south africa diamond mining in 19th century - Conster
Diamonds, gold, and imperialist intervention (1870–1902)South Africaexperienced a transformation between 1870, when thediamondrush to Kimberley began, and 1902, when theSouth AfricanWar ended. Midway between these dates, in 1886, the world's largest goldfields were discovered on the Witwatersrand. As the predominantly agrarian societies of EuropeanSouth Africa…
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