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A photograph of the type of engine used in cultivating the 14 inche layer of blue ground on Bultfontein floor. A harrow is shown in the background and a similar engine in the distance.

A photograph that shows the barbed-wire entanglements whcih surround each compound. This particular fence surrounded the Du Toit's Pan mine.

A photograph of Miss Phillis Cohen and two other young girls. It shows the type of dress worn by children in the Cape Province. In the background, it can be see the type of fence used around some of the better homes in Kimberly.

A photograph of Miss Phillis Cohen of 219 Du Toit's Pan Road, Kimberly, C.P. The image shows the type of dress worn by children in Cape Province.

A photograph of a 5 mile field of blue ground.

A photograph showing small iron carts in which the diamond dirt is brought from the mine. It is dumped out on fields to a depth of about 18 inches.

A photograph of 14 inches of red soil above the grey rock.

A photograph of a typical burro team healing a large load of wood into the market.

A photograph over one of the diamond fields of Du Toit's Pan diamond mine. The rock or "blue dirt" is at first in rather large chunks. This field is three miles across and covered to a depth of 18 inches with blue ground.

A photograph of a view in the market, showing an ox team of 16 oxen.

A photograph that shows the oxen yoke of the type generally used in South Africa.

A photograph of a Boer wagon hitched toa team of thirty-six burros.

A photograph of a Boer wagon with a typical cover extending only over the rear position.

A photograph of piles of mopaine logs used as mine timbers at Du Toit's Pan mine. They are shipped in from Rhodesia.

A photograph showing the unusually good growth of grass and trees. This is typical of large areas north of Kimberely.

A photograph of Heller, Shantz, and Scott sitting on top of a termite hill.

A photograph of a termite hill with George Scott looking at the hill with a foot on it.

A photograph that shows many termite hills with scattered acacias in a relatively luxuriant grass cover.

A photograph of a general view in the compound. There are cooking pots at the left and indigenous people singing and dancing in the background.

A photograph of Shangaan people dancing in the De Beers Co. compound. Shangaan is another name for the Tsonga people.