Mining (SA)
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Valley of Gold - A. P. CartwrightValley of Gold by A. P. Cartwright describes the discovery of gold in the Transvaal which led to developments such as Pilgrim's Rest, and tells of the rough-and-ready birth of South Africa's great gold mining industry. Illustrated by P. W. Wheeler & Roy Taylor |
ZAR 150.00 |
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All That Glittered - Maryna Fraser and Alan JeevesAll That Glittered: Selected Correspondence of Lionel Phillips 1890-1924 by Maryna Fraser and Alan Jeeves presents, through a selection of the correspondence of Lionel Phillips, a complete picture of the career of one of the leading figures in the development of the South African gold mining industry. |
ZAR 180.00 |
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Graves and Guineas - J. T. McNishGraves and Guineas by J. T. McNish concerns the exciting life of the early diamond diggers, covering the period in Kimberley's history, 1871-1873, and describes how conditions on the diamond fields started to settle down. |
ZAR 300.00 |
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The Road to Eldorado - JT McNishThe Road to Eldorado by JT McNish is the history of the South African diamond rush and of Kimberly 1867 - 1870. The first in the trilogy detailing the exciting events of Kimberley's vibrant diamond rush years. |
ZAR 200.00 |
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Gold! Gold! Gold! - Eric RosenthalGold! Gold! Gold!: The Johannesburg gold rush by Eric Rosenthal is an account of the South African gold rush in the Rand, and how it changed the world's economy. A small strip of veldt in southern Africa has produced more than half the world's gold reserve. It is known as the Rand, and around it has grown the great modern city of Johannesburg. |
ZAR 300.00 |
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Pilgrim's Rest - Transvaal Provincial Library and Museum ServiceCompiled by the staff of the Pilgrim's Rest Museum, Pilgrim's Rest: A Pictoral History/Geskiedenis in Beeld by Transvaal Provincial Library and Museum Service is a photographic history of gold in the Eastern Transvaal. Bilingual edition |
ZAR 90.00 |
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Diamond People - Wannenburgh & JohnsonDiamond People by A. J. Wannenburgh and Peter Johnson is about an international, interdependent industry, an extraordinary mix of the competitive entrepreneurial spirit and co-operation in matters of common interest, involving the Third World just as much as the industrialized countries. |
ZAR 200.00 |
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The Randlords - Geoffrey WheatcroftThe Randlords by Geoffrey Wheatcroft is the story of those men who transformed South Africa from a dry barren land, leaving modern South Africa as their legacy, particularly Johannesburg whose history of mining underlies that of the whole country. Illustrated with b&w photos. |
ZAR 125.00 |