The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-07-22
llsh rather than the native Beers, VINO
have made money out of the Mines
DeyeIoped I'm Ten Years.

llsh rather than the native Beers, VINO
have made money out of the mines
Developed I'm Ten Years.
1.-THE discovery of the auriferous banker
or conglomerate beds on the Witwaters-
rand came in 1855. So you see that this
wonderful district Is just ten years oiu-
In 1855 the sum of 10000 would nave SUI
feed 10 purchase ali the farms of the entire
district. Single claims have since solo Aor
two or three times this sum- Inc news
of the discoveries soon reached hihipeiLs,
and IL was mainly the Kimberly crown
which took hold and developed the mines
The deposits were found in a shale unliho
ANYTHING else anywhere in the world IheJ
are not in quartzite veins, but in associa'et
beds of a sort OF conglomerate ~hie e,- -
gtD feet wide and the principal WOTkihsS
have strung along for about eleven mrs ittr
Here is the great Robinson mine, the .,i.,.1
toria Rand and others when nave 6AsS--
at was on account Of the peculiar geolog-
ical character of the formation and the u-i-
gl5merate bed that at hrst led
even expert engineers 70 deciaIe
brated engineer. sent out at heavy eX-
pense pronounced the alleged hud an sb-
surdity. From the very reef on when ne
stood millions upon millions OF oollaIS
worth of gold have been taken out, and IL
was from an examination OF TINS same rec.
when 10 had been developed later, lhat ltU
h4nltoh SihIth, w @e'i h4''.. = .,i,i,.,r,s
mining engineer, TO declare Tnat- mere
have often been mines of short length lar
i4tiiel 49, - ~ -, - rsr
as regularity anu extent are concerned
Character OF the Gold Deposit
"Tue deposit is held in q broad bed or
vein that takes the shape 81 something like
,n .r,-rnotfs bsvI. So il happens that the
-. 7..,..sf- ain De- f.upd = q deem level
1'-i'1 :. -. - -, ,.,,--,,, - ~.
- M, r,,,.list Ia, Is ma E ,,,irn ~.
,e,,,is into M. ...--t IN <-4.--...,l lines and
NJ a..l,r,lir., ~ ~. strike lr the vein a.
H., M. American system. So showing that
-. ,,,.i,, c,,,l4 D.. ,,,.rg ~ 3, Instance a-t
N,.rr..,n ..,.-5,f..- fT.r-ar Jennings. con
,.-f,-.I tb.. iIaa ~ sinking d long shaft al q
,f5et.rc.. from main raar This was tho
ba.frrirs- If tho deem r.-at workings ana
frr, these many ~ -fs hest mines have
l..-u and are Usgv being developed The
value of The gold 40 the Raad neld, which
il nov r.r.,.tI.5fI.- ia sf-H- reaches tae
I-Ili,,... IF,r14f-.-5 e-..f.. ..--f-,sfld that
ION, ~. st-.f.5, II eleven miles of The
,,,-.f,5 r.f y.5f.5 b.. -4v. n b1yiusr ben
pr1spfr.t-I bv diamond drills 10 the depth
Of 40 feet, one ui.e, there We're a. least
lujoyJoHl tons which would WELD Gu.DJtoD
.,5irir,- ~ .,fJ or 4 value d. fgl5 0tyJU4 He
.-tf,,,1.ta4 tH,f ~. ,rf,..s o5tf.i.i,. ar This
gStli'''I,eL ma - - 100 tfs ~ - -.
-tI -. - M n -, -, -. Il,
OF d 49, ~. S'iiis ~. = ~ ,,,-f -
80 st,+ - -'-,.-e.5.,., M. ~ rS.. den
levels this tS'liii-t" rs ttsi L,.'l- - -
1tN1v v-ls s. ~. tL'1t = 'I -
"eIth 81 tAr tttiiu, - W. s -
- s -. 49, ~ .....- sf a.
PSs- - ~ "'i.-ei % - =, -
- .s.It -i ~ 80 h. p ..--..f., ne fey
-. 1+ii..- ,-i IN ~. 4,l smith
would reach l,9eyvr or IH.at"o by tEe
end oL The century ~ l5 TI'f Aat iHfpt"O~-
lie That his prediction Wi- De Il 4iid~d-
a Town Rrnosc1 To Get al the Gold