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JAGERSFONTEIN , a See also:town in the See also:Orange See also:Free See also:State, 50 M. N.W. by See also:rail of Springfontein on the See also:trunk See also:line from Cape Town to See also:Pretoria. Pop. (1904), 5657—I293 whites and 4364 coloured persons. Jagersfontein, which occupies a pleasant situation on the open veld about 4500 ft. above the See also:sea, owes its existence to the valuable See also:diamond mine discovered here in 1870. The first diamond, a See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone of 50 carats, was found in See also:August of that See also:year, and digging immediately began. The See also:discovery a few See also:weeks later of the much richer mines at Bultfontein and Du Toits See also:Pan, followed by the See also:great finds at De Beers and Colesberg Kop (See also:Kimberley) caused Jagersfontein to be neglected for several years. Up to 1887 the claims in the mine were held by a large number of individuals, but coincident with the efforts to amalgamate the See also:interest in the Kimberley mines a similar See also:movement took See also:place at Jagersfontein, and by 1893 all the claims became the See also:property of one See also:company, which has a working arrangement with the De Beers See also:corporation. The mine, which is worked on the open See also:system and has a See also:depth of 450 ft., yields stones of very See also:fine quality, but the See also:annual output does not exceed in value £500,000. In 1909 a See also:shaft 950 ft. deep was sunk with a view to working the mine on the underground system. Among the famous stones found in the mine are the " Excelsior " (weighing 971 carats, and larger than any previously discovered) and the " See also:Jubilee " (see DIAMOND). The town was created a See also:municipality in 1904.
Fourteen See also:miles See also:east of Jagersfontein is Boomplaats, the site of the See also:battle fought in 1848 between the Boers under A. W.' See also:Pretorius and the See also:British under See also:Sir Harry See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith (see ORANGE FREE STATE: See also:History).
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