diamondiferous

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Water is kept flowing into the tub through one opening, as the diamondiferous soil is worked in through another.

From Yankee Girls in Zulu Land by Vescelius-Sheldon, Louise

That State received £90,000 compensation for improvements and expenses incurred during its short occupation of that disputed strip of diamondiferous ground.

From Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked by Thomas, C. H.

The pioneers of Kimberley took possession of the diamondiferous grounds without ascertaining to whom they belonged, and when their value became positive the question of ownership arose.

From A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans by

Well, of my thirty thousand tried acres, a hundred only are diamondiferous.

From A Simpleton by Reade, Charles

When I spoke of the burrow and the resemblance of the gravel at its mouth to the diamondiferous soil in which we were working, this was made a pretext for derision.

From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)