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History of De Beers. COTTY'S— CECIL JOHN RHODES AND BAXTERS GULLY— A LADY DIGGER. (By W. P. Taylor.) (William Peter Taylor)
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402:"South Africa / Players & Officials / Bill Cotty"
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