dangerous proximity of the magazine to the town, it became necessary to remove nearly all the dynamite to a magazine at Dronfield,
about six miles north of Kimberley, from which, for a time, supplies
were drawn ; but these magazines were subsequently blown up by the
Boers.
In
order to do as much work as possible while the supply of coal and
dynamite lasted, permission was obtained from the officer commanding
for the miners to resume work in the mines, on condition that
substitutes were found to take their places in the forts. A company of
men was organized at De Beers and Kimberley mines by the assistant
general manager, which was
