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Ch. 10: The Essential Combination

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342 THE DIAMOND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA
Dutoitspan and Bultfontein Mines
If operations were not pushed with the like energy and lib­erality of outlay in Dutoitspan and Bultfontein mines, it was simply because of sound economic considerations, and impedi­ments unreasonably placed in the way of projected developments. Heavy falls of reef had very greatly damaged the open work­ings in Dutoitspan mine before it came into possession of the
De Beers Consolidated Mines. In spite of this obstacle, work was carried on actively for a time, until it became certain that no profit could be made by working this mine and the continuance of operations would have caused great loss directly to the con­trolling corporation. If diamonds were like gold and there was an unlimited demand for the product, Dutoitspan mine would assuredly have been worked as long as it paid expenses and the barest margin of profit. But, seeing that the demand for dia-
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