THE DIAMOND DIGGINGS OF SOUTH AFRICA (1872)

THE DIAMOND DIGGINGS OF SOUTH AFRICA, A Personal and Practical Account., published by Horace Cox, London, 1872, map, publishers advertisements, 240 pages, recased, original gilt vignette of miners working their claim to upper board,  titled gilt to spine, 14.3 cms x 19.7 cms x 2.4 cms, condition: very good.

Includes news of  & routes to the newly discovered gold fields in the Waterberg and Leydenburg districts

Also emboss of F.R.THOROLD, JHB, AFRICANA & LEGAL BOOKSELLER. 

"The wonderful discoveries of the tear 1871, far surpassing in richness everything that had gone before...no risky speculation, no exaggerated humbug, but a source of great profit.."

'Perhaps the best account of the early days on the Diamond Fields. The author sailed for South Africa on February 23, 1871, and arrived at Du Toit's Pan on May 30th. He remained on the Fields for about six months, and he gives an interesting description of the mines and the social life of the diggers. The author was not successful as a digger, and being prostrated with camp fever, quitted the Fields, arriving in England in January, 1872'. (South African Bibliography, Mendelssohn ) 

                                                    I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE ANY OTHER COPY OF THIS EDITION (FIRST) ON OFFER.