Tag Archives: Bultfontein Mine

UPDATED: 12/03/2019 12 March 1888, Formation of De Beers Consolidated Mines. 12 March 1888, Cecil Rhodes elected first Chairman of DBCM. 12 March 1907, First Coloured Swimming Championship of Griqualand West takes place at the Lyndhurst Rd baths. Organised by ...

UPDATED: 25/02/2019 25 February 1934, The Cape Corps Gun Memorial unveiled by General Jan Smuts. DID YOU KNOW The Cape Corps Association was formed shortly after World War I, with the strongest association being in Kimberley. Their first objective was ...

UPDATE: 20/02/2019 20 FEBRUARY 1899, England cricket team arrive in Kimberley to play match. 20 FEBRUARY 1912, A serious earthquake hits Kimberley causing great damage at Kenilworth. 20 FEBRUARY 1918, Four miners die in a mud rush at Bultfontein mine. 20 FEBRUARY ...

5 February 1891, Wesselton Mine (Premier Mine) rushed by diggers. DID YOU KNOW Despite common knowledge of Henry Ward having the mineral rights to the land owned by JJ Wessels, as well as negotiations being underway between Ward and De Beers, ...

UPDATED: 17/01/2019 17 January 1885, First mining compound opened at the Kimberley Mine by the French Company. (Pictured is the Bultfontein Mine compound in circa 1905). DID YOU KNOW It has always been believed, quite erroneously, that De Beers Consolidated ...

UPDATED: 10 January 2019 10 January 1884, Dynamite explosion kills two miners at the De Beers Mine. 10 January 1887, Irvine Grimmer (pictured) takes 16 wickets for 83 runs for Strayklips vs WP CC. DID YOU KNOW Irvine Grimmer is not ...

20 November 1874, The first massive landslip in the Kimberley Mine results in great loss of jobs. 20 November 1962, Bust of Sir Ernest Oppenheimer unveiled in the Oppenheimer Gardens. DID YOU KNOW Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, founder of the Anglo-American ...

UPDATED: 15/11/2018 15 November 1869, Bultfontein Mine bought by Lilienfeld, Webb and Hond. 15 November 1914, Robert G Kekewich commits suicide in England. 15 November 1977, Robert Sobukwe (pictured) returns to Kimberley after medical treatment in the Cape. 15 November 1982, ...

UPDATED: 31/08/2018 31 August 1918, CBC Building Fund have produce sale at the City Hall. 31 August 1945, 1000 people attend opening of the Red Cross fete held at the Kbly Regiment. DID YOU KNOW The brother-in-law of Solomon Plaatje, ...

8 August 1914, The De Beers mines close down. DID YOU KNOW Because of the war in Europe, all operations on the diamond mines in Kimberley had shut down on 8 August 1914, washing having ceased the day before. Wesselton ...