CHAPTER III

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The Boers and British Gold and Diamonds.

Solomon's Ophir--How the Gold was Discovered--Early Gold Finds--Gold Production in 1897 and 1898--A Clear and Impartial Statement--Boss and Caste Government--Boer Intolerance--The "Dog in the Manger"--Commerce of the Transvaal--The First Stamp Mill--Diamonds for Toys--Boyle's Statement--Star of South Africa--Dry Diggings--Qualities of the Cape Diamonds--"Nature's Freemasonry"

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