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The distance from the outcrop at which mining claims could be sold was determined by speculation as to the angle of dip , the richness of the deposit and practicability of working at great depths . Inevitably there were many failures ...
The distance from the outcrop at which mining claims could be sold was determined by speculation as to the angle of dip , the richness of the deposit and practicability of working at great depths . Inevitably there were many failures ...
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In that year a quarter of the occupied European population of 14,700 were engaged in agriculture , the next largest occupations being commerce , the public services and mining . There were , however , ten times as many male Africans in ...
In that year a quarter of the occupied European population of 14,700 were engaged in agriculture , the next largest occupations being commerce , the public services and mining . There were , however , ten times as many male Africans in ...
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... 692 ; to administer S. Rhodesia ( 1923 ) and N. Rhodesia ( 1924 ) , 691 , 698 Bultfontein Consolidated Mining ( 1880 ) , 803 , 806 Cape Copper ( 1852 ) , 802 Consolidated Goldfields of S. Africa ( 1856 ) , 811 De Beers Mining ( 1880 ) ...
... 692 ; to administer S. Rhodesia ( 1923 ) and N. Rhodesia ( 1924 ) , 691 , 698 Bultfontein Consolidated Mining ( 1880 ) , 803 , 806 Cape Copper ( 1852 ) , 802 Consolidated Goldfields of S. Africa ( 1856 ) , 811 De Beers Mining ( 1880 ) ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Smutss offer to S Rhodesia 1921 | 4 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
Copyright | |
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