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Box 0230

 Container

Contains 43 Results:

De Beers Mine

 Item — Box: 0230, Item: 41
Scope and Contents

Printed in white “DeBeers Open Diamond Mine.”) This view, and the one of the Kimberley Mine opposite, shows the appearance of a Diamond Mine when the third stage is reached and all the workings are underground. These large open pits are constantly getting deeper as the Blue ground is extracted beneath them. This view shows distinctly the way the side of the mines cave and fall into the open pit.

Dates: 1899-1905
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Photograph Album of the De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. Kimberley, South Africa 1899-1905

Kimberley Mine

 Item — Box: 0230, Item: 42
Scope and Contents

(Printed in white “Kimberley Open Diamond Mine – Depth 840 feet.’) View of the Open Pit. Mine working at the third stage. The Open pit at the Kimberley Mine is looked upon as one of the wonders of the World. This view shows the almost round & pipe like contour of the Mine.

Dates: 1899-1905
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Photograph Album of the De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. Kimberley, South Africa 1899-1905

Destruction of Mount Ararat, Bultfontein Mine

 Item — Box: 0230, Item: 43
Scope and Contents

(Mount Ararat was a “floating reef” in this open pit mine. It was 150 ft. long, 50 ft. wide, and 120 ft. high. It was removed in 1901 with 180 holes drilled in it and charged with 1050 lbs. of #1 dynamite.)

Dates: 1899-1905
Found in: Lehigh University Special Collections / Photograph Album of the De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. Kimberley, South Africa 1899-1905