The city of Kimberley, the capital of the Northern Cape province, was founded and developed around the wealth gained from the discovery of diamonds. Around here, the rock world's most valuable and enriched many people due to land values, battles between British and Boers were caught. In the famous Kimberley Big Hole is considered as the largest excavation done only by man's hands. The site is off today and attracts tourists who are impressed with the size of the crater 214 meters in height and circumference of 1.5 km.
But it was only in the Second Boer War that people were killed. The very heavy work in the mine where now is the Big Hole left his victims. Attendants of the tourist attraction say thousands of workers lost their lives in search for diamonds. What, according to local legend, the mine is a large open tomb full of ghosts.
- You can hear them at night. The doors open and close when looking for someone has no one - says the security Colin Carey.
- About 50 000 people helped dig this hole because they wanted the diamonds. Those who died were from the heart cold and hard as stone. And today they are out there, circling - a guarantee of services assisting box.
At the tourist shop there, including a DVD telling the stories of ghostly place. The seller encourages visitors to make such a 'ghost experience' (experience phantom) in a library in the city of Kimberley. Something with total face of horror movie.
Better just stay in the Big Hole. Besides the platform that gives a panoramic view to the mine opened, the tourism site includes a movie (not horror) about the history of the city and the excavations, a guided tour by a small museum, which exposed some replicas of diamonds discovered in Big Hole, and a scenic stroll through the town, which portrays the life and customs of those who moved to Kimberley in search of enrichment.
From 1871, when excavations began, to 1914, when there was more to explore the site, were extracted from 2722 kg of diamonds.
Who wants to know the resort of Big Hole, here are the particulars: in Tucker Street is in Kimberley. The phone is 053 830 4417 and email to schedule visits is info@thebighole.co.za.
