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The Battle for Geo Strategic Control in the Mid-19th Century
Late 19 century, battle for geo strategic control is given a new sharpness through this mineral wealth. And increasingly the british are wanting to gain control. They do manage to get hold of the diamond mines through a kind of legal mechanisms,. But the tough nut to crack is the chance far under the president ofa pol cruge. By the last years of the nineteenth century, the transvaal gold mines are producing more gold than anywhere else in the world.
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