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	Davenport is a freelance journalist and mining historian - jade@engineeringnews.co.za

Digging Deep - Jade Davenport

An alternative theory on the origins of mining

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Mining is one of the oldest activities exercised by man, the oldest traces of the activity dating back more than 40,000 years.

By: Jade Davenport

20th January 2012

Digging Deep - Jade Davenport

A brief history of the Koffiefontein diamond mine

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In the last of the series of articles on the history of early diamond mining, I thought it appropriate to end this particular section of South Africa’s mining narrative with a brief history of the Koffiefontein diamond mine as it belongs to the...

By: Jade Davenport

9th December 2011

Column Forty

The Jagersfontein mine’s famous diamonds

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Over the last 140 years South Africa’s diamond mines have produced some of the world’s most famous gems, ranking in both size and prestige.

By: Jade Davenport

25th November 2011

Digging Deep - Jade Davenport

A brief history of the Jagersfontein diamond mine

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The history of diamond mining in South Africa has largely been dominated by the narrative of the discovery and development of the De Beers and Kimberley diamondiferous kimberlite pipes and, to a lesser extent, the Bultfontein and Dutoitspan...

By: Jade Davenport

11th November 2011

Digging Deep - Jade Davenport

South Africa’s first school of mines

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One of the main consequences of the advent of the mineral revolution, which was prompted by the development and rapid growth of Kimberley’s diamond mining industry in the late nineteenth century, was the introduction of a mining skills education...

By: Jade Davenport

28th October 2011

Digging Deep - Jade Davenport

Barney Barnato, a social pariah

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From its very establishment, the Kimberley Club was an exclusive, highly-vetted Gentleman’s Club.

By: Jade Davenport

7th October 2011

Digging Deep - Jade Davenport

The Kimberley Club, sanctuary of the diamond magnates

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The city of Kimberley has, over its’ 140-year history, become synonymous with all aspects of South Africa’s mining and industrial heritage: it was the birthplace of diamondiferous kimberlite mining and subsequently became the birthplace of...

By: Jade Davenport

16th September 2011

Digging Deep - Jade Davenport

The Big Hole and the Kimberley Mine Museum

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One of South Africa’s premier tourist attractions of historical and mining importance is the Big Hole and Kimberley Mine Museum.

By: Jade Davenport

2nd September 2011

Topics in these articles

Person	Product	Facility	City
Zecharia Sitchin Robert Mouawad Charles Hutton De Klerk Ernest Oppenheimer Gardner Williams Barney Barnato Cecil Rhodes Charles Rudd Joseph B. Robinson Leander Starr Jameson Lionel Phillips Neville Pickering Alfred Beit	Gold Excelsior Diamond Jubilee Diamond	Koffiefontein Mine Jagersfontein Mine Cullinan Mine Big Hole Museum	Fauriesmith Port Elizabeth Johannesburg Kimberley
Company	Country	Industry Term	Natural Feature
De Beers Consolidated Mines New Jagersfontein United Diamond Mining	South Africa	Diamond Mining Diamond Mining Industry	Vaal River
Organization
School Of Mines Kimberley Club