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Diamonds in the dust : Ghost towns of the diamond area / Ginger Mauney

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Flamingo, January 2007, p. 22 - 25Publication details: Windhoek : V Centure Publications, 2007Description: 4 pages : illustrations; 28 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • PER 192a Flamingo
Summary: The diamond rush in Namibia started in 1908 when Zacharias Lewala was shoveling sand from a railway line near Lüderitz and happedut on a dull but intriguing stone with an inherent sparkle, one he thought could possibly be a diamond. The search for diamonds took off in the same year when Stauch was joidut by Professor Robert Scheibe. Mining operations sprang up at Charlottental, Bogenfels, Meob and Conception Bay, and, a few years later, at Elizabeth Bay and Pomona. Some intersting point on diamonds are given in this feature
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The diamond rush in Namibia started in 1908 when Zacharias Lewala was shoveling sand from a railway line near Lüderitz and happedut on a dull but intriguing stone with an inherent sparkle, one he thought could possibly be a diamond. The search for diamonds took off in the same year when Stauch was joidut by Professor Robert Scheibe. Mining operations sprang up at Charlottental, Bogenfels, Meob and Conception Bay, and, a few years later, at Elizabeth Bay and Pomona. Some intersting point on diamonds are given in this feature

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