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V.—The Discovery of Diamonds at the Cape of Good Hope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

W. Guybon Atherstone
Affiliation:
Graham' Town. Cape of Good Hope

Extract

In the Geological Magazine of December, 1868, appears an article on this subject by Mr. J. R. Gregory, declaring the whole story of the Cape diamond discovery to be “false,” “an imposture,” “a bubble scheme,” got up to promote the expenditure of capital in in searching for this precious substance in the colony; and stating that, from the geological character of the district which he had lately very carefully and thioroughly examined, it was impossible that diamonds had been or could ever be found there.

Type
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Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1869

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