200-CARAT DIAMOND.
JOHANNESBURG, December 23. The Minister of Mines announces definitely that there is no ground open to the public for diamond digging in Namaqualand, Cape Colony, and that a breach of the prohibition will lead to arrest. Dr Merenskv, who lias just returned from Alexander Bay, says the stones recovered on the Namaqualand syndicate’s property continue to he of the highest grade, averaging £l2 a carat. A stone weighing 200 carats lias been recovered by the Consolidated Diamond Mines. The South African Government lias already recovered £0,000,000 from this great new diamond field. It is elaborately defended and patrolled by armed polico, who have liad to deal with some of the most desperate “crooks” in the world.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 February 1929, Page 6
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118200-CARAT DIAMOND. Hokitika Guardian, 16 February 1929, Page 6
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