MEMORIES OF PAST TIMES WITH THE DIGGERS OF DIAMONDIA

CONTENTS:

Dedication, contents, list of illustrations, Foreword, Introduction

Part One: Memories of the Old Days; The Great Discovery; Diamondities, and the Vaal-ward Trek; Arrival at Du Toits Pan; First Glimpse of the Vaal; Rival Claimants; Exodus From the River to the Dry Diggings;

Part Two: Discovery of the Great Mines; Early Methods of Winning the Diamond; Some Curious Happenings; More Curious Happenings; Bultfontein Mine, Jumped and Old De Beers Found; Colesburg Kopje Mine Discovered; Colesberg Kopje Mine Rushed; Marvellously Rich Finds; Advent of the Fair Sex, and Some Amusing Incidents and Legends; Wesselton, Jagersfontein and Koffyfontein Mines; The Premier Mine near Pretoria; Diamond Production, The Latest Phase; Old Coaching Days and the Coming of the Railway; Some Remarkable South African Diamonds.

Part Three: The Giants of Those Days; Joseph Benjamin Robinson, Cecil John Rhodes; Alfred Beit.