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Set out for Diamond fields of Kimberley
Borrowed money from N.M. Rothschild & Sons
Bought out all smaller diamond mining operations in area
Amassed enormous person fortune -
Invested in fruit growing
Cape's vineyards wiped out in epidemic
Began modern day Cape fruit industry -
Created De Beers Consolidated Mines Company
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British South Africa Company gains royal charter
Began company -
Partnership with London based Diamond Syndicate
Gained monopoly over world's diamond supply -
Period: to
PM of Cape Colony
Tried to avoid interference from bureaucrats in Colonial Office in London
Forced indigenous people from lands to make way for industrial development