Show ACCORDING to statistics the output of the rand mines of south africa af rica has amounted to the magnificent sum of five hundred million dollars while it is estimated that this stupendous gold reef still contains between its walls ever sincee since 1890 the output of the mines of the rand has increased at the rate of yearly in 1895 the extraction was while six months ago r it was expected that the output for 1900 would exceed a billion the south african africa war however has curtailed the production to almost nothing and it may be a year yet before the mines are opened again most of the earnings 6 of the rand mine min e went to eno english 0 stockholders and before the beginning of hostilities they were taking down yearly in dividends this gold output is something enormous and andi added to the golden olden stream pouring in from the klondike and what is expected from cape nome during the present year it would look as if gold would become so plentiful that it would become the cheaper metal and that for this reason silver would be given more m ore of a show |