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Now that a new era is opening in South Africa, the appearance of any book giving information likely to be useful to intending immigrants is opportune. It will not be taken for granted by everyone that the last discoveries of gold in the Transvaal have already been made, and the venturesome prospectors who go there should include this little book in their outfit, as it is written by one who knows the country well. It contains some useful notes on the geology and history of the Transvaal goldfields, and a number of sketch maps. The De Kaap goldfield is treated somewhat more at length than the others, although even this account can hardly be called exhaustive. The illustrations are numerous, but a protest must be made against the inclusion of some of them, particularly of Fig. 6, which is said to represent a pestle and mortar.
Gold Seeking in South Africa: a Handbook of Hints for intending Explorers, Prospectors and Settlers. With a chapter on the Agricultural Prospects of South Africa.
By Theo Kassner. Pp. x + 134; with maps and illustrations. (London: Charles Griffin and Co., Ltd., 1902.) Price 4s. 6d.
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Gold Seeking in South Africa: a Handbook of Hints for intending Explorers, Prospectors and Settlers With a chapter on the Agricultural Prospects of South Africa . Nature 66, 440 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/066440a0
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