From tivo to three million carats of diamonds are turned out of the Do Beers mines in a year, and, as 5,000,000 carats go to the ton, this! represents half a ton of diamonds. To the end of 1892 10 tons of diamonds had come from this mine, valued at £60,000,000 sterling. This mass of bla-zmg diamonds could be accommodated in a box sft square and 6ft high. Some times as many as 8000 carats of diamonds come from the pulsator in one day, representing about £20,000 in value. From four to four and a-lialf millions sterling is as rnucli as is spent annually in diamonds. By regulating the output the directors have succeeded in maintaining prices since the consolidation of the mines, in 1888.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2760, 8 February 1910, Page 2
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137Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2760, 8 February 1910, Page 2
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