| Show ir AF DIAMONDS IN CITY S sli I 1 much vedith recovered in pro process C ess of washing dust of south african city of kimberley Kim bercy berey fedore the consolidation ot of tl ese mines into one vast concern sicre wire scores of small miners who bad had nt the necessary capital to enable ilem to do more than scratch at the surface of the earth says a alia Ki erly tor respondent of the pall mall cette arrived at a certain depth the ly y aund tell fell in upon them and worl wort fg T g became an impossibility then thery I 1 was thai that a powerful company wita wit cited capital became a and the de beers company all these small concerns now fir t eclen means mining Is carried on to depths of over 2 feet w orn the earth earths s surface and the diamonds are sorted out by mechanical means in a systematic manner which was before impossible since de beers took the matter in hand they have applied their methods to the debris left be hind as worthless by the earlier work ers and lir lit it they have found more diamonds than had previously been taken out on the strength of this applications have been made and the rights grant ed for individuals to wash the streets of kimberley for much of the debris in or had been used in repairing and making the roads this washing Is going on now with moet moist excellent results which prove that this city ta is literally paved with dia la monds kimberley which has in the space of thirty years evolved itself out of a mining camp la is now as compared with other places an oasis in the desert of south african fort a place cheb the cost of living Is high as it Is elsewhere just now but where at all events some sort of return for our money in the way of creature comforts la Is obtainable this Is very rare in south africa today to day it Is interesting to note how dow the bloated capitalist in question sweats his employed emp loyes as is so otien otten ait averred erred at the company s laanes wore work goes on for twenty four hours a day in three shifts white men who go below make anything from 13 shil lings to za 2 a day and the black boy Is paid faid 5 shillings per day he ile Is allotted a certain task and when this is done he is free in practice it is found that he can do this in from three to five hours so that out of the twenty four he has from nineteen to twenty one hours to himself if one ones s fate is to be licked it is as well to die fighting t |
