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to mention that the entire mine nhove and under- 

 liToinid is li_2;hted by (dectricit)'. 'J'herc are tivn 

 cii-cuits of ek'ctj'ic lamps for De Beers and 

 Kinil)erlc\' mines. They consist of lifry-tA\'o arc 

 ]amj)S of 1000 candle power each, and (191 gloA\' 

 lamps of sixteen and sixty-four candle i)ower each, 

 or a total illuminatinp: power of 63,696 candles. 

 There are, moreoA'er, thirty telephones connectinu' 

 the ditterent centres of A\'ork too-ether, and over 

 eio-htv electric hells are used for simallinu' in 

 shafts and on haulages. Such is this marvellous 

 mine, the like of whicli I doulit whether the 

 world can show. W'lien one considers the 

 enormous capital iinested, the ela1)orate and 

 costly plant, the numher <jf human beings 

 emplo3^ed, and the object of this unparalleled 

 concentration of effort, curious reflections occur. 

 In all other mining- distinctly profitable objects are 

 sought, and purposes are cai'ried out beneficial 

 generally to mankind. This I'cmark would apply 

 to gold mines, to coal mines, to tin, copper, and 

 lead mines ; but at the De Beers mine all the 

 wonderful arrangements I ha\'e described above are 

 put in force in order to extract from the depths of 

 the ground, solely for the wealtliy classes, a tin\' 

 crystal to be used for the gratification of female 

 vanity in imitation of a lust for personal adornment 

 essentiallv barbaric if not altoo-ether savao-e. 



