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1900 Gold and Diamond Mines of South Africa 220844-11 | Footage Farm

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1900
Johannesburg street scene w/ double-decker buses, pedestrians and shops.
The Joch mine: pan along buildings of gold mine. Weights up cables pulling cars. 
The Tube Mill, which pulverizes ore w/ cylinders turning. Black men shoveling pulverized ore. 
Cyanide tanks with waste rock being conveyed in small cars  by men on cable railroad.
White miners coming out of mine. 
Street scene in Kimberly with people hanging out, men and women and parked cars.
Diamond mine offices with ornate front, horse-drawn carriage passes by.
Premier Mine where Cullinan diamond was found, with large open pit.
 "Blue earth' (containing diamonds) brought to surface  by ore cars and left to weather for a year. Blue earth dissolved into "diamond mud": LS ore cars across bridge. 
"Pulsator",  large turning drums,  where diamond mud is separated. White man showing day's output. 
Miner's compound where natives are kept: men shooting crap, cooking bread outdoors. Men washing clothes.
1900s;

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