Mining Weekly reported on South Africa’s Early Diamond Rush
The news of the sale of the Star of South Africa, which fetched £30 000, and the discovery of more diamonds dispelled all doubts about the region’s potential mineral wealth and brought in a wave of local Boer farmers as well as British, American, Australian, German and Russian diggers and diamond dealers.
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Fri, May 21, 2010
Post by Mike Rodger, Diamond Reporter