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Show A Correspondent of the Loudon limes reports that the furore over the discovery of gold mines iu South Africa is rapidly depopulating the famous Diamond fields. Up to this reported discovery the celcbra ted Colesburg Kopje Diamond mine furnished fur-nished occupation for 20,000 men. Three montlis age it was valued at 2,000,000, now it U climated at halt that amount. Claims have gen -erally fallen oil' sixty per cent, from their former prices. The correspondent correspon-dent assumes that it i3 probable that the Chinese will How to Africa's sunny sun-ny shores and may yet people the country. |