Title

Kimberley: appearance of the diamond mine in 1880, 1896. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Kimberley: appearance of the diamond mine in 1880. In 1887 and 1888 Cecil Rhodes amalgamated the diamond mines around Kimberley, which included De Beers, into Consolidated Mines. From The Life and Times of The Right Honourable The Marquis of Salisbury, K.G., published by J. S. Virtue & Co. Ltd., 1896.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1896

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C63_470

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

38,5Mb (3,5Mb) / 10,1in x 14,8in / 3033 x 4441 (300dpi)

Keywords

outdoors South Africa industry science day geology view geography cliff cliffs rope mining century mine access concept B&W MONOCHROME 19th century black & white black and white Elevated View B W Kimberley nineteenth century publishers The Print Collector diamond mine geographical feature Northern Cape Province TGN engraving Unknown arial view Cecil John Cecil Rhodes Rhodes Cecil J Rhodes Cecil John Rhodes JS Virtue and Co Cecil Rhodes engraving