Glossary

Anglo American: short and unofficial title of the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa Limited.

amalgam: gold can be recovered from crushed ore by running the mill product over plates coated with mercury. The gold and the mercury amalgamate and later the mercury is driven offby heating. Amalgam is the combination of gold and mercury produced in this process.

assay: the determination of the quantity of gold per ton in any given sampie of ore. In South Africa the assay result is given in ounces or fractions of ounces (Troy) to the ton.

banket: the name given by the early miners to the gold-bearing con­glomerates of the Witwatersrand. They called it this because the rock resembled almond rock, a sweet which was called 'banket' in Dutch. The name is still used.

Boral Ltd.: Boral Limited is an Australian company, the name having been adapted from the original name, Bitumen and Oil Re­fmeries of Australia Limited.

borehole : a small-diameter hole drilled into the earth to determine the underlying geological formations. This method of prospecting is used in most forms of mining. Aborehole ' core' is a cylindri­cal-shaped sampie of rock extracted from the hollow tube to which the head, a cutting bit, of the drill is attached.

claim: a gold-mining claim in South Mrica is an area I50 feet by 400 feet (I'44 acres).

Company' s name: in the course of the eighty years that have e1apsed since Consolidated Gold Fie1ds was founded there have been

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certain changes in its name for reasons that are explained in this book. The names it has borne are:

1887-92: The Gold Fields ofSouth Africa Limited. 1892-1960: The Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa

Limited. While The Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa Limited

remained the tide of the parent company for sixty-eight years an operating company, New Consolidated Gold Fields Limited was formed on 8 August 1919. The entire shareholding in this company was owned by the parent company. It was fmally absorbed by the parent company on I January 1960, and now exists only in name.

1964: Consolidated Gold Fields Limited. conglomerate: the gold of the Witwatersrand is extracted largely from

pebbles and boulders cemented together into a solid rock. This is called 'conglomerate'. See also banket.

cross-cut: a horizontal underground tunnel driven underground in a mine towards a supposedly economic ore body.

cyanide: the chemical used in the process of extracting gold from ore that contains pyrites and the impurities. The crushed ore is fed into a dilute solution of cyanide. The gold in the solution is precipitated by the addition of zinc dust.

dip; dip of the reeJ: the angle at which beds or strata are inclined from the horizontal.

development: the work done in amine to open up ore bodies for exploitation.

drive: a horizontal tunnel in a mine driven along, or parallel to, the known course of the ore body.

dwt.: a pennyweight, the twentieth part of a Troy ounce. A measure used to indicate the gold content of ore. Thus 'inch-dwts.' represent the width of a reef in inches multiplied by the assay value in pennyweights.

incline; incline shaft: a shaft driven-downwards at an angle as opposed to a vertical shaft sunk in the perpendicular.

mijnpacht: under the law of the old South African Republic the owner of a farm was entitled to demarcate a portion of the

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groWld as his own. This was his mijnpacht. He could mine it himself, lease it or sell it. Most of these mijnpachten are now held by mining companies which bought them from their original owners.

mining lease: mining leases have become the most common form of mining tide in many cOWltries. In South Africa the right to mine is vested in the State, which grants the mine-owner a mining lease in return for a payment of a share of the profits.

morgen: a South African land measure equal to 2·12 acres. ore reserves : amine' sore reserves are the bodies of payable ore blocked

out by development. outcrop: that part of astratum, or rock formation, that protrudes

above the surface. pay limit: the lowest value of ore that can be profitably mined and

treated. Factors in calculating this limit are the price of the final product, working costs and other expenses.

reif: used loosely in South Africa to describe any gold-bearing formation. To the sailors who flocked to the early diggings in California and Australia an outcrop of rock was a 'reef'.

slimes: ore crushed to a [me powder and held in suspension in water so that it can be pumped to various points in the course of its treatment for the recovery of gold.

swag: the pack that a prospector carried on his back or transported by horse, camel, or even wheelbarrow, in Australia. 1t con­tained all his equipment for a journey into the wildemess.

tube mill: a revolving steel cylinder used for the grinding of ore. winze: inclined excavation connecting two levels in amine. Witwatersrand: literally 'the Ridge of White Waters', the name

given by the first setders in the Transvaal to the rocky, ridged groWld on which gold was eventually fOWld in 1886. The 'white waters' were the streams that coursed down the steep ridges after rain. The groWld was not considered suitable for agriculture in the early days. Johannesburg today stands in the centre ofWitwatersrand, its altitude over 5,700 feet above sea level.

Index

Abbontiakoon Mines, II4 African Estates Agency, 64, 67 African and European Investment Company,

217 African Gold Share Investment Company,

67,72 African Land and Investment Company

Ltd., 252 Afrikander Reef, 43 Agnew, John A.: joins board, 126; early

career, 216; chairman of the company, 140; problem ofWest Wits, 162; takes up shares, 164; address to shareholders, 167; director of Cementation Company, 169; knowledge of Australian mining, 195; supports CarletonJones, 202; his speeches, 203; at Jubilee dinner, 2II; death in 1939, 224; conservative policy, 229; interest in Hollander', invention, 264

Albu, Sir George (2nd Baronet), 163 Albus (George and Leopold), 12 Allen, V. C., 263, 265, 267 Alumasc Ltd., 249, 250, 304. 305 Amalgamated Mining Trust, 147 Ambuco Ltd., 265 American Cellulose and Chemical Manu­

fäcturing Company, 193, 194 American Potash and Chemical Corporation,

186,191,196,262,263,264,288 American Telephone and Telegraph Com­

pany, 261 American Zinc, Lead and Smelting Com­

pany, 265, 266-9,27Q-3, 275, 276,293 Anglo American Corporation, 164,214,216,

217,248,309-10 Anglo-Colombian Development Company,

219 Anglo-French Exploration Company, 248,

253,257 Anglo-Huronian Ltd., 277 Anglo-Transvaal Consolidated Investment

Company Ltd., 216 Annan, John, 148 Annan, Robert: joins technical staff, 148;

resident engineer, 162; studies Carleton Jones' s reports, 202; acting chairman, 231; chairman, 232 et seq; 1.M.M.', gold medal,

255; he retires, 256; honorary president, 257

Apex (Trinidad) Company, 232, 244, 277 Arcos House Raid, 145 Arcos Ltd. (The All-Russian Co-operative

Societies), 145 Ashanti Goldfie1ds, 257 Associated Minerals Consolidated, 287, 288 Athlone, Earl of, 210 Aznazu Gold Dredging Company, 206

Balley, Sir Abe, 163 Baines, Thomas, 26 Baker, F. C. (Cecil), 261, 263 Baker, F. W., 261 Ball, Sir Joseph, 257 Bankers Trust Company, 269 Banket Gold Mining Company Ltd., 31, 37,

43 Banks, Charles A., 205 Barberton, 16, 17, 19,27, 57 Barnato, Barney, II, 12,24,40,73,74 Barnato, Harry, II, I2 Barnato Brothers, 73, 74 Battery Reef, 43 Battery ReefGold Mining Company Ltd., <t3 Batty, J. H., 257 Beatty, A. Chester, 184 Bechuanaland Protectorate, 87 Beggs, Frank, 284 Beit, Alfred, II-13, 17-19, 27, 39, <to, 41, So,

52, 57, 65, 66, 85, 87, 91, 246 Be11ambi Coal Company, 299, 300,301 Bewick, Moreing Ltd., 126, 195 Birkenruth, E. S., 72, 87, 92, 95, 101, 124,

229,230 Blyde River (Eastem Transvaal), 15 Blyvooruitzicht Mine, 163, 168, 169, 170,

212,213,214,228,238,240,243 Bonanza Mine, 77 Booysens Estate Ltd., 127 Bora! Ltd., 296, 297 Botha, General Louis, Prime Minister of the

Union ofSouth Africa,95,96, 106, II7, II8 Bothas Reef, 31, 34, 37 Bothas Reef Gold Mining Company, <t3 Boucher, Arthur, 63, 64, 66, 73, 130

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320

Boyle, Henry, 56, 73 Brabourne, Lord (the Hon. C. M. Knatch­

bull-Hugessen): appoim:ed a director, 1.25; chairman ofthe company, 139; address to shareholden (1930), 141; enlarges the board, 147; health failB, 162; during de­pression, 198; his death, 200-2; makes innovation, 230

Bradshaw, ]., 147, 230, 258 Brakpan, 132 Bray, Edwin, 16 Britannic Syndicate, 122 British Celanese Corporation Ltd., 193, 194 British South Africa Company, 50, 57, 58,

60,91,147,248,309,310 Buell Combustion ComP'l!ly, 264 Buell Engineering Incorporated, 264 Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd., 205-6, 264 Bultfontein, 5, 8 Burma Corporation, 126 Busschau, Dr. W. ].: joins company, 258;

joint general manager, 258; resident direc­tor, chairman of Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd., 258; decides to retire, 310

Caldecott, H. S., 19, 20, 21, 34 California Trona Corporation, 185 Camp Bird Company, 126 Camp Bird Mine, 192 Canadian Gas and Energy Investments Ltd.,

278 Cannon Street Hotel, 55 Canpet Exploration Ltd., 277 Carbon Leader Reef, 168,208,209,213,214,

244 Cartis, W., 144, 159 Catlin, R. M., 75 Central Mining and Investment Corporation

Ltd., IIO, 164, 168, 169, 229 C.M.I. Borehole, 169 Central Nigel Deep, 130-2 Central Rand, 43 Central Search Company, 50 Chalmers,]. A., 75 Chaplin, Sir Drummond, 101, 124, 125 Chartered Company, the, see British South

Africa Company Chinese mine-workers, 106, 107 Chris Shaft (Robinson Deep Mine), 127 Christopherson, Douglas: joins staff in

]ohannesburg, 99; joint manager, 1.24; sole responsibility, 125; Chris Shaft named in his honour, 127; association with Sub Nigel, 136-7; a director , 147; meets Krahrnann, 156; West Wits Line, 157 et seq.; returns to London, 2I5; death, 231

Christopherson, Stanley, 98, 99, 140, 23 I,

232,259 .

Index Churchill, Sir Winston, 233, 235 Cinammon Bippo (West Africa), II4 City and Suburban Mine, 64 Clement, V. M., 74, 75, 184 Coe, W. C., 136 Colesberg Kopje, 5 Commissioner Street, 42 Commonwealth Mining Investments (Aus-

tralia) Ltd., 284, 285 Comstock Merger Mines Incorporated, 192 Connor, S. B., 75 Consolidated Mrican Copper Trust, 99 Consolidated Deep-Level Block, 79 Consolidated Exploration and Develop-

ment (Rhodesia) Company, 99 Consolidated Gold Fields (Australia) Pro­

prietary Ltd., 253, 258, 282, 285, 287, 293, 296, 297, 300

Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd., New Consolidated Gold Fields Ltd., the Gold Fields of South Mrica Ltd. (for various changes of name see Glossary), 3 I 5

Consolidated Mining and Smelting Com-pany of Canada, 280

Conwest Exploration Company, 280 Corner House, the, 64,85, 143, 168, 189 Cottell, F. R., 257 Cowdray, Lord, 185 Creole Petroleum Corporation, 196 Crookston,]. lan, 278 Crown Mines, 21 Crown Reef, 43, 66 Cullinan, Sir Thomas, 160 Cunliffe-Lister, Sir Philip, 147,233 Curie,]. H., 131 Currey,Harry,41,46, 55,60,66,67,72, 80 Cume, Sir Donald, II Curtis,]. S., 64, 74 Cyprus Mines Corporation, 290

Davies, H. E. M., 31, 42, 51, 53, 56, 58, 59, 67,68,73,74,80,81,84,87,88,89,90,92, 98,229

Dawson, Geoffrey, 1.25, 233 De Beers Consolidated Mines, 12, 30, 36, 53,

86,93 De Beers Mine, 7-II, 25 De Beers Mining Company, 8, II, 12, 18,24,

25, 27, 31, 38, 45, 58, 6S de Gunzburg, Baron, 179 De Kaap Valley, 16 de Kode, Dr. W. P., 208 de la Rey, General, 9S de Wet, General, 95 Deep levels theory, 6 I Devonshire House, 122, 193 Diamonds, Discovery of, 4 Donaldson, Colonel]ames, 144, 159

Index Doomfontein (suburb of Johannesburg), 41,

42,72 Doomfontein Mine, 163, 228, 2)2, 239, 240,

242, 308 Drayton, Harley, 248, 249 Droogeheuvel, 23,31 Dm, Count L. A. G., 188, 261 Du Pont Company of America, 288 DWlkelsbuhler, Anton, II, 12 Dutoitspan Mine, 14

East Rand Proprietary Mines Ltd. (E.R.P .M.), 169

Eckstein, H., & Company, 91 Eckstein, Hermann, 12, 40, 52 Eerstegeluk Mine, 220 Effuenta (Wassau) Mines, II4 Elandsfontein, 32, 78 Elandsvlei, 23, 3 I Emlaw, H. S., 262, 263 Exploring Company, the, 50

Fanti Mines, II4 Far West Rand, 135, 164, 166, 175,202,212 Farrar, Sir George, 87, 90 Farmer, William, 29, 30, 90, 98 Ferreira, Colonel Ignatius, 19 Ferreira Mine, 22 Fitzpatrick, Sir Percy, 87 Fleischer, Colonel S. R., 136 Foreign Mines Development Corporation,

II3, 185, 186 Fran~ois, Albert, 169 Fran~ois Cementation Company Ltd., 169 Free State Saaiplaas Gold Mining Company

Ltd., 217, 244, 245,255 Fresnillo Company, 261, 264 Fricker, R. G., 101, 124

Geikie, W. H., 231, 232 General Electric Power Company, 100 General Mining and Finance Corporation

Ltd., 164 General Strikes (in 1913), II7; (in 1922 'The

Rand Revolt'), 123-4 Giovano, the company's cable address, 56 Godefroi, 58 Goerz & Company Ltd., 144 Gold: price fluctuations, 1914-18, II9; price

in 1919-20, 120; price rise in 1933, 127; gold standard abandoned by Britain, 164, 200

Gold Fields American Development Com­pany Ltd., II3, II8, 126, 137, 139, 168, 182,183,184, 186, 187, 188, 192, 194, 196, 197, 252, 26o, 261, 262, 263, 265, 267, 277

Gold Fields of Appolonia, the, 32 Gold Mines of Australia Ltd., 195

321

Gold Fields Australian Development Com­pany Ltd., 195

Gold Fielch Mining and Industrial Ltd., 252, 253,278

Goodhart, E. C., 101 Great Kruger Gold Mining Company, the,

32 Great She Gold Mining Company, the, 32 Green Bar Marker, the, 208 Gresham Buildings, 56 Griqualand West Diamond Mining Com-

pany, 14 Guedella, Herbert, 18o, 181 Guggenheim Brothers, 183 Gold Fields Deep Ltd., 76, 99, 109

Hagart, R. B., 163 Hallett, E. S., 257 Hamilton, Sir Frederic, 210 Hamilton, J. J., 30, 90, 101 Hammond, John HaYs: arrives on Rand, 73;

joins Gold Fields, 74-'n; letter to Rhodes, 80; involved in Raid, 86; failure of plot, trial of Raiders, 87-91; deep-Ievel plans, 109; resignation, II2; his advice to Carle­ton Jones, 127; association with Gold Fields renewed, 182; friendship with Taft, 183; his proteges, 184; advice on investments, 185; interests in U.S., 188

Hammond, Percy, joint general manager in Johannesburg, 258

Harmony Mine, 217 Harris, Lord (4th Baron Harris of Seringa­

patam and Mysore): prospective chair­man, 89; becomes director and vice­chairman, 90; acting chairman, 92; speech in 1901, 96; becomes chairman, 98; tribute to Rhodes, 102; difliculties, II I ; 'A gamble in foreign parts', II4; tribute to Rudd, 125; remarks about Sub Nigel, 137; an­nounces retirement, 139; speech recalled, 175; remarks on Russian mining venture, 177; chairman of Lena Goldfields Ltd., 179-82; oil interests in Trinidad, 188-9; rebukes Colonial Office, 189; 'weakness' as chairman, 230

Harrower, J., 130 Harvie-Watt, Brigadier Sir George Steven,

T.D., D.L., Q.C. (Ist Baronet): joins board, 233; early career, 233-4; Member of Parliarnent, 233; promotion in Terri­torial Army, 234-5; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Churchill, 23 5-<i; managing director and deputy chairman, 245; looks for new investments, 248; negotiations with H. C. Drayton, 249; speech at 1961 annual meeting, 254; elected chairman of the board, 257; joins board of American

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Zinc, 266; negotiations with American Zinc, 267-8; choosing men for key posi­tions, 274; plans investment in Australia, 283, 284 et seq.

Hateh, Dr. F. H., 75 H.E. Proprietary, 249, 253 Heuston ('Wild Bill'), 136 Hoare, Oliver V. G., 147 Hoover, Herbert, 126, 195, 225 Hoskyns, Sir Leigh, 30, 90, 101, 125 Howeson, J. H. C. E., 147 Humber Portland Cement Company, 122

Imperial Chemical Industries of Australla and New Zealand, 295

Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 97; award of gold medal to Robert Annan, 255; to Guy CarletonJones, 237

International Petroleum, 185 Jack, John, 77. 78, 79 Jacobsohn & Kauffman, 22, 28 James, Dr. William Fleming, 278 Jameson, Dr. Leander Starr, 15, 85-87,90,91 Jameson, Sam, 15 Jameson Raid, 87,90,91,94, 131, 210, 229 Jeffrey, F. R., 268, 269 Jennings, Hennen, 64 Joe!, Woolf, 12 Johannesburg, 21, 41, 64, 85, 96, 97 Johannesburg Consolidated Investment

Company, 164,219,220 Johannesburg Estate and Waterworks Com-

pany Ltd., 32 Joint-Stock Bank, the, 29 Jones, E., 9, 27, 34, 36, 41, 42 Jones, Guy Carleton:joins Gold Fie1ds, 126;

Hammond's advice, 127; at Sub Nigel, 132 et seq.; assistant consulting engineer, 135; consulting engineer, 145; meets Rudolf Krahmann, 156; investigation of West Wits Line, 157 et seq.; report to board, 202; developing new mines, 213 et seq.; his illness, 232; death, 236; Carleton­ville,237

J oubert, Christiaan, 20 Joubert, General Piet, 94 Jowett, Dr., 5 Jubilee Mine, 23, 64 Jupiter Gold Mining Company Ltd., 120 Jupiter Mine, 95, 97, 109, IIl, II5, II8

Kalahari Desert, 47 Kali Syndicate, 196 Keene, Amor F., 188, 261 Kelly, Bowes, 294 Kelly' s Reef, 43 Kimberley, 3, S, 6 et seq., 46, 57, 72 Kimberley, Lord, S

Kimberley Central Company, 19 Kimberley Central Mine, 24, 45 Kimberley Reef, 28, 31 Kingsford-Smith, Sir Charles, 205 Klein Paardekraal, 20, 21 KloofMine,213,309

Index

Knatchbull, Captain, see also Braboume, Lord,I47

Knights Deep Mine, 95, 108, 109, 112, 120, 122, 126

Knight's Witwatersrand Gold Mining Com­pany, 32

Kock, Judge, 95 Krahmann, Rudolf: arrives on Rand, 149;

career, 150; tests geophysical prospecting, 151; his theory, 152; prospecting and dis­covery ofWest Wits Line, 156-72; look­ing back on first exploration, 228

Krause, Mr. Justice F. E. T., 96 Kruger, President Paul, 20,85,94,95 Krugersdorp, ISI

Labouchere, 82 Lake View and Star Company, 195, 196,

204, 226, 263, 264, 283 Langlaagte, 23, 41, 43 Langlaagte Estate Company, 72 Laurie, Ladbury & Davies, 31, 56 Leaman, E. C., 258 Leask, Thomas, so Lena Goldfie1ds Ltd., II4, 177-81 Lenskoie Company, 177, 179, 180 Leslie, C. D., 126 Levien, CecilJohn, 205 Lewis, E. C., 304 Lewis and Marks, 217 Lewisohns ofNew York, 183 Libanon Mine, 163, 168, 170, 212, 228, 229,

239, 308, 309 Lindberg, Carl Otto, 262-5, 277 Lippert, Edouard, 15, 39 Lobengula, 46-48, 125 Loch, Sir Henry, 72 London Tin Syndicate, the, 138, 147 Louw, Adriaan: appointed chairman of

Gold Fie1ds of South Africa, 3 II; early career, 3 II; war experiences, 3 II; general manager, West Driefontein Mine, 3II

Loveman, M. H., 263 Lower Witwatersrand series, 152, ISS, 158,

159,208 Lowrey, Francis, 41, 60, 72 Lnipaardsvlei Estate, 21, 23, 24, 31, 34, 35.

37, 38, 42, 43, 52, 53, 63, 142 Luipaards Vlei Estate and Gold Mining

Company, 42, 43, 45, 53, 204, 255 Lydenburg Platinum Areas Ltd., 138, 219 Lyell, Comstock Company, 294

Index MacArthur-Fonest cyanide process, 61 McCall,J. D., "57 McCann, Dr. W. S., 163, 21S McDougall, James, 183, 188 McKenna, Reginald, 140, 210 Mackenzie, W. A., UI, 163, 168, 215 Maclachlan, Malcolm, 232 Maclachlan, Walter, 231, 232 Maclaren, Dr. Malcolm, 158, 163 Mafeking,47 Maguire, Rochfort, 46, 47, so, 101, U5, 233 Main Reef, the, 52, 142, 152,208,209 Main ReefLeader, thc, 66, 78,130,158 Malcolm, Sir Dougal, 147, 232, 257 Malmani Gold Fiehls, 32 Marcus, Maurice, 18 Markby, Stewart Company, London, 31 Marks, Senator Samuel, 12 Mashonaland,47,57,60,67,80,81 Massy-Greene, J. B., 258, 296, 297, 301 Matabele Concession, 49, SI, 55 Matabeleland, 46, 47, 49, SI, 57 Mathers, E. P., 34 Matthews, Major-Gencral A. Bruce, 278 Mellor, Dr. E. T., 144 Mcrcnsky, Dr. Hans, 154-6, 21i Merriman, John X., 36, 41 Mestres, Ricardo A., 185, 187 Metal Manufactures Ltd., 296 Metallon Ltd., 249, 250, 305 Mexican Corporation, 126 Meyer, 78 Michaelis, Sir Max, 12 MicheIl, Sir Lewis, 14 Middelvlei, 21, 23, 31 Mijnpacht Gold Mining Company, 43 Mississippi River Power Company, 112 Missouri Mining Company, 194, 261 Mortimer, G.J., 286, 290, 297 Moselikatse, 46 Mosenthal & Company, 91 Motcombe House, 222, 223 Mount Goldsworthy, 289-91, 293 Mount Goldsworthy Mining AJsociates, 290 Mount Lyclllnvestments Ltd., 295-8, 305 Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company,

293, 295, 296 et seq. Moussec Ltd., 253 Mudd, Seeley, 184

Natalspruit, 22 National Mining Corporation, 126, 192,257,

261 National Zinc Company, 269 Neumann, Sigismund, 12, 77 Neuschild, R. H. A., 257 New Consolidated Canadian Exploration

Company, 276-11

New Consolidated Free State Exploration Company, 217, 244

New Consolidated Gold Fields (Australasia), 246, 283, 289

New Consolidated Gold Fields Ltd., see Glossary, p. 315

New Guinea, 205, 206 New Primrose Mine, 53, 73 New Rietfontein Estate Gold Mines, 77, 82,

204 New Union Goldfields, 249, 253 New Witwatersrand Gold Exploration

Company, 168 Newconex Canadian Exploration Company,

278-9 Newconex Holdings Ltd., 278, 280, 281 Nicholls, J. H., 263, 264 Nicholls, S. H., 230, 258 Nigel,77, 84, 132 Nigel Deep Mine, 97, 105, 112, 115, 130-3 Nigel Gold Mining Company, 130 North Lyell Company, 294 Northem Colombia, 206 Northem Light and Power Company, 11 Nylstroom (Waterberg) Syndicate, 32

Oceana Transvaal Land and Mining Com-pany Ltd., 32

Olthaver, H., IS0 Oppenheimer, Sir Emest, 214, 215, 217 Oriel Company, 53 Oroville Dredging Company, 113, 126, 206,

261 Orpen, B., 145 Orr, J. W., 267, 268 Otavi Copper Mine, 310

Paardekraal, 31 Patino Mining Corporation of Canada, 296 Pato Consolidated Gold Dredging Ltd., 206 Pelletier, Dr. R., 217 Petyt, A. G., 258 Phillips, Lionel, 12, 64, 85, 87, 90 Pickering, Neville, 38 Pilgrim', Rest, 15, 16, 19 Pine Point Mines, 280 Pinter, Joseph. 287 Placer Development Company, 205, 206, 264 Platinum, discovery of, 138, 218-21 Playter, Robert, 263-5, 278 Pollock, Sir Richard, 30, 90, 98 Porcupine Goldfields Development and

Finance Company, 277 Porges, Jules, 11, U, 27, 41 Porges, Jules, & Company, 39, 40 Porter, Herbert C., 56, 124, 147,225, 230-2,

259 Potg;.etersrust Platinums, 219

324 Potier, G. G., 257, 283 Potton, R. H. (Dick), 301-3 President Brand Mine, :1.17 President Steyn Mine, :1.17 Preston, the Hon. R. M. P., 257 Prinsep, J. C., 73, U4, :1.29, 230 Pullinger, 104, 142 Pullinger, D. J., 143, 169 Pyramid Mining Company, 280, 281

Quentin, Cecil (of Quentin & Tarbutt), 77, 176

Quince, W. A., 135, 136

Rand Club, 80 Rand Deep Level Borehole, 66 Rand Victoria Block, 79, 84 Rand Victoria Borehole, 66 Rand Victoria Mine, 79,109, III Randfontein, 142, 158 Randfontein Estates Gold Mining Company,

21, 41, 142, 201 Randjeslaagte, 21, 42 Reform Committee, 86, 87,90,210 Reinecke, Dr. Leopold, 134, 135, ISS et seq.,

171, 202, 208, 209 Renison Tin Mine, 295, 298, 299 Rhodes, CecilJohn: partnership with Rudd at

Kimberley, 3; at Kimberley and Oxford, 7-12; Member of Parliament, 12; anta­gonises J. B. Robinson, 13, 14; visit to Witwatersrand, 18 et seq.; letters to Rudd, 27-28; his Founders' shares, 30; he is over­worked, 36; his ambitions, 37; Empire­building plan, 38; capital transferred to diamond-mines, 45; sends Rudd to Mata­beleland, 46-47; quarrel with shareholders, SI; capital required for British South Africa Company, 57; Prime Minister of Cape Colony, 60; meetsJohn Hays Ham­mond, 74; Rudd disagrees with Rhodesian policy, 80; managing directors' profits, 84; planning the Raid, 85; failure of coup, 86; resignation of Premiership, 86; the cost of Raid, 91; his death, 102; tribute from Charles Rudd, 102-3; his estate, 103

Rhodes, Captain Ernest, 5, 59, 68, 72, 74, 76, 80 et seq., IIO, 130, 230

Rhodes, Colonel Frank, 5, 86 et seq. Rhodes, Herbert, 5, 15 Rhodesia, 72. 80, 86, 149, 235 Richards, G .• 72, 87. 92 Rietfontein, 23, 24, 32 Rietfontein Consolidated Mines Ltd., 204 Rissik, Johann, 20 Roberts, Lord, 96 Robinson. Sir Hercules, 46 Robinson, J. B .• II et seq •• 39. 41, 46, 68

Index Robinson, William A., 278 Robinson Deep Mine, 76, 84, 94. 97, lOS,

IIO, II2. II5, 1:1.0, 1:1.7, 192, 196,200,204, 241,2-42. :1.59, 3II

Robinson Mine. :1.1, 40, 43, 45, 63 Robinson Syndicate, 18, 39, 40 Rodwell, Sir Cecil. 232. 233, 257 Rogers. D. J., 267 Roodepoort, 21,34 Rothschild, Lord, 36, 50 Royal Tharsis Company, 294 Rudd, Charles Dunell: partnership with

Rhodes, 3; at Harrow and Cambridge, 4; diamond-buyer, 5; early career, II-24; sails for Britain to establish company, 25; letters from Rhodes, 26-28; statutory meeting of Gold Fields, 29; his complaints, 38; managing director in Johannesburg, 40; mission to Lobengula, 46-47; the Rudd Concession, 48; Rhodes' s letter, 51; his speeches, 54-55; negotiations with Beit, 65 ; his Founders' shares, 67; letter to Currey, 67-68; blackballed at Rand Club. 80; defends Rhodes, 81; faith in deep­level mines, 82; managing directors' profits, 84; thelameson Raid, 88 et seq.; defends himsel at meeting, 93; praises Rhodes's deeds. 102-3; announces his retirement, 103; death, 125; prophecy comes true, 211

Rudd, Henry, 4,5 Rudd, Percy, 104 Rudd, Thomas, 4, 28-30, 45, 55 et seq., 73,

83, 89, 90, 101, 103 Rudd Concession, 48, 57 Rustenburg Platinum Mine(s), 139, 220, 221 Rymer, Sir Joseph, 177

Salisbury Mine, 23 Salmon Block (a claim area), 79 Sapte, Major H. L., 72, 92, 101, 124, 230 Saratoga Avenue, 42 Sauer, Dr. Hans, 15. 19-23. 39 Scott. Jack. 216 Searles.John W .• 186 Searles Lake. 186. 187. 196. 197. 224. 261 Shamva Mine (Rhodesia). II7 Sheba Mine. 16 Sherrnan Anti-Trust Law. 197.263 Sidgreaves. H. G .• 147. 258 Sierra Pacific Electric Company. II2 185 Simmer. August. 77-'79 Simmer andJack Bast. 79. 97.109 et seq. Simmer and Jack Mine. 66. 76. 77. IIO Simmer and Jack Proprietary Mines Ltd .• 79.

84. 93. 94. 105. II2. II5, 120. 127. 192. 196.200.204.240,241.255

Simmer andJack West. 79. 95.109. III

Index Simmer Deep Ltd., 111, 112, 115, 120 Simmonds Street, 42 Smith, Hamilton, 63, 74 Smits, W. S., 160 Smuts, Fie1d-MarshalJan Christiaan 95,106,

II7,123 Snedden, Sir Richard, 257 South African Gold Fields Exploration Com­

pany, the (founded by Thomas Baines in 1868),26

South African Gold Trust and Agency Com­pany,67

South African H.B. Proprietary Ltd., 249 South African Mutual Finance Corporation,

the,254 South American Gold and Platinum Com­

pany,I82, 219 South Deeps, 127 South Geldenhuis Deep Gold Mining Com-

pany Ltd., 109, 111 South Reef, 66 South Rose Deep Company, 109, 111 South Simmer Block, 79 South West Africa Company, the, 310 Spaarwater Mine, 134. 204 Spriggs, Jack, 223 Stainer, Mts., 223 Standard Oil Company, 196 Stanhope, the Hon. Chandos S., 98 Strathmore Gold Mining Company Ltd., 216 Struben brothers (Henry and Fred), 23 Sub Nigel Main Shoot, 132,133 Sub Nigel Mine, 77, lOS, 112, 115, 119, 120,

126, 128, 130-'7, 158, 196, 199-201, 213, 226,241 ,255,257

Sunday Reef, 28, 31

Taft, William Howard, President of the United States, 183

Tampico Oilli.eld, 113, 185 Tarbutt, Boucher & Quentin, 73 Tarbutt, Percy, 42, 43, 63 er seq., 73, 74, 77,

90, 100, 101, 117, 130, 188 Tarry, B. W., 9 Taylor,J. B., 12, 15, 40,52 Taylor, R. Carr, 148, 230, 258 Tennant, C., Sons & Company, 305 Tennant, Sir Charles, 305 Tennant eompanies: Tennant Trading Ltd.,

Tennant Guaranty Ltd., Tennant Securi­ties Ltd., 305

Texas GulfSulphur Company, 280 Texas Oil Company, the, 190, 244 Thompson, 'Matabele', 46, 47 Transcontinental Petroleum Company, II3,

185 Trinidad Leaseholds, 189, 191 Trinidad Oil Company, 244

325 Tri-State Zine Company, 194, 261 er seq. Trona Corporation, XI9, 186, 187, 191 Truseott, S. J., 75 Tsumeb Copper Mine, 310 Tsumeb Corporation, 310 Turf Club borehole, 97 Turf Mines Ltd., 97 Turffontein, 20, 23 Turvey, W. B., 135, 144, 145

Ultramar, 232, 244,277 Union Corporation Ltd., 144, 164 Union Platinum Mining Company, 220 United Concessions Company, So, 57 Upper Witwatersrand System, 152, 155 Uranium Reduction Company, 271 Utah Construction and Mining Company,

290,291

Vaa! River diggings, 4 van Tongeren, Hermannus, 264 van Wyk, 38, 43 Ventersdorp Contact Reef, 208, 209, 214 Ventersdorp Lava, 209 Venterspost Mine and Company, 143, 163,

168, 170, 208, 212, 226-9, 240, 241, 308 Vera Cruz Mexican Oil Syndicate, XI8, 185 Victoria Falls Power Company, 100 Village Deep Mine, 127 Village Main Reef Gold Mining Company,

23, 60, 64. 71, 76 Vlakfontein Mine, 134. 203, 241 Vogelstruisbult Mine, 134. 203, 241 Vogelstruisfontein Mine, 32 von der Ropp, Baron, II3, 12S, 183, 184. 188 V ooruitzicht, 5 Voskule, Dr. G. A., 169

Wagner, Adolphe, 79 Walker's Hotel (1886), 20 Wassau (Gold Coast) Mining Company,

loo, lI4 Waterval, 31 Waterval (Rustenburg) Platinum Mining

Company, 138, 219 Watkins, C. S., 73 Watson, F. M., 95, 96 Webb, H. H., 75, 92, II2. 126. 183-5. 188 Wemmer Mine. 23 Wentzel. Cyril, 136 Wernher, SirJulius, XI. 13 Wernher, Beit & Company. 64. 65. 77. 85 Wesselton Mine, 57 West Battery Reef Company. 43 West Driefontein Mine. 163, 168,212.228,

229. 232, 238 et seq •• 255. 306-9. 3II West Rand Consolidated Mine, 142 West Sheba Gold Reef, 32

West Witwatersrand Areas Ltd., 162 et seq., 202,208,209,212, 215,236,242-4,309

West Wits Line, 161, 170, 171, 194, 208, 209, 214, 215, 218, 228, ~3~, 237, ~42-4, ~56, 3°7, 309

Western Areas Ltd., 144,159 Western Rand Estates, 143, 144 Western Reefs Mine, 216 Western Ultra Deep Levels, 214 Williams, A. R. 0., 257 Williams, F. R., 136 Williams, Gardner, 34, 36, 52, 63, 73 Willoughby's Construction Company, 91 Wilson, Sir Samuel, 232, 233, 357 Wiluna Mine, 195,204 Windheuvel, 32 Witkoppie, 23 Witpoortjie, 23, 24, 28, 3 I, 35

Index Witport,28 Witwatersrand, 17-20,23,32,40,45,49, SI,

53, 54, 60 et seq., 79, 80,9°, 132, 134, 149, 161, 199, 204, 213, 216

Witwatersrand Gold Mining Company, 33, 109

Woodward and Walker's Gold Mine, 33 Worcester Mine, 23 Wyong Minerals, 284, 287, 288

Yeatman, Pope, 75, 184 Young, Howard 1., 265-7,270,271 Young, Howard Lee ('Cy'), 271 Y oung, Richard A., 271 Young, Professor R. B., 144 Yuba Gold Fields, II3, 261

Zip Holdings (New Zealand), 301-3