Within  the single 'pipe' beneath the Colesberg kopje was the mineral wealth that would make the fortunes of  an entire colony.

科尔斯伯格山下的单一“管道”内蕴藏着足以造就整个殖民地财富的矿产财富。

The kopje at Colesberg had only been discovered two months earlier, when Rhodes  was still bringing in the cotton harvest in Natal.

科尔斯伯格的小丘是在两个月前才被发现的，当时罗兹仍在纳塔尔收割棉花。

The rock that made up the kopje was formed over  100 miles deep within the Earth's mantle under immense pressures – a veritable crucible of  diamond formation.

构成小丘的岩石是在巨大压力下在地幔深处 100 英里处形成的——名副其实的钻石形成坩埚。