The Kimberley Mine or Tim Kuilmine is an open-pit and underground mine in Kimberley, South Africa, and claimed to be the deepest hole excavated by hand, although this claim is disputed to Jagersfontein.
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What is inside the Kimberley hole?
Between 1871 and 1914, the mine yielded 14.5 million carats of diamonds (weighing 2.7 tons) from the 22 million tons of rock that had been excavated. The hole was closed as a working mine in 1914, but it is still the largest man-made hole in the world.
What caused the Big Hole in Kimberley?
150 years ago, the site of the Big Hole was a featureless, flat-topped hill. When word spread that diamonds had been discovered, thousands of prospectors, armed with nothing more than picks, shovels and hope, descended on Kimberley and created the largest hand-dug excavation in the world.
Can you swim in the Kimberley Big Hole?
You pay to walk up a ramp and look at the hole. The experience is pretty lame, really, although it is indeed an impressively large water-filled hole. You can’t swim in it.
How many people died in the Big Hole in Kimberley?
The untold and heartbreaking story of a mining disaster that occurred at Kimberley’s Big Hole, where more than 200 miners died, will be portrayed on the stage of the Northern Cape Theatre.
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