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Ch. 8: Opening the Craters

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OPENING THE CRATERS
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South Africa had been evolved by men for the sake of a few buckets of tiny white crystals to adorn the heads and hands of fanciful women.1
With the deepening of the mine, " horse whims," first intro­duced in 1874, were gradually substituted for hand tackle in hoisting and lowering the buckets, which were enlarged tubs
1 When Lord Randolph Churchill visited the diamond fields, while looking at a huge parcel of diamonds he remarked, " All for the vanity of woman." A lady, who heard the remark, added, " and the depravity of man."
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