The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-22


stock exchange within the year. Proposals
to that effect have already been made.
II is rather strange THAI this country
which has 50 keen an interest in hooius
Of every sort should have thus FAR p1d so
little attention to the rise of south Africa.
Tho latter Incident comprise tac most lee
markable commercial romance of the
century. In exactly ten years state then
wild. unpopulated. uneNplored. almost from
producing no gold at all has risen To the
first gold producing country in the world.
The single little district known as the
Mitwatersrlnd in the Transvaal or south
African republic. will yield this year up
wards Of 100000 worth OF gold or more
than the product of all Australia or OF tnc
entire United States. This HtUe district
Is. far as its productive area is con-
cerned. not over niteeu miles Nld'. anu
about sixty miles long. and ten years ago
IL was laid out IN stock farms that W"ir
selling for few pounds per acre. To-Day
the mines located upon TINS mario" -'iV
have market value of between 81 ''H.'.'''
and S2gu.UpUuU. And iust as happened in
the days Of the California gold FEVER men
who a Few years ago Hditil i'' -'-'"' %
dollar, are today worth un'HiiieH iHttli'i7-
There are a aoZeu or more financial pt-i'
now dazzling London Wttn their rNlf"F,t-
giant expenditures VINO ~IlpNrt ~ ."d.'-
Africa a few years ago d@ a't 'h. @ ana
many of them We're practically h@uAtnpi-
A Man Who Has Made Iii> ~.'",o1s.'"".
Perhaps the most remarkable product
of the gold fields is Il. I Eeraato. known
from Cape Town TO London as "Hara"S
Barnato and the j0lliest fellow in the ""iid.
Barnato is stiil a Young man. ilr comes
OF "a good English family, turned ont 20 b'
"A wild youngster, shipped uG to Cape 'ui-
ony, knocked about there as best %" t'hil.
was, ~ Is said. at one Time q Nl"h.''i OF
a circus company as a iupEItf, ituHi Hti--
self stranded with q halt crown ia mis-
pocket, went into the diImaat business
- 4, .r,Hsrlv tn4,l,. f,tara- hand over -ist.
Z Il d. .HH
as one II the diamond maEuaiHs, Hud "A"h
the Kimberly diamond mines wrr" COM
solidated turned up az me top oI W. h, ...l.
worth mlilonS. Later tat h4t' l"'i I'd
the movement TO The Nitwatersraui h--
came leading promoter ul &od MINI
enterprises there. and year ago was
Within the last year It Is currently given
out in London that ne has mace p. maps
100000 in the sale Of mining shares an4
IA promoting mining enterprlz's.
Probably he himself does not know Just
how rich he is. Aud should his fortune
20 on increasing at the rate III mas sprung
nm In another ten years this cN-cireus Jug
gler VIII be the richesL man IN the world.
Earnato rs now member 81 the cape
Colony parliament and the other u"F
when he was about 20 sdI I't S'''i
Africa "a dinner was given him lu London
that was presided over by tEe l1td mayor
and attended by many Of the most noted
financial men Of England. Ute seat gers
his money like pluuecr. and is AWAY 5
followed by "a hUugrE horde, eager tn
overt p"ISlol y. 1HS tf.- .
of cav people generally and u1 end OF
curious stories are told Of his princciy
gifts and odd performances. 10 for, "N-
ample he wishes to give a thrater party
he thinks very little Of charterihe The
whole theater or at least such a portion
OF IL as he may desire for the exclusive
USE OF his guests. Barnato is no mi-er
and works hard 70 enjoy his money. lie
has brother who became associated with
him in the diamond business 20 lNlmh.riN
ana later in the gold mines and who while
h. is nor as rich as Barney ANA dueSn
make any such tremendous spurge, lives
In London I'm princev style and is worth
several million pounds.
A uonnnzn Statesman In SOuth Africa
oddly enough it was through the dia-