Gardner F. Williams

The Diamond Mines of South Africa

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1902, this work describes the discovery and development of diamond mines in South Africa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 774
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 1234g
• ISBN-13: 9781108026598
• ISBN-10: 1108026591
• Artikelnr.: 33171981

Inhaltsangabe

1. The ancient adamas
2. In traditional Ophir land
3. The pioneer advance
4. The discovery
5. The camps on the Vaal
6. The rush to Kimberley
7. The great white camps
8. Opening the craters
9. The moving men
10. The essential combination
11. Systematic mining
12. Winning the diamonds
13. Obstacles and perils
14. The workers in the mines
15. The mining towns
16. Formation of the diamond
17. The diamond market
18. Cutting and polishing
19. An uplifting power
Appendix
Index.