THE LAST RUSH
SOUTH AFRICAN DIAMONDS Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright CAPE TOWN, January 9. (Received January 7, at 1 p.m.) What will probably be the last diamond rush in South Africa took place at Grasfontein (Eastern Transvaal). Four thousand men lined up at the starting point two miles from the coveted ground. At the signal by the Mining Commissioner at noon the silence was broken by a roar from the line of yelling humanity, which rushed over the ground. The boat, cLuas were pegged onb within ten minutes. “
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Evening Star, Issue 19758, 7 January 1928, Page 9
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87THE LAST RUSH Evening Star, Issue 19758, 7 January 1928, Page 9
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