Twice a week there is a meat ration issue which is provided by a contractor in Shinyanga. This arrives at the mine by truck, is then weighed, cut up and distributed.
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Twice a week there is a meat ration issue which is provided by a contractor in Shinyanga. This arrives at the mine by truck, is then weighed, cut up and distributed.
From East Africa, Tanganyika, Industry, Diamonds and the Williamson Mines
1948
Gelatin silver print
Image: 21.5 x 19 cm
Gift of Brenda Hochberg and David Dalgarno, 2005
2005.0916.0007
Inscriptions verso (typed label): [title]
verso (typed label): Scenes at the Williamson Diamond Mine at Mwadui in the heart of the Sukumaland, Tanganyika which has the richest diamond deposit the world has ever known. It was discovered in 1940 by Dr. John Williamson after five years of scientific deduction and methodical prospecting. Most of the workers are from the local Wasukuma tribe.
verso (typed label): Tanganyika (ink: Tanzania) Indust / Diamonds / Willaimson Mines.
verso (pencil): GR 309 / 2500 DS
verso (typed label): Scenes at the Williamson Diamond Mine at Mwadui in the heart of the Sukumaland, Tanganyika which has the richest diamond deposit the world has ever known. It was discovered in 1940 by Dr. John Williamson after five years of scientific deduction and methodical prospecting. Most of the workers are from the local Wasukuma tribe.
verso (typed label): Tanganyika (ink: Tanzania) Indust / Diamonds / Willaimson Mines.
verso (pencil): GR 309 / 2500 DS
TextScenes at the Williamson Diamond Mine at Mwadui in the heart of the Sukumaland, Tanganyika which has the richest diamond deposit the world has ever known. It was discovered in 1940 by Dr. John Williamson after five years of scientific deduction and methodical prospecting. Most of the workers are from the local Wasukuma tribe.
