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Ch. 3: Precious Gem stones in 1887

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MINERAL RESOURCES.
Imports of diamonds into Kimherley from the River diggings, from. September 1, 1882, to.
December 31, 1887.
The diamond mines at Salabro, Brazil, known as the Canavieiras, were discovered in 1882 by a poor miner who had worked in the earlier mines, now nearly exhausted. They are situated at a distance of two days' journey from Canavieiras, near the river Pardo, and the gems are found at a depth of about 2 feet in a red gravel. They are very fine in
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