The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-15

.ssupesburg, South Africa. --Botha,
famous Boer guerilla general, a
Nm premier and feted in London;
fransyaal, after three years of
F,re and five of military rule, once
n self-governing colony under
control-how strangely events
srse themselves! And yet Jo-
uesburg, which created the Trans
and is nine-tenths of 1t, goes on
|euely pouring forth gold in con-
nous stream, unmindful of political
5use, and will continue, doubtless,
DO so, till the last paying particle
r. lie auriferous metal has been ex-
+ ,ed Then the mines will close
m forever, the houses tumble to
y, and the myriads OF migrating
hgbok will once more wander over
site Of the great mining city.
Dumped down in the middle of a
H. rolling sea of barren uplands,
vned with strong granite hills,
bed to the southern coasts, over a
usand miles away, by only two
uier railway lines, johannesburg
alphabetically dependent for its ex-
ence on the gold output. Just one
twenty years ago a party of pros
TORS made discovery of gold
cn the farm of an ignorant Boer
ned Johann, who resided far from
|illation in desolate region where
bad been stated officially that gold
ld not possibly be found. They
4ered him a price which seemed
prmous for the sale of this property.
Z old man pocketed the money,
fked his wife, children and house
~ utensils inside his ponderous
{son, lnspanned his oxen and
fKed away northward into the will.
Eness' To-day his farm is valued in
Flons; and now, where once the
n was blackeued with antelope
|us, Slalked by the lion and leopard
\ few adventurous frontiersmen,
FL stands a city of 10000 souls,
Fle black, yellow and brown, known
johannesburg.
Fscity To-Day.
Y is a long, irregular, strung-out
'sesson OF mining villages, amalga-
fang Into fine town toward the
ppsr OF their length, and stretching
~ lof about 30 miles along the
~ OF the famous reef--a series
all chimneys. miners nuts, groups
aores' negro and Chinese com
NUS huddled beneath the shadow
Me grea. wheels which crown the
-ussar at the entrance to the shafts.
! ~ niles away, when everything is
wei under the noon haze, or floats
s'acihg mirage, between earth and
2 aay be seen the Immense heaps
"iiihss which is the name given
! NAY refuse that remains after the
: nas Deen extracted by cyanide OF
.'u'y rom the pulverized ore, and
-es' winter than snow, in immense
suus along the whole course If the
,'Vp' So vast are these heaps
when during the exciting days
.e'olutlon and the Jameson raid,
'niclals suspected that maxim
: ana rifles were hidden therein.
! were searched systematically for
cred.
h. nY'e Is probably no city In the
~ winch has seen so many event
, lasS or held such an assorted pop
aVl The fame which johannes
4 a'.alned on the discovery there
~, Richest gold fields in the world,
,n'Neu by her constant prominence
~ e'ernal Anglo Dutch feud in
-. A'tlca, attracted thither adven-
No. ana tortune-hunters from all
~, ~ Oh the earth. Here we may
s "e Hnslishman, recently arrived
na',perhcially scornful of coloniais;
pna %uer from Wales. speaking no
w. put Welsh, drawn thither by
s,n ages the Yankee. supreme In
n %ise and slowly outing all his
, s,u'ors from business; the French
~ o' The German brewer and. of
a. 'ne Scotch bank clerk, Indian
-onr Hishans with horses. Persians
dlIn'O embroidered caps; Syrians
Iana ana hawking. Greeks and
~ pushing great barrows laden
CAN "'S and luscious grapes from
M. p' orchards; Malay women with
oval features. carrying upon