Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-11-09
new DIAMOND FIELDS
Mining Fever Raging In German
Southwest Africa.
QUEST RICHLY REWARDED.
Several Thousand Stones of First
Class Quality Collected In the lu,
deri.s Say Hegicn~-Seme Found
Feet or Two Sensath the Surface,


The yellow desert stretching east
ward fron l.uderttl bay. IN Gcrmau
Southwest Africa. has becotue 4 great
attraction. though few mouths asp
I its tuouotouous saui duues were hate
ful and depressing. Diamonds have
been found there. aud new mtuins
fever is raging. Meu are througing
where till now Wild beasts have held
uudiSputei sway.
1 The discovery WAS ulaie by the Ger
mans who are building \ railroad
across the coastal desert and through
the mountains and tulaud plains truru
[ Luderitz bay 10 keetIuaushoop. near
/ " 500 miles frum the Atlantic. They
were digging through the sands ut
Colinsushoop. about ten ultles from the
bay. 10 fpi Il solid basis for the tracks
when they turned up 4 tiue diamond.
says the New York Sun. Everybody
said that II one Diamond originated In
that region there were others, Was II
possible that this thirsty district was
rich in the most precious OF all stones?
So the hunt began.
The quest has been Splerdtdly re
warded and is still in progress further
aud farther adeld The drst great fact
discovered about the new diamond
field WIS that geolosically It has moth
ing IN common with the blue volcanic
earth spriukle,i with diamonds that
chokej the ancient craters IL Kimher-
ley and has supplied the world for
years with most OF It's gems, The
view that the diamond bearing area
near LuieritL bay is identical with
the So called Brazilian formation in
Brazil. where the gems are found not
IN the soft blue rock. but IN granite.
As this plutouic rock in southwest AZ
v.ca has slowly diSintegrated Ii has
strewn It's content Of diamonds over
the sands.
Hundreds % men. NEST OF them in
the service OF the kolouial GeSell
schatt. which owns this part Of the
desert. have been travsrsins these
sands IN all directions. hunting for
diamonds OF The surface or : foot Or
there and rakils IS cleaners 90 IN the
whea ttieid The Luterirz bay region
has newer before presented 50 novel
spectacle Other pruspectocs have not
engaged hspharard IN the search tor
individual gems, but have been hunt
Ing FOR the most valuable grounds. and
with excellent success,
A. last reports several thousands Of
dis l,ouis, many % them ot fine quail
". have been collected. and this with
cut 4 particle u systematic mining
The diamond bearing territory has
been found 10 extend some miles 70
tire north ot Luderit1 bay. about itry
miles south q il 20 Eli-a beth hay and
inland 70 Nautilus hill about ten
miles from the coasc- FrOSpectc-s sup
Piled with horses and provisions are
nov examining the COUNTRY farther
inland % the su2rostt;ol that most -
TIE Gis uioldS s-e among the granite
mountains bordering the sand waste
( TIE company specially organized -
carry o. mining operations reports
tbs. thus ta- to-ey-e.sac prospects
worth dave,or-e have hen Gtscov-
cred in 81 s-ea Q: e-5 square miles ard
tha. tie actual mining s-oul6 row
known covers about $500 acres Req
raseccatives q The De Beers company.
Kimberly. who have visited tie re-
stol say that re quality % he se-
Is Ersc ciasS ReYo-cs seem % a--ee
csac mining Gsve,oT --a1c here vii be
carried q by close corporation sid
RS. ic Is Tow practically Surr.isG win
ST TIE Skilled act u-sSt-.ati labor i
requires
I. Is possible that Sill another -
cs-, discovery VII he,7 - make t1s
htcAe-r, ie>vtsej German S.occ1
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found :. Chez :, his ccIc1-. T1s
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