Complex sentence: On the 13 March 1888 the leaders of the various mines decided to amalgamate the separate diggings into one big mine and one big company known as De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited, with life governors such as Cecil John Rhodes, Alfred Beit and John Rhodes.
Split into simpler sentences: On the 13th of March 1888 the leaders of the various mines came to the decision to amalgamate the separate diggings into one big mine and one big company known as De Beers consolidated mines limited. With life governors such as Cecil John Rhodes, Alfred Beit and John Rhodes.