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Wairarapa Age, 29 March 1920, Page 2

A RAND DIMOND STORY,; Acording fo the «'Rand 4 Daily Mail'«. a private syndicate,'formed fqjr the purpose of locating a lost diamon, mine operations. The story goes back three, years, when an old prospector, said to be an Englishman after nine years absence, turned up no the Rand, He had with him 187 carats of diamons which he had brought to test the market. The* result was satisfactory, and laier ho returned with 600 carats of picked stones.' The Englishman, being in the employ of a German company, felt certain of his inability to get a title, and fiO prefered to get the diamons in his own way. Subsequently the war broke out, and when the Germans were conquered ho formed a syndicate to work not only the German mine, .-but also the mine ho himself had found, but dicsovered that he could not get a license until peace was declared. He died within a year. His papers have been carefully examined, but they contain no reference to the where abouts of the mine. The only available inffirmation seems to be the following—(1) Diamonds will be found in a largo and narrow rocky crevice, which is being continually, covered or filled in by moving sand; (2) the discover only went ther occasionlly, and always alone; (3) the only tools he took with with him consisted of a small sieve, a small spade, and a gardeners trowl, which he carried in large pockets in his long linen coat; (4) the dimdnds, which are said to be worth millions are In this long crevice buxied in the Band.