Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 310
iated with the diamond, and arrest only themost precious of all stones on grease-lined tables. The soil that remains is carefully sorted by theKafirs on special tables under the supervision ofwhite men. Despite this, however, smugglinggoes on at the rate of nearly $5,000,000 a year, . . » *T^a… … SORTING AND SEARCHING TABLES and all stones so stolen are actually bought backby the De Beers Corporation, so anxious are theyto control the diamond trade of the world. Theirmonopoly bids fair to be cut into, however, bythe new diamond diggings recently found in theTransvaal. One of these claims…
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