Show The Boers will not blow up Johannesburg Johannes-burg and the mines until forced to They are a thrIfty people and will cling lo the mines to the last The CourierJournal tells how It Is as follows The Transvaal Government has solved Iho gold mining problem It Is I working about thirty or Uio best paying mines in tho Rand nnd they arc yielding fair amounts of the precious metal Jt promised prom-ised to opera these in thc Inlcrost of tho holders but was thoughtful enough to lay on Item u tax of UO to 50 per com of the not product to dale bifk three months before the war The gold won Just about moMs Iho tax and the sold comjiindcorcd before the war The ttoer was always n great political economist If Iho war continues much longer how can the Boers ever make a settlement settle-ment The mines are owned by English Eng-lish French and German capitalists The Boers do not know JIOW to work timber or in any other way how to protect or keep a great mining property proper-ty in order The losses will bo almost Incalculable and what will the sctlle ment be |