The Diamond Industry at Kimberley. 37 



ago, many thousands of persons settled down sud- 

 denly on the spot like a cluster of swarmmg bees, 

 and established themselYes anyhow as best thev 

 could in the most rough and primitive fashion, 

 never dreaming but that the yield of diamonds 

 would be of limited extent and of short duration, 

 that their fortunes would be rapidly acquired, and 



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that they would pass as rapidly away from the 

 place, having exhausted all its Avealth-producing 

 resources. The re\'erse has proved to be the case. 

 The diamondiferous resources of Kimberley are 

 now known to be practically inexhaustible, but the 

 amalgamation of the mines has restricted employ- 

 ment and checked immigration, and the town 

 still preserves, and probably will always preserve, 



