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 * RANDY & HARRY'S ADVENTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA . . . GOLD, DIAMONDS, AND URANIUM! **

[] In 1871, an even larger 83.50 carat diamond wAs miners arrived in their thousands, the hill disappeared, and became known as the Big Hole. From mid-July 1871 to 1914, 50,000 miners dug the hole with picks and shovels, yielding 2,722 kg of diamonds. The Big Hole has a surface of 17 hectares (42 __ acers __) and is 463 metres wide. It was excavated to a depth of 240 m, but then partially infilled with debris reducing its depth to about 215 m; since then it has accumulated water to a depth of 40 m leaving 175 m visible. Beneath the surface, the Kimberly Mine underneath the Big Hole was mined to a depth of 1097 metres. A popular local myth claims that it is the largest hand-dug hole on the world, however Jagersfontein Mine appears to hold that record.[7] There is currently an effort in progress to register the Big Hole as a World Heritage Site.[8]as found on the slopes of Colesberg Kopje, leading to the first 'diamond rush' into the area. Miners began arriving by the thousands, and the hill began to disappear, replaced by a gigantic open-pit mine known as the "Big Hole."
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Tanzania is to begin uranium mining and processing within three years, following the announcement of two commercial discoveries in the central and southern regions of the countrythe present capital of Northern Cape provence in South Africa. Starting out as a mining/boom town, Kimberley became ground-zero for the historic South African diamond industry. It all started in 1866 on a farm near Hopetown, a young shepherd named Erasmus Jacobs found a small white pebble along the bank of the Orange River. That white pebble was passed on to a neighboring farmer named Schalk van Niekerk who sent it to Grahamstown to be identified by a Dr W.G. Atherstone. The pebble turned out to be a 21.25 carat diamond, dubbed the "Eureka"

BOKSBURG, South Africa — Phillip Ntandazo Madyosi, 47, has little to show for his three decades of backbreaking work in South Africa’s mines. The few skills he learned underground are of no value above the surface. Now, the small severance package he received after his recent layoff is vanishing quickly.