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

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

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

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 a 5 mile field of blue ground.

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

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 of the harrow used in the diamond field.

A photograph showing detail of the blue ground which had been harrowed twice.

A photograph of some acacia at left and in background as well as asparagras, karroo bush,and desert grass.

A photograph of gutierrezia-like plants in the foreground and weavers' nests in the acacia trees.

A photograph of acacia horrida, karroo, and wait-a-bit plants.

A photograph of desert shurb and acacia on the horizon.

A photograph that shows the soil bank on the lower zone. It is reddish brown to a depth of 14 inches, chocolate color for about 4 inches and light-colored alluvium below. The shrub at the left is Herb. 213.

A photograph of a typical view of the shrub zone, where the semi-succulent Herb. 213 is shown in practically a pure stand.

A photograph of the Suada zone with the bottom of of the pan in the background.

A photgraph of acacia giraffae and an indigenous hut in the background.