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The author describes his travel to South Africa and life in the diamond fields in an address given to the American Geophysical Society. To South Africa for Diamonds! The author describes a journey from America to England, to Cape Town in South Africa, and then by stagecoach and mule-or ox-team the miles inland from the coast to reach the diamond fields in all, a distance of more than 10, miles.
He describes the diamond mines, the nearby settlements and the methods used to recover the diamonds. The author discusses the diamond-bearing sediments in one of the alluvial diamond areas. Blerzy, La Natur e , Vol. A brief report on the diamond mines. Diamonds, F. Endlich, American Naturalist , Vol. General information on diamonds, including their sources, ideas on their causes of color and famous gemstones. A review of diamond mining for the decade of to A short description of the diamond mines. A short summary of life in the diamond fields. On a Crystal of Diamond , H.
Baker, Journal of the Chemical Society , Vol. The geological setting of the diamond diggings is presented. An account of an individual who visited the diamond fields in Tissandier, La Nature , Vol. A brief summary of the diamond mines near Kimberley. Diamond Fields of South Africa , E. Murray, Journal of the Society of Arts , Vol. The author describes the development of diamond mining along the Vaal and Orange rivers. A description of life in the diamond fields. A detailed description of the diamond fields.
A detailed description of a presentation on the mines around Kimberley and of the mining methods in use at the time. A summary of the presentation appeared in the Engineering and Mining Journal , Vol. Boxhorn, La Nature , Vol. The author describes the diamond mining operations near Kimberley. Huddleston, Mineralogical Magazine , Vol. This article describes the voyage from England to South Africa three weeks by boat , and then the journey inland to the diamond fields. By this time, the surface dry diggings had been mostly exploited, and mining was reaching down to unweathered kimberlite.
This harder rock was hoisted to the surface in buckets and spread out on the surface for several months to break down. Washing this decomposed rock reduced it into mud, which could then be processed to recover the diamonds without damaging them. The author describes the principal diamond mines and the nearby settlements. This brief report gives some statistics about the mining operations.
It states that in , , loads of kimberlite ore each load representing 16 cubic feet were removed from the Kimberley mine and yielded , carats of diamonds. A fictional story by the famous novelist about the diamond fields and a famous diamond.
Marshall, Midland Naturalist , Vol. The author describes the diamond mines near Kimberley. The author describes the diamond fields in these two articles. A short story about how Schalk van Niekerk purchased what later proved to be a diamond from the Jacobs family. Harrison, Knowledge Magazine , Vol. Exploitation of these mines revealed that the diamond-bearing kimberlite rock occurred in vertical pipes that were thought to represent magma channels below volcanic craters removed by erosion. The author reviews several theories of the origin of these igneous rock pipes.
Moulle, Annales des Mines , Vol. The author presents a detailed description of the geology and diamond mines in South Africa. Some analytical data are presented on the composition of the diamond-bearing kimberlite rocks. The author discusses observations on the diamond host rock and ideas on its formation. This chapter describes in detail the history, development and operation of the diamond mines. The author discusses the origin of the diamond-bearing sediments.
A brief report of the diamond mines. The author describes operations at the major diamond mines in an address before the American Institute of Mining Engineers. The author discusses the development of the diamond mines near Kimberley. The published record of a public lecture given by the author as part of this national exhibition. The author reviews the historic sources of diamonds, than summarizes the history and mining operations in the diamond fields. The author describes in detail the main diamond-mining operations near Kimberley. Kunz, Science , Vol.
Four large diamond crystals, including the one that yielded the A brief description of the diamond mines. Gardner F. Williams, a mining engineer from the United States, departs for South Africa to become the general manager of the De Beers mine.
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The author discusses ideas related to the formation of the diamond-bearing kimberlite pipes. Diamond Digging in South Africa , J. The importance of diamond mining to the economic development of the country is discussed by the author. Mitchell, F. This book describes the principal diamond mines and provides information on their annual diamond production. The Matrix of the Diamond , C. Lewis, Geological Magazine , Series 3, Vol. The author describes the igneous host rock of the diamond, and on the basis of its unique structure and composition, proposes it be given the name kimberlite.
A short version of this article appeared in the Chemical News , Vol. A brief report of the operations of the De Beers mine in under the direction of G. The author briefly describes the diamond mines and how diamonds from South Africa were being exhibited at international exhibitions in Europe. Based on information taken from several published books, this article presents a review of the diamond fields. A similar article by the same author was published in Cosmos , Vol.
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