In the present era,
Williamson diamond mine is
known to be one of the biggest open pit mines.
It is at present about 90 meters which would be
somewhere around 300 ft below the ground. Dr.
Williamson, discovered the site and was known to
be the first owner and called the site "Mwadui"
named after a local chief; "Williamson" and "Mwadui".
Currently both the names are now interchangeably
used to refer to the largest diamond mine in the
world.
There are mainly four distinct activities that
are composed in the Diamond mining operations at
the Williamson diamond mine. The operations are
concerned with the pit, the re-treatment of
tailings to pull through all the missed
diamonds. Apart from them also gravel mining
both on the land that is adjoining to the
property where gravel has been alluvial
deposited. The open pit mining and tailings
re-treatment are some of the largest of the four
operations that are carried out in that mine and
has almost employed more than thousand staff
workers to execute the operations.
At the moment, another diamond mine that
competes amongst the lot is the company hat
operates in South Africa during. It is called De
Beers Company which was founded by Cecil Rhodes.
It was initiated on a farm that was owned by two
Boer War settlers called brothers D. A. and J.
N. De Beer. The De Beer brothers then decided to
sell it out to a group of mining syndicates in
the year 1873 who later amalgamated with Cecil
Rhodes' which then impelled the company to be
know as 'De Beers Consolidated Mines.'
At the
Crater of Diamonds State Park in
Murfreesboro, Arkansas is one and only one mine
that is open to the public. This diamond mine
which is given the name of the Crater of
Diamonds presents to people an exceptional and
beyond compare adventure and one of the greatest
opportunities that you will ever receive in your
life time. It s to fetch for real
diamonds and
also at the same time you could keep them if you
find any. They offer audio and visual program
that further explains to people the area's
geology and some pointers as to how to
distinguish diamonds in the rough. The Crater of
Diamonds State is recorded to have more than
60,000 people that visit them each year.
For that matter even Angola has wide-ranging
diamond reserves mines. Some of them include the
Catoca, Fucauma and Luarica diamond mines.
Whereas in the Botswana there is The Damtshaa,
Jwaneng, Letlhakane and
Orapa diamond mines.
There has been an approximation at 180 million
carats. This is essentially stored in the
provinces of Lunda Norte and Lunda Sul. They are
located in the central and northeastern parts of
the country.
Natural diamond sources have been discovered in
approximately 35 different countries around the
World across several continents leading to the
establishment of diamond mines. The diamond
mines in Russia, Botswana and South Africa are
the world’s major gem quality diamond producers
and the diamond mines in Australia is the major
industrial diamond producers.
The diamond mines in Africa are mostly situated
in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, the
Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Tanzania
and Sierra Leone. In the central part of South
Africa you will find the Baken, Cullinan, Finsch,
Kimberley, Koffiefontein, the Oaks and the
Venetia diamond mines. Bea Mountains, Grand
Cape, Kpo Range Project, Nimba Diamond
Concession are situated in Liberia. India is the
only country out of the lot that washed off its
source of diamonds mines centuries ago. One and
only one active diamond mine lingering in India
is situated at Panna in the central Indian state
of Madhya Pradesh. In September during the year
1991 diamonds were exposed only in Canada at the
Lac De Gras region. This was some place close to
the Northwest Territories of Canada. Further on
there are several Canadian diamond mines that
are set up in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba,
Ontario, and Quebec. Research also indicated
that Arkansas, Wyoming and Colorado are a few of
the only states to have a provable and
certifiable foundation of diamonds.
The
Kaapvaal Craton located in central South
Africa is one of the blessed places as it houses
some of the most richest diamond-bearing
kimberlite dykes on earth and is thereby making
South African one of the major diamond industry.
Venetia Diamond Mine is just another feather to
the hat of the most distinguished diamond mine
in this province of South Africa. It is an
open-pit diamond mine that created more than
forty percent of the world's most superlative
diamonds. Started in the year 1992, and is the
De Beers Company's flagship operation in the
present era. The Diamonds are extracted without
interrupting the kimberlite within the pit. It
is also hauled
out from the overshot-zone using drilling or at
times even blasting.
More information on diamonds,
jewelry can be
found here.
also:
Brazil's Diamond Route
List of active diamond mines around the globe
