The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-04

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opselal Denpasch % III post-Infelllgsnesr
WARRINGTON. Ca. &-Ihe m1n1ng ~
tssests u Africa. suDeda1ly q wse1ss-
FIJI gold and d1A0o04 01moo v1eeA NV
sttraetsd = nssA aeasnasA ase - cue.
jsct Of chapeg = - GD1nagEUDa Juse
tjcs, On Coanmasulo1 Africa n - nucA
- the rscsae raD1o 1ovsaoD0sas of Africa,
especially = ~ ooothoeD paft whero IL
oroatsst rnoo11ty q AsvoDop0sat has %.
ssrred. = lue - ~ discovery AMI -
vsl0pmaa1 - sxtro0e1y valuAhao m1nesa1
dspositA r. 0aes vAtuabas 6 49, are
eold Al 1laneodA thsugh inc16sataIy =
other 01nognl 9oooo1eD q oooah Al
southeast AfssA Gfse ps0g1Ds Of 0Dae
value whaa voa1sA-oo1n1ag "a 49, H.
r. turn ~ At1enfSoa fse0 ~ oaD1 n1nas
% thoeo WAeeA peen1De 49, sap1d. ut
psrhApo sgnaIjy eessa1n. psuoes.
H1Uoosooy DesD0oA M1ooa
That ~ Dul1 and diamooA 01naa g
South Alrtna lave bssa. aaA still arO.
wonderfully peu1tabls. hoWsves. - bsyond
QusstioG. TAs K10bsslsy dianon1 n1nes.
which are locats1 - Dsitish tsss1eesy.
1uSt cutssds the oesndas1ss Of IN osen9e
vvss State. an1 aoout - Dl1eo neo
caps Town. nov suOpN = pr cent. q
the diamonds of eoaDlnsgeo. although theos
s1ietsncs was unenouu psset - ls0. ~
The mines have tnue bssn h eDesnttoa ne
shout thirty yeasa
Il II estinatsd tat QAso.eDe worth se
roueh diamonAs, WoetA 1euo1e that so0
sitter cutting. have beeo neo1uesd fro0
the Kimberley mines s1aoe thslr opening
would have been oeooely lncreased -
Or the fact that the swAsEs Of the vas.
fDus mines In this vscln1ty formed -
agreement by which the annual output
wa6 no limited - 70 meet. but not nA-
teriaIiy sxceed. the annual consumpti0n
oG the worries diamond markets. % pDen-
uful II the supply end ~ comparatively
inexpensive the wofk Of production that
diamond digging In other parts Of the
world has almost ceased since the South
African mines entered the Held. and thu
insult h. - stated above. that they now
supply over - per cent. OF the diamonds
Of commerce.
Sossh AfsSesa Geld.
Equally wonderful and equally promis-
Ing are the great "Wttwatesfand" gold
fails OF South Africa. located In the South
African republic. better known ~ the
johannesburg mine9 The Dutch word
"WItwstefsrapd' means literally white
water Range" and the strip Of territory
few hundreds miles lon. and = few
miles In width 70 which II h applied wss
but . few years ago considsred nearly
worthless ridge, useful only for the pas.
eurags a. cattle go Sheep. on1 ~ evsn
thlo comparatively vatue1eoe.
In ~. however. Dejd vas diecovssed,
and n ~ the Wales - shA gn16 proouc-
ION was abeut 0AW. Il incrsased Ntth
startling rsp:disy. The Dso1ses!es 9 -
90: isoa. over o9omo.ooe: ~. over >tetoe.-
-, ana NJ an1 ~ about eR0o.eO N
each ysas. This ~ondesful 0svsDopassnt
has attracted great sttsnttoo - Ooush
AFRICA and drawn thishsr thousands Of
people In the HOPE u seaIisinU quieh fos-
tunes. DsveIopmsnt. however. showes
nat the nssnss could eniy - ssrceeseasy
worked by the use Of costly machinery.
ana Wine they havs bess sStsassly pro
ductivs where msehlsesy has beee ussd.
they were not Of such character - 20
make hand or p5aHer mining pfo0t4bse.
- was the caes IN California
pvsAoes ossse 1o0l.
The gold proAuctton In the RANG since
~ ms bssu evss pDo,aA.en. and careful
susveys Of shs 0eld b. th1 re Of driIIo
ana other proesoseo q e1psrse shoW BE-
yond euessica that the n sight" prob
Ably amounts to 0eW ,o14.0p. while the
large numbss q aabpss vh:eh have besn
located in Sdjsesnt ssrrisosy. pess'cs:asiy
In parts 81 RhodssiA. gsvs promise o. ad-
ditSo0a1 supplies. - Tat u seems p-eb-
able that south AfvSea vsti for many years
continue % BE-. ~ u NOW b. the largest
gosd -prcduslng sssttse - ~ world
Rsesst AiDsvss1ss Nd 10 the beiisf
thai these wo0darfuliy v1eo mines are the
ione lost "osSd o. 0phis." frsn which
solomon Obtained ~ suppltse. mailing
= navy Of ships n Msson-Usoss. which 10
opposite Eosh. on to sb0se % the Nsd
go. IN the land % E1e0: sn1 Hira0 sent
IN the navy n1o eegvonta eoipWeo that
wants q DosoGpuu, aod tbsy cna> % OpaeS
anA fetched from theses sssA snd bssssht