RUSH TO NEW DIAMOND DIGGINGS.
tbemendqus excitement in SOUTH AFRICA. Cl.y Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Caps Tevilt, December 4. lliero is n tremendous diamond rush at tlie alluvial diggings «t 'Killarney, twenty-four miles from Taungs, iu British 'Jcchuanalaml. Twelve hundred claims trttfo pegged 1 out in the presonco of .thousands. ..of spectators, amid scenes of the wildest excitement. ,'VT .' . The gravel is apparently spread over a large area, but is extremely shallow, varying t-iyjin a yard to six inches. IjXporienced prospectors .consider ihc rush unwarranted. _ The outlook for women and 'cliildrcii' is bad, its water and food are i scarce]''
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1925, 6 December 1913, Page 5
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98RUSH TO NEW DIAMOND DIGGINGS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1925, 6 December 1913, Page 5
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