Milford News | 1947-07-17 | Page 6 | 25,000 Engaged in 3-Mile Race to Diamond Fields

5,000 Engaged in 3-Mile Race to Diamond Fields Since diamonds were discovered m the Union of South Africa in 1867, the government has opened leveral potential diamond fields md made the prospectors, in or-ier or-ier to stake out a claim, race to the areas from a given point at i given signal. The greatest of these races took place at Lichten-burg Lichten-burg on March 4, 1927, when 25,000 diggers, watched by 100,000 spectators, spec-tators, ran three miles to the new Grosfontein field.