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From: "Steve Hayes" <>
Subject: Re: [ZA] Kolmanskop and diamonds.
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 04:03:19 +0200
In-Reply-To: <20030803221951.74285.qmail@web11408.mail.yahoo.com>


On 3 Aug 2003 at 23:19, adamandlopa yamey wrote:

> One of my ancestors was a shareholder in the
> Kolmanskop Diamond Mines in Namibia (formerly South
> West Africa).
>
> Does anyone know of any articles/books about this
> diamond venture? Does anyone have any information at
> all about this?

It's a fairly well-known ghost town, and photos of the derelict houses half-
buried in sand dunes often appear in coffee-table photographic books.

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