StNicholas [serial] . A WAR DANCE GIVEN FOR THE AMUSEMENT OF VISITORS, BY THE WORKERS IN THE DIAMOND MINES. 226 THE DIAMOND MINES OF KIMBERLEY [Jan.,. SORTING GRAVEL FOR DIAMONDS. But, you will ask, how are the stones actuallywon from the blue ground in the perpendicularpipes? Let us descend in the cage with these savage-looking Kafirs. By the way, 20,000 of them areengaged in the mines, and they are practicallyprisoners during the whole of their term of ser-vice—three, six, or nine months. They live in great compounds walled and roofed with wirenetting which prevents them from throwing dia-mo
StNicholas [serial] . A WAR DANCE GIVEN FOR THE AMUSEMENT OF VISITORS, BY THE WORKERS IN THE DIAMOND MINES. 226 THE DIAMOND MINES OF KIMBERLEY [Jan.,. SORTING GRAVEL FOR DIAMONDS. But, you will ask, how are the stones actuallywon from the blue ground in the perpendicularpipes? Let us descend in the cage with these savage-looking Kafirs. By the way, 20,000 of them areengaged in the mines, and they are practicallyprisoners during the whole of their term of ser-vice—three, six, or nine months. They live in great compounds walled and roofed with wirenetting which prevents them from throwing dia-monds in cans or bits of paper over to confed-erates outside. Down we go into the bowels of the earth, tobehold subterranean streets in a cavern moremagical than any you ever read of in the ArabianNights. Muffled sounds of blasting come to ourears. Thousands of tons of dynamite are usedevery year to dislodge the rocky earth whichenfolds the diamonds so jealously in tight em-brace. And once, a whole train-load explodedby impact, through two trains having come to-gether, and the gold city of Johannesburg waswiped out. After each explosion in thes
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