The excavation continued to a depth of 1,097 metres. ![]() The Big Hole in South Africaĭuring the first 40 years of the Kimberley mine, 50,000 miners worked with picks and shovels to penetrate deep into the earth’s interior, creating what has since been known as ‘The Big Hole’ – an excavation measuring 240 metres deep and 463 metres wide. This was the start of the world's first ‘diamond fever’ and the beginning of the Kimberley mine. ![]() In 1871, a gigantic diamond of 83.5 carats was discovered in South Africa at DeBeer’s farm.
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