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Description:Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 146. Not illustrated. Chapters: Battles of the First Boer War, Boer War Locations, People of the First Boer War, Mafikeng, Paul Kruger, Kimberley, Northern Cape, Potchefstroom, North West, Koos de La Rey, Ladysmith, Kwazulu-Natal, Colenso, Kwazulu-Natal, Vryburg, North West, Dundee, Kwazulu-Natal, Hanover, Northern Cape, Vereeniging, Gauteng, Battle of Laing's Nek, Tugela River, Battle of Majuba Hill, Piet Joubert, Standerton, Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng, Jacobsdal, Christiaan de Wet, Battle of Schuinshoogte, Piet Cronje, Deelfontein, Pretoria Convention, Action at Bronkhorstspruit, Volksrust, Bethlehem, Free State, Magersfontein, Modder River, Northern Cape, Joachim Ferrera. Excerpt: Kimberley, Northern Cape - In 1866, Erasmus Jacobs found a small brilliant pebble on the banks of the Orange River, on the farm De Kalk leased from local Griquas, near Hopetown, which was his father's farm. He showed the pebble to his father who sold it. The pebble was purchased from Jacobs by Schalk van Niekerk, who later sold it, and turned out to be a 21.25 carat (4.25 g) diamond, known as the Eureka. Three years later Schalk van Niekerk sold another diamond also found in the De Kalk vicinity, the Star of South Africa for 11,200. The second diamond was promptly resold in the London markets for 25,000. Fleetwood Rawstone's "Red Cap Party" of prospectors on Colesberg KopjeIn 1871, an even larger 83.50 carat (16.7 g) diamond was found on the slopes of Colesberg Kopje on the farm Vooruitzigt belonging to the De Beers brothers. Henry Richard Giddy recounted how Esau Damoense (or Damon), the cook for prospector Fleetwood Rawstone's "Red Cap Party," made the discovery on Colesberg Kopje after he was sent there to dig as punishment. Rawstorne took the news to the nearby diggings of the De Beer brothers his arrival there sparking off the famous "New Rush...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with First Boer War: Battles of the First Boer War, Boer War Locations, People of the First Boer War, Mafikeng, Paul Kruger, Kimberley. To get started finding First Boer War: Battles of the First Boer War, Boer War Locations, People of the First Boer War, Mafikeng, Paul Kruger, Kimberley, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 2010

ISBN: 1158028822

Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 146. Not illustrated. Chapters: Battles of the First Boer War, Boer War Locations, People of the First Boer War, Mafikeng, Paul Kruger, Kimberley, Northern Cape, Potchefstroom, North West, Koos de La Rey, Ladysmith, Kwazulu-Natal, Colenso, Kwazulu-Natal, Vryburg, North West, Dundee, Kwazulu-Natal, Hanover, Northern Cape, Vereeniging, Gauteng, Battle of Laing's Nek, Tugela River, Battle of Majuba Hill, Piet Joubert, Standerton, Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng, Jacobsdal, Christiaan de Wet, Battle of Schuinshoogte, Piet Cronje, Deelfontein, Pretoria Convention, Action at Bronkhorstspruit, Volksrust, Bethlehem, Free State, Magersfontein, Modder River, Northern Cape, Joachim Ferrera. Excerpt: Kimberley, Northern Cape - In 1866, Erasmus Jacobs found a small brilliant pebble on the banks of the Orange River, on the farm De Kalk leased from local Griquas, near Hopetown, which was his father's farm. He showed the pebble to his father who sold it. The pebble was purchased from Jacobs by Schalk van Niekerk, who later sold it, and turned out to be a 21.25 carat (4.25 g) diamond, known as the Eureka. Three years later Schalk van Niekerk sold another diamond also found in the De Kalk vicinity, the Star of South Africa for 11,200. The second diamond was promptly resold in the London markets for 25,000. Fleetwood Rawstone's "Red Cap Party" of prospectors on Colesberg KopjeIn 1871, an even larger 83.50 carat (16.7 g) diamond was found on the slopes of Colesberg Kopje on the farm Vooruitzigt belonging to the De Beers brothers. Henry Richard Giddy recounted how Esau Damoense (or Damon), the cook for prospector Fleetwood Rawstone's "Red Cap Party," made the discovery on Colesberg Kopje after he was sent there to dig as punishment. Rawstorne took the news to the nearby diggings of the De Beer brothers his arrival there sparking off the famous "New Rush...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with First Boer War: Battles of the First Boer War, Boer War Locations, People of the First Boer War, Mafikeng, Paul Kruger, Kimberley. To get started finding First Boer War: Battles of the First Boer War, Boer War Locations, People of the First Boer War, Mafikeng, Paul Kruger, Kimberley, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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