Show THE RAND BAND COLLAPSE A correspondent ot of tile the london tole graph writes that as rich ass aa are the gold cold mines of tile tho rand kami d district strict in south africa it la III cabling about as am much as the gold cold Is worth to got rot put tho the metal and mines must bo be ca closed down domn as they cannot be are operated rated at a 16 profit there were mines in ill operation last year in the iho til strIct but somo some 0 at these have already been becil clemed down the big paying properties number only about n dozen that in A not an unexpected report when the noted experts expert ot of some dome ot of the baroni 11 south african operators came here her and scoured tho the country for paying properties it was a notice that the charm 0 of south african mining was wound up when barney barnato sought a grave in tho the ocean rather than to faeo face the london dupes it was a clear case when the outrageous expert reports of 0 south africa already pr practically ac it I 1 exposed were circulated two years ago aaro and ill all the winter following it was waa clear to any one who N ho knows anything about mines that such unparalleled purchased had never been done before but bilt it was swallowed in england and it lost 37 investors it ll Is bald they ought to feel kin kindlier dller toward amerl cans tor for no american ever tried to perpetrate a robbery half as aa majestic as that upon unon them there are a few good mines on the that Is all that has ever yet been found in tiny any district in the world |