Title

Diamond mines, Kimberley, South Africa, 1895.

Caption

Diamond mines, Kimberley, South Africa, 1895. African miners extracting rock at Kimberley in what was then Cape Colony. Diamonds were discovered on the banks of the nearby Orange River in 1866. From "Round the World in Pictures and Photographs: From London Bridge to Charing Cross via Yokohama and Chicago". [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1895]

Date

1895

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F11_344

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,1Mb (3,6Mb) / 15,7in x 11,7in / 4700 x 3502 (300dpi)

Keywords

photograph Africa South Africa rocks rock industry continent African mining miners miner location century mine B&W diamond mining MONOCHROME publishing 19th century black & white black and white B W coal miner Kimberley nineteenth century The Print Collector diamond mine Northern Cape Province TGN photograph George George Newnes Newnes George Newnes Ltd George Newnes Ltd William Laws Caney Caney William Laws Wm. Laws Caney Caney Wm. Laws