The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-07-14
IN soUTH AFRICA.
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KlydA r steege. vridng Of SOUTH
Aria IN ST. NieAol4A o, the dsoor
err Of sOle IN the TransrAAL aaa The
TroviA o. johannesburg. AVS;
"A German named NAuSA vas he
aut 10 discover esi4eBcss o. goA II
the TrlnCGal. bat fAlssg Il Interest
kis fsllswSOaHtgR<a ia uizizg II
- dnezli IEd distant a country.
nothlaf cane % A1s aisSovs-y Vet
Untl Al E-ghsAzAz STlbsa 6y HA1s
fOard tie GSid a, the TnLSEA GSAiE
WA any special interest taks2 IN the
matter. he spread TIE rsva Al In
Q years tine frO7 the fnt SP<i1g
:. -. e==s..y. Nane r~o91s Aza AZ
rived o. tie spot. eager 70 1Aks fo--
tansA They tame frSu every part
Of the Word and 11elE3et srery el4S
Of psrsozs-ziHs. frOz California
and Oihsr Wssts-s stAieA yozngs-
soAs Of Wtl-knO~1 EnEHA hzlts>
AdEsntUrsrA ard ~sPeealIiors. saa PeO-
pie WHO had girea up respectable
steady ocegp4bo. and businesses 70
totn In the mad r1AA for 90 rAis
crowd Of excited eager Hsn tSo=e
women And eAfl57ea Wers azoag
then, tool PiteAeI teziA or nEIlsd to-
gethsr 9 teu s04rds for protection
or built bIn. b~4ky IAanriss VITA
rOots Of ifva bat into vsFy ridges
-orTUCi6@16 sesIn AL DsE
hta
They were Over = tko1sAo6 E.iss
fron he Ssa coast Azs some Of ths1
who eosld BOT fad any OiAer Method
Of tESEsHRE. or c7zla not ssOra AZ
othsf, had cone after Saving tie
railroad. so niles On foot
nsrs they we're. uksn they reached
the gold telos. In q soaEtry without
trsa o vegStRtiS1 other 1tkGz grAsS
o. the high. bare vsldi liks our pa
ns), the great So1fA African plateau
which IA on the TaErAsl G5sgi
t,ooe feet above sea level Gs3 % whicA
al material for building al eonver+
sness and neoessirez fer living. and
nO0A Of their Tod had to Be br0ughi
IN on eArta. AID carried soastina
from even the distant coast
Tia was in 1854, sBa Bow. Ek=e
the frst little wooden skeds and teats
we're pat up stands Johannesburg, .
city Of 10000 inhabitants : aae town
With good build3ngA tee;ne ighn
and stree, ralwayA Stretching away
from Il toward the east and west runs
The gold region SOME 70 or 50 miles
IN length. You viii hear this reef,
which wa In prehistoric times The
edge Of reat o-eeAA basin, called the
Rand This term 10 N abbreuAtion
Of Witvstsrsrand which means white
water ridge, and the ridge, or reef,
forms The watershed between the Al.
lsntio and Indian oceans. There are
. great many of these Rand mines.
and the AMOUNT OF gold taken from
them has long exceeded the supply
from any other part Of the world, Cal
ifornia and AustrslI are left quite
behind In their production. You
would not car for too many figures
but when you realize that the Trans
vaal gold has frequently reached q
value Of about ss.oO,ooQ . month, II
Is quite an overwhelming thought
how rich the mines are. Enormous
fortunes have been made from them,
and men who arrived in the TransyAal
without q cent have grown rich. while
on the other hand, numbers Of PEG
pie have r~ertured~ everything and lost
all they had. Johannesburg is . city
where everybody speculStes. and q
great amount of money IL wasted
sVery day. People make money quick
ly. and spend II a. fast, and one pay.
for almost everything . great deAi
more than It Il worth.