Hi Paddy, I would love a copy of the map. Thanks so much, my email: [email protected] Sent from my Cream Puff > On Feb 19, 2014, at 2:51 AM, Pat Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi everybody, > I have a book called "Fifty Golden Years of the Rand: 1886-1936) by > Jacobsen and published in 1936. It has a pretty good map in the back > showing the gold mines as at 1936. I do not know if the book is still > copyright but I would think that just scanning the map for personal use and > not for commercial distribution would qualify as "fair use". If anyone > would like a copy of the map please let me know and I will send it > off-list. The file is just over 5Mb in size. > BTW, there is a book called "The Gold Mines of Southern Africa: The > History, Technology, and Statistics of the Gold Industry" by Letcher, also > published in 1936 (I do not have a copy) which may be useful for those with > a connection to the mining industry. > > Cheers, > > Paddy > > >> On 19 February 2014 11:42, Nolene Lossau <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have a History Book about Johannesburg called "Like it Was - The Star 100 >> Years in Johannesburg" published by Argus in 1987 ISBN 0 620 09389 7 which >> is a mine (excuse the pun) of information about the gold mines of >> Johannesburg. The Star was one of the first newspapers published in >> Johannesburg - the first edition went out on Monday 117 Oct 1887. Gold had >> been discovered by George HARRION in February 1886. In the 6 July 1889 >> edition The Star published a list of gold yields from various mines. These >> mines were listed as follows: >> >> Aurora >> Chimes >> Crown >> Croesus >> City & Suburban >> Durban Roodepoort >> Henry Nourse >> Jubilee >> Langlaagte >> May Consolidated >> Mint >> New Primrose >> New Grahamstown >> Royal >> Simmer and Jack >> Steyn Estate >> Wemmer >> Worcester >> Wolhuter > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Pat, The map IS great and the full list of all the early Johannesburg and environs gold mines will be ready shortly- ie if my computer behaves itself! I think that it will be a bit of a revelation to everyone! There were a lot! Bev -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Heather Dickson Sent: 19 February 2014 10:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Early Witwatersrand gold mines. Hi Paddy, I would love a copy of the map. Thanks so much, my email: [email protected] Sent from my Cream Puff > On Feb 19, 2014, at 2:51 AM, Pat Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi everybody, > I have a book called "Fifty Golden Years of the Rand: 1886-1936) by > Jacobsen and published in 1936. It has a pretty good map in the back > showing the gold mines as at 1936. I do not know if the book is still > copyright but I would think that just scanning the map for personal > use and not for commercial distribution would qualify as "fair use". > If anyone would like a copy of the map please let me know and I will > send it off-list. The file is just over 5Mb in size. > BTW, there is a book called "The Gold Mines of Southern Africa: The > History, Technology, and Statistics of the Gold Industry" by Letcher, > also published in 1936 (I do not have a copy) which may be useful for > those with a connection to the mining industry. > > Cheers, > > Paddy > > >> On 19 February 2014 11:42, Nolene Lossau <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have a History Book about Johannesburg called "Like it Was - The >> Star 100 Years in Johannesburg" published by Argus in 1987 ISBN 0 620 >> 09389 7 which is a mine (excuse the pun) of information about the >> gold mines of Johannesburg. The Star was one of the first newspapers >> published in Johannesburg - the first edition went out on Monday 117 >> Oct 1887. Gold had been discovered by George HARRION in February >> 1886. In the 6 July 1889 edition The Star published a list of gold >> yields from various mines. These mines were listed as follows: >> >> Aurora >> Chimes >> Crown >> Croesus >> City & Suburban >> Durban Roodepoort >> Henry Nourse >> Jubilee >> Langlaagte >> May Consolidated >> Mint >> New Primrose >> New Grahamstown >> Royal >> Simmer and Jack >> Steyn Estate >> Wemmer >> Worcester >> Wolhuter > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message