The Hex River Tunnel was built nearly 150 years ago as a major route for trains but has now only become an adventure spot for many. The tunnel was constructed in 1876 to connect Cape Town with ...

Hidden in the mountains of South Africa, the 149-year-old abandoned tunnel is the oldest tunnel on the continent.

THE origin of the volcanic pipes of South Africa and the genesis of the diamonds contained in their ... put forward from time to time since the discovery of the “dry diggings” at Kimberley ...

The Hex River Tunnel is believed to be South Africa’s oldest railway tunnel ever built and the oldest tunnel on the African continent, but today, this 149-year-old relic of the past is completely ...

The 1925 discovery of diamonds on the Atlantic Coastal margin of Namaqualand (South Africa) between the Olifants and Orange rivers and Namibia between the Orange river and north beyond Luderitz ...

In this article, Dr John Bristow of the Overberg Geoscientists Group writes about the centenary of diamond prospecting and mining along the West Coast of South Africa and the legends that shaped the ...

Thousands of treasure seekers have flocked to KwaHlathi village in South Africa, believing the area could contain diamonds ... field and put out word of the discovery. The stones haven't been ...

second only to the 3,016-carat Cullinan Diamond discovered in South Africa in 1905. William Lamb, president of Lucara, said ...