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Blue ground Sep 25, 1919 Kimberley, South Africa

Cultivating 14 inch layer of blueground Bultfontein floor - with cable between 2 traction engines. Mr. Austin Knight, mgr. of the floor, has spent 25 years and found about 3 diamonds. Average about 1/2 karat per load of 1600 lbs. [Shantz travel journal, Sep. 25, 1919]