development Research center). Mining towns have played a pivotal role in shaping Africa's history, serving as epicenters of economic activity, social transformation, and urban development.
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Research Article THE ORIGINS OF LATE NINETEENTH …
THE ORIGINS OF LATE NINETEENTH-CENTURY MIGRANT DIAMOND MINERS UNCOVERED IN A SALVAGE EXCAVATION IN KIMBERLEY, SOUTH AFRICA A.E. VAN DER MERWE1,4, I. RIBOT2, D. MORRIS3, ... Describing The Diamond Mines of South Africa, De Beers. Consolidated Mines general manager Gardner Williams recalled, "there (were) …
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Exceptional Space: Concentration Camps and Labor …
Lindsay Weiss explores the relationship between the 1886 'closed labour compounds' of the South African diamond industry, the concentration camps of the 1899-1902 Anglo-Boer war, and the german camps used in th …
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South African Diamonds: A Sparkling Legacy
South African Diamonds are renowned worldwide for their exceptional brilliance and quality. The discovery of diamonds in South Africa in the late 19th century transformed the country, sparking a diamond rush and forever altering its economic and social landscape.
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