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336 GENERAL
Bultfontein Consolidated Company, 302, i. Bultfontein Mining Company, 302, i. Bushmen, the pygmy Sana, 60-61, i.
Caledon
River, 103, III, 112, i. Camps on the Vaal, 155-158, i. Camps, the
Great White, 190-196, i; stirring scenes in, 217, i. Cape brandy
distilled, 77, i. Cape Colony, bounds of, A.D. 1797, 87, i. Cape Town,
62, i; wheat planted, 1652, 62,
i; maize (corn, mealies) first brought to
Cape, 1658 — olive trees planted, 62, i;
Dutch settlement expanding, 76, i; first
export of grain, 1685, 77, i; olive trees
not successful, 77, i; seized by British,
85, i; population of, 87, i. Carbon, crystallized, 2, i. Carbunculus of Pliny, 12, i; drinking glasses
made
from, 22, i. Carnelians, 23, i. Cascalho, 141, i. Cattle, importation
of, 80, i. Central Company, see Kimberley Central
Company. Ceylon, the fatherland of rubies, 12, i. Chaka, Zulu chief, 92-94, i; devastates the
country, 96, 97, i. Chaldeans, the, superstitions of, 7, i. Chartered Company, see British South Africa
Company.
Chicova, kingdom of, 58, i. Chuba, a native game, 78-79, ii. Churches,
101-106, ii. Claims, mining, size of, 166, 196, 197, i;
union
of, 279, 287-290, i. Climate, from 1820 to 1823, 89, i. Club, the
Kimberley, 98, ii. Coal, South African beds, Wankie, 233, ii;
Stormberg district, 235-238, ii; tests,
Appendix IV. Colesberg, the town of, 175, i. Colesberg Kopje, first name for Kimberley
mine, 173-175, i; centre of camp, 193, i. " Compagnie Francaise des Mines de Dia-
mant du Cap de Bon Esperance,"
called the French Company, see French
Company. Compagnie Generale, 302, i. Compounds, first established, 258, i; check
stealing and drunkenness, 258, i; the
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system of, 52-53, ii; manager in charge
of, 56, ii; lighted by electricity, 56, ii;
natives fond of life in, 57, ii. Compressed air, applied to mining, 337, i. Concentrates, small diamonds recovered
from,
322, ii. Congella, attack on, 109, i. Convicts, sent to Cape Colony,
113, i. Copper ore, discoveries in Xamaqualand,
65-70, 83, i; in Rhodesia, 232-233, ii. Corundum, in Jagersfontein mine, 123, ii;
in Frank Smith mine, 123, ii. Craters or pipes, filled with diamond-bearing
rock, 121, ii. Crushing and concentrating plant, 15-16, ii.
Darya-i-nur, " Sea of Fight," 27, i, 28, i.
Davaque, chief seat of Monomotapa, 63, i.
Death-rate, from accidents, 44-45, ii.
De
Beers Company's Mines, systematic development of, 315-322, i; general
plan of, 316, i; mining plant of, 323-334, i; drainage of, 334-337, i;
lighting of, 337, i; ventilation, 338, i; temperatures of, 339, i;
output of, 339-340, i; employes in, 341, i, 47-89, ii; nationalities of
employes, 341, i, 47-48, ii; wages of, 341, i; depositing floors of,
1-10, ii; diamond washing plant of, 1-23, ii; great fire in, 28-40, ii;
mud rushes in, 40-44, ii; comparative casualties in, 44, ii;
production of diamonds, 151—161, ii; coal supply of, 236-238, ii;
besieged, 242-311, ii.
De
Beers Consolidated Mines Limited, formation of, 297-302, i; acquires
holding of De Beers Mining Company, 301-302,1; acquires Kimberley
mine, 291-294, i; acquires Dutoitspan mines, 294, i, 302, i, 342, i;
production of diamonds, 304-305, i; capital of, 306, i; undertakes
systematic development, 314, 315, i; sells annual production, 23, ii;
first annual meeting, 37, 39, ii; offices of, 100, 151, ii; supports
defence of Kimberley, 255-265, 290-293, 300, 310, ii.
De
Beers Mining Company, origin and formation, 279-280, i; financial
operations of, 281, 286-296, i; amalgamation with De Beers Consolidated
Mines Limited, 290, 291, 301, 302, i.
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