Antique Ephemera, Paper, Prints,
Cigarette Cards, Books, and Comics


9 page photo illustrated article from an 1896 Victorian periodical the article is entitled "Diamond Mining in South Africa" by Mr J Bucknall Smith

Very interesting old article giving details on the diamond mines of Griqualand in West South Africa

Photos and Illustrations include

  • View of the Kimberley Diamond fields 1870
  • Farmhouse in the walls of which diamonds were found
  • Open Quarry working
  • At the bottom of an open mine
  • The first shaft sunk in the Kimberley mine
  • Vertical section of the De Beers mine
  • A depositing site
  • Modern washing machine
  • Europeans separating diamonds from pebbles
  • A Compound
  • Experts sorting and classifying the rough gems
  • Diamond stealer with his booty
  • Largest diamond in the world actual size
  • Recovered stolen diamond 428 carats

    CONDITION Please note these are genuine actual pages extracted from a rare disbound Victorian magazine, there are no covers and there may be extracts from other articles at the start or end. Whilst the images show the article in its still bound state, the article will be sent as loose pages. Some pages may be showing signs of foxing / browning due to the age of the paper

    If you are interested in more than one item I will always combine postage where this is possible so long as purchases are in one transaction. If you are forced by ebay to pay multiple postages for your purchases I will refund the overpayment
    I have indexed many antique periodicals with detail of, peoples names, places & subjects included. When I find duplicate issues in poor condition I list the articles on ebay. If you are searching for a particular family history related person, subject, place etc, please let me know and I will search my database for any relevant entries I have several similar articles currently on ebay.


    Thanks for taking the time to have a look at my item for sale. Please see my other items currently on ebay in my ebay shop - If you have any questions about any of my items please contact me.
    Why not add me as a favourite seller I regularly list interesting and collectable items.

    Thanks again for looking


    stdv11.10p346