Show MINES IN LAND LANDOF OF BOER Coming Corning Great I Copper District Says Visiting Visiting Vis Vis- Englishman i I ISHIP SHIP COAL FROM CARDIFF With Water arid and time the Country Would Quickly Blo M iu limit Into Prom Prominence I I ct Alfred I. I Moffatt nn arm Englishman who has spent silent the last four our years cars In Inthe Inthe th the mining district of South A Africa Is amon among the time guests re registered ed at the K Kenyon nyon a n town miles north of oC Capetown In 1 the land copper mining district Is where he han hangs s his lila hat and sings Home Sweet Home for Ale Me when III in the theland theland land of the Boor BOOl Before time the Boer Doer war wa saul said Mr Ir Moffatt the co copper II JH I mining district in South Africa was wasp p practically rae t lea I 13 ii unknown II Ic im o tv ii a although I t im 0 Li ghi a all al II that Is now n needed to tn make It I one ono of DC the time greatest t and richest mineral spots on Oil the time faco fe mice of tf time HIM lw tim eat Is the time advent of time the Iron horse and nd an equitable equitable equitable equit equit- able supply o of wal water r. r It I 1 js is nothing hut limit huta limita a sandy desert but hu the sand could he be made madl productive with wih proper Ir Irrigation Ir- Ir the tho lock lack lak of water being the lie only real drawback to tu the district In the time mining district this dis Ils- Ils there thele are art three mines Those at a arid and 11 aO arc owned li IJ by the time Cape Copper Coppel company which operates two mines and two smelters The TIme other othel is at dia Concordia antI and Is 18 operated operated oper oper- by time the Mining compan company com com- pan pany the time Cape Copper Mining company com coin COI- COI pany pan al also operates tubes mines In him Spain arid and Newfoundland land Coal Sent from frum Ca Card I IT To give you ou an nn Idea how mining operations are carried on 01 In the Ito South African country let me preface m my may remarks by stating that hat all al the coal and coke colte used uld Is sent from ft-em rom Cardiff Wales Vales h by steamer to Port Nolloth thence to the time 11 district by hy a narrow gauge gaue railroad owned and operated by hy tho the mining companies companies All Al of the time high bight grade ores ot-es are partI partly partly part part- I ly smelted smelled that Is the time ore Is separated ed from froni the time dross and it I Is sent to England as regulus In pigs similar Li to tn those in iii which pig iron Is handled as a n commodity Time The railroad mileage mie- mie mile age from the time mining district to the port of entry anti and ant embarkation kation Is 95 9 miles mies There I Is considerable of extending ex ox- x tending the lie railroad that hint runs from fi Capetown to Cairo to th tIme the land Mining district district This Is a standard stun stan dard gauge railroad and would work wonders In the tIme development of the time district which is certainly rich In hl high h grade copper ore t |