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Ch. 14: The Workers in the Mines

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THE WORKERS IN THE MINES
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of disease is made by a physician in the employ of the company, who daily visits the compound.
To enter the service of the company, each applicant must sign a written contract, binding himself to live in the compound and work continuously and faithfully for a period of at least
three months, or longer if he so desires. At the expiration of a contract, the applicant may leave if he chooses, or his contract may be renewed indefinitely. Some of the natives in De Beers Compound have been employed continuously for ten years or more in the service of the company, for the more industrious prefer the certainty of wholesome food and steady pay to the
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