The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-10-02

wore NFNH ~ ANANNmaN ABOUT NMN We
trupoii' Of the TrausvaaL
The Transyaal and It's wonderful cos
mopolitan center. Johannesbure. are
just now Of greater intorcst than ever
Emigration there from an onterprIsing
civilized nations is stll on the Increase.
says the Home Journal.
The railway Journey from Cape
Town to johannesburg Of about three
days Ia through a seemingly endless.
candy country. vita range succeeding
range OF distan, mountains. all alike.
and strikes a greater sense OF yastncss
and dosolaton than an expausc OF
naked ocean Itself First and second
class have sleeping accommodation.
the third being kept for blacks and the
lowest clafs Dutch. Well. we reach
Johannesburg. which has not even yet.
with all its wealth. acoycrcd-in-rlilway
station; while, by way Of contrast In
the progress Of the place. just across
the road is a huge club. with tennis.
cricket. football and cycling grounds.
gymnasium, military band. halls for
dancing, operas. oratorlos. etc. which
will bear comparison with any you
plcase. It, members are millioniarcs
and clerks dodgers and their lodging
house kcepcra. an equal there. for We
have left behind caste. cllduos and
cathedral citlcs and are cosmopolitan.
or. In a word colonial An institution
like this gives ua the state OF society
there In NUTSHELL for. az wages are
very high, any one In anything like lu-
cratlyo employment can belong to Il:
and the grades In society are deter
mined by money and money only.
johannesburg. the London OF South
Africa, which was nine years ago bar
rem ycldt, clght years ago n mincra'
camp IL now the confer OF some 1907
600 inhabitants and Increasing about
ns fast as bricks and mortar can be OBJ
talncd. II Ia situated directly on top
OF the gold and, on looking down from
the high ground above. Il looks to an
English eye like a huge. long-drawn- out
mass OF tin sheds. with lts painted iron
mine chimnoys running In straight
line oil along the quartz gold reef aa
far aH you can see In either direction.
The largest or main reef runs for thir-
" miles unlntcrruptedly. gold-hcnrlng
and honeycombod with mines through
out This. even were II alone. could
speak for the stability and continued
prosperity Of the Transyaal gold trade,
on a mail steamer arriving only few
days ago from the Cape was said to be
between $500 ,00gaand ia opQ worth OF
sala q lsaa !. . 'ss.
signed b. easn ,aall ,11al
To yOuas hlIa~'' <,S'< out with a
few hundrcis olty <i,alr luek. the old
A A., ,SlI.. 2 :. 7l1 : eolds good
into safety for year and not so into
business or specializing until you know
your country. johannesburg business
morality - e.rtatu,y not tsanaoa huai.
moss morality and leading business
men at the former place win tell yot
themselves that honesty is not expected
there. For those who 20 there to carr
their livelihood or 20 make money
would say do not go out without fixot
trade or handlcraft. or money to star
upon or a good introduction to som,
friend already there, but remember
that the Transyaal IN a ycrltablo para
dice for the workinEman who know
his business. Al the heavy part of IN,
labor Is put out; the Kaiilrs do II. al
rocted by him In n few KAnir words AM
generally many English explosives
Wages are paid monthly. Miners max
there f25 to $50 month. n first rate
and the blacks drill their holes 10
blasting where and as they order theg
Carpenters, blacksmlths, maAons cal
get about the same aud whenever bill
let Is lost or cannot be obtained n shor
tramp along the mines generally bring
success.