Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1911-02-08

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located the greatest gold mines OF Il
world. Here at an elevation OF thr,
thousand feet above sea-leve.. in
sandy country, almost devoid OF veg
tdtion, we find a modern city OF abo
one-quarter million inhs bitants
score Oh years ago this was but mi
ing camp, and the miners were hous,
in tents. Then the railroad enter,
and brought building material in Il
shape Of corrugated iron. Hous
were then built OF this iron, and roof,
in like manner. We find iron ienc,
iron telegraph poles, and iron rairo
ties. Now also we find modern bull
ngs, and an up-to-date city.
" onderful indeed has been
growth OF this isolated city, and mo
wonderful still when we consider II.
outside the city limits, we realize til
it is after all but far off country. y,
ind the soil beneath us but dark ri
sand In the distance we see gem
sloping hills as we look through Il
waving heat, which rises from the ST.
parched ground. Ii we ascend He
pital Hill, which overlooks Johann
burg, we will sec for miles in the d
tance, huge iron buildings where te
rock is powdered, and see pile afr
pile OF "tailings', which is the DC
dered rock after the gold has bdl
extracted. AT night, the thousands
iron stamps that crush the rock, sod
as though an endless freight train VS.
passing through the city.
We will now visit the depths belly
and one OF the Mining plants in its l.
tirety. Having first secured perrs-
sion and a guide, we don old clotes
and rubber boots. AT the City & IL
burban Mine, the shaft has three trals
descending at an angie OF about thty
degrees, with a flight OF steps leaue
down the right SIDE. There is l:ht
at each level or landing, SO wed
not walk i'll total darkness, thoughye
carry candle and a good suppl o.
matches.
Reaching the first landing, we nc
we have worked our way to a dept o
one hundred feet, and step off on ht
platform. Waiting here a few &c
onds, we will see one OF the Gale:
move, and with lighting speed a lil
will dash by, loaded with the gid
bearing rock in its ascent. Xix ;
train going through tunnel, and it'll
equally as much noise. Soon an
empty skip will come down, andan
other will be hauled up.
As the gold reef has been takenOu
for the first few levels, we will all
down the steps for several hundredee
and turn Oft into one OF the tune
that run at right angles to the salt
We will have to wade through Sc
inches OF water, though we vii TT,
Our best to walk on the small all
upon which the trucks run Wewil
see some kaffirS (blacks) pushing tn
trucks along the rails. Having gne
short distance, we will find ourslve
at one OF the Slopes, which j tn
place where the god reef has )eeI
taken out, and may vary from for t
twelve or more feet in height. h
Slope naturally descends on the am
slant as the shalt Looking dow tn
stope we will see katfirs at wor o.
both sides, hammering their lon
chisels in the rock, by the lightof
Pickering candle. 50 we see ght
here and there for the distance q tn
stope, which terminates at the neS
level. If we walk through the top'
we will have to plant our feet anon
the loose rock lying about, whih b
gravitation and shoveling piles ltse
at the bottom OF the stope. IL al
is iull of the fumes OF dynamite, 7hic
has blasted the rock when place !
the holes chiSeled out by the k ihr
The blasting is done at night, ami tn
fuse is set off by electricity. Her an
there in the tunnels we will see SON
boxes OF dynamite. and we are ver
cautious to keep our pickering cal
dies away from them.
There are two openings at the DO
tom OF each stope through whic Il
rock is loaded into the trucks o. II
next level below. From here 1t
carted to the landing at the shat, ar
dumped into skip on the rails teloN
and hauled above as bcIuIe statsi