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Famous Diamond Mines
The 1867 discovery of diamonds in
the Cape Colony, now a province in South Africa, radically
modified not only the world's supply of diamonds but also
its conception of them. As annual world diamond production
increased more than tenfold in the following 10 years, a
once extremely rare material became more accessible to
Western society with its growing wealth, science learned
that diamonds came from volcanoes, and everyone learned of
Cecil John Rhodes, Barney Barnato, Kimberley, and De Beers.
Today South Africa maintains its position as a major diamond
producer although diamond mining started in India around the
14th century and continued for decades to come. Here is some
interesting information about the world's well-known and
famous diamond mines. Read on and enjoy.....
Crater Of Diamonds
(North
America)
The oldest and most famous diamond mine in North America
is the Crater of Diamonds which is just south of
Murfreesboro, Arkansas. In 1906, diamonds were found
after John Wesley Huddleston bought the land to farm. He
noticed two small stones in the bottom of the bucket of
cattle feed. The stones were sent to Little Rock
jeweler who sent them to Tiffany's in New York...
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Williamson Diamond Mine
(Tanzania)
The Williamson Diamond Mine (also known as the Mwadui
mine) is a famous diamond mine in Tanzania. It was the
first significant diamond mine outside of South Africa.
The mine was established in 1940 by Dr. John Williamson,
a Canadian geologist......
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Kimberley Diamond Mines
(South Africa)
Kimberley is a town in South Africa, and the capital of
the Northern Cape.
The story of the Kimberley mines began with the
discovery of a small pebble on orange river by Erasmus
Jacobs in 1866, which turned out to be a 21.25 carat
diamond. Later in 1871, another 83.5 carat diamond was
found on the slopes of Colesberg Kopje ...
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De Beers Consolidated Mines
(African Countries)
De Beers was
founded in South Africa in 1888 and today comprises
rough diamond exploration, mining and trading companies.
The various companies within the De Beers “family of
companies" are responsible for around 40% of world
diamond production ....
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Robert’s Victor Diamond Mine
(South Africa)
The mine is located
in the Orange River Colony near Boshof, about forty
miles from the Kimberley mines. It was acquired by the
present company from the original owners in 1906. At
that time there were about ninety claims. The company
now owns 500 acres...
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Premier Diamond Mine (South
Africa)
The greatest known
diamond mine in the world is the Premier of the
Transvaal, South Africa. In extent it is nearly as large
as the four De Beers Consolidated Mines combined, and
though the yield of diamonds per load of diamondiferous
material is not now as great as that of some others, its
yield in the aggregate can be made at will much larger
than...
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Dutoitspan Diamond Mine
(South Africa)
The Dutoitspan was
the first mine discovered amongst other Kimberley mines,
and is also the largest. Like the others, it began with
individual diggers, then the grouping of claims in the
hands of small owners and speculators who floated them
into stock companies, and in turn consolidated, until at
the time of the De Beers Consolidation in 1889...
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Bultfontein Diamond Mines
(South Africa)
The mine is situated
in the suburbs of Beaconsfield, about three-quarters of
a mile southwest from the Dutoitspan. It is the second
largest of the Kimberley mines. Possibly it has some
subterranean connection with its immediate neighbor.....
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Wesselton Diamond Mine (South
Africa)
The Wesselton mine
took its name from J. J. Wessels, Sen., the owner of the
Benaaudheidfontein farm, on which it was discovered, in
September, 1890. It is situated about a mile south of
the Dutoitspan, in Cape Colony, on the border of the
Orange River Colony. n extent it is equal to 1162
claims, equal to about 24 acres..
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Jagersfontein Diamond Mine
(South Africa)
This mine is in the Orange River Colony, near
Fauresmith and the Riet river, and about eighty miles
south and a little east of Kimberley. It was discovered
about the same time as the Kimberley mines, and a
controlling interest in it was secured by the De Beers
Consolidated...
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Ekati Diamond Mine (Canada)
The Ekati Diamond Mine is Canada's first diamond mine.
It is located near Lac de Gras 300 km north-east of
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and about 200km
south of the Arctic circle. Ekati is a joint venture
between BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. (80%), and the two
geologists who discovered kimberlite pipes north of Lac
de Gras....
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Kollur Diamond Mine
(India)
The Kollur Mine in Guntur District Golkonda, India, was
one of the most productive diamond mines in India and
the first major diamond center. It operated between the
sixteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries. In addition to
the Kollur Mine, the Partiyala, Gollapally, Mallavally,
Ramallakota, and Banganapally were extremely prolific
mines in India...
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Argyle Diamond Mine
(Australia)
The Argyle diamond mine is located in the north-east of
Western Australia. It produces the largest volume of
diamonds in the world (35 million carats (7,000 kg), or
about one third of global production of natural
diamonds) but the presence of gem quality diamonds is of
low proportions (5% of total diamonds mined), therefore
by value of diamonds...
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Read about Diamond History, Diamond Facts..
A symbol of innocence, justice,
faith and strength, the diamond was believed to make its wearers
courageous and victorious over their enemies. When set in gold and worn
on the left side, it held the power to drive away nightmares and soothe
savage beasts. Diamonds were even thought to be so powerful that they
could stop lechery. Diamonds have lured and fascinated us....
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World's Famous Diamond Mines
