Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-11-30
THE DIAMOND FIELDS IN SOUTH
AFRICA.

THE DIAMOND FIELDS In SOUTH
AFRICA.
striking II Rich-Ncw Fields and Cor
Ecous Fintls-One Diamond Sold for
E35, 1000, and Another for 9;ss,OOO.
Tho Eastern Province Herald, pub
lishcd at Port Elizabeth Cape Of Good
Hope, contains, tho following relative
to the Diamond Fields:
by the Diamond Fields Post, which
arrived here ON Wednesday morning
last, we have communications from the
fields to the 31st ultimo. The intclli
gence respecting the discovery Of dia-
monls at Du Toit'* Pan and DE Beers
is really marvellous The Number of
large diamonds reported as having been
found is almost incre,i'b'u, and is.Iuitc
unprecedented in the history of dia-
mOnl mining. At Du Tots Pam we
hear of the discovery Of twenty li;s-
monds Of upward of 20 caruts
each of these eleven arc
upwur. of 10 carat c..rl,
OF diamonds weighing y, tween - ami
20 carats, fifteen are lrpnlru. At De-
Beers there is one diamond Of -; :.I;,tS,
and seventeen diamonds OF between
~ and II car;lts each. At the other
: dipGii,gs the finds have beeli numerous
and of considerable value. IF the dis
, coverlcs continue to increase at the rate
they have been made during the past
six months, it is impossible to say What
will be the effect upon the ultimate
country or the diamond trade. AL
ready, while the new industry is b..t j.,
it's infancy, it has materially benefited
; some divisions Of the colony. Among
the lucky finders have been ;l,;,ny farm
ers, who have been able to FAY u. heir
mortgages and free themselves frulll
debt.
n private letter, received from the
Diamond Fields by last post, says that
thr"" diamonds have been found at d.:
s'oits Pan, weighing respectively -,
l74 aud 294 carats, and further. th,v
the last named had been sold o.. IT,.
fields for .c;'5, 900, and the III carat
! stone for r33, 900.
The Diamond News, of Che 10Th ult..
says:
"Thc intelligence arrived here on
Thursday of two good finds from rush
cs on the north side Of the river. Mr..
james StronSs party u1l.urtheu all
other diamond at the Moonlight Rush.
1t is % carats in weight, and reported
j to be beautiful stone. This is the
/ fifth gem they have ro"keted this week.
The other find WAS ut 5ixpenny Rush
Il diamond OF very good q nu]ity indeed,
; without spot or flaw. It weighs ~ !
carats, and was found by Mr.. Thomas
Davis party.
A correspondent writes from Sprn-
cc's: "Thc prospecting parties We
sent up the river have returned. The
news is not sufficiently encouraging 10
induce us to go to Christiuna or else
where upwards at present There are
diamonds, nevertheless.
/ The new rush ut Nr Bears--al,out :,
mile from the old c;.mp-is, by I'LL nc
counts, turning out splenlidly. y
vast number of persons have already
hocked there, and we hear of marvel
lous finds, but have, as yet, few au-
thenticated particulars. There can,
however, be no doubt as to the prolific
nature Of the rush.
The Friends correspondent writes,
under date Klipdrift, July %, as fol.
lows: The reports from all the camps
have been very encouraging during the
past week---morc especially from DE
/ Beers, which is the favorite rush Just
now. At present all I know about it is
from hear say. Those who come in
from the rush say that the number of
successful in comparison with thenrnl
Der of unsuccessful tliggcrs there, is
very large indeed, and that the lia-
n.onds are much better in quality than
those found ut Du Toit's Pan. ], how
ever, must say that I have seen some
very beautiful gems from Du Toit's
Pan: We have had some capital find.
on the Klipdrift side of the river this
week. Mr.. James Strong's party have
found at Moonlight Rush one
diamond of twenty-five carrots,
and Mr.. Thomas Davis party have
picked out of one of MI. Davis clnins
at Sixpenny Rush beautiful dia,,. nd
of twenty-onc and a half carats. 4
little girl of about fifteen years of age,
daughter Of tlc late Mrs. Moss, ol
Kilplrift, went for IL walk ,,1 Wcbster's
kopje, on Sunday afternoon, and soon,
after leaving The main road from kip
drlft, and getting among the claims,
picked up II diamond Of four carats
for which she has been offered ,l3;0
This is the second dis.r,ond she has
found near the same spot. Mr.. Vii
helm Schultz, who is washing out Tho
gravel from his back premises, fr,,ni
another small diamond last week. Some
very beautiful stones arc being fount
ut Pnicl.