Show What 1 a ResIdent or Ibe Place ot of II IIII II as a lost 1011 New York Jan It if they are driven out saId Samuel Stockton of oC Johannesburg who ho is III In this coun countr country tr try waiting for tor cessation ot of last night at this the 11 I Ido do clo not believe that the Doers Boers hare lIao L as Let asyet yet et fought th the 1 great battle of tho war or even eln that this light fight will occur Jn In the mountaIn pa passes int their country Not even Laings Nek Is snore more impregnable than Johannesburg or rather than Johannesburg van can easily be mode made to be beI I 1 do not nol know that It would be strict ly Iy correct to say IY that Johannesburg I is defended and yet et her nabie condition Is ii not duo to an any effort or Intent to make her so PO but has come coma aCcidentallY and I ne an Incident tu to the tho mining that hn has been carried on there therl therle e U BAnd nd belt of mines stretches for tor a full Via and the force at In 1 tenall of between I a quarter and a hal half mile apart At each min mine are arc tal tail tailing In ing I is the m mounds undu of ground up rock and debris which the gold hal hea been extracted Tele These tailings which are of tremendous heigh height and breadth and much resembles bles In size anti and contour the tho waste Iste I ia a apers pore pers Outside anthracite coal mines In ore are each e especially im impregnable pregnable natural forts whIle te the short dIstance the they 1 lie a apart wih wIth cannota mounted on them would It ablo sao Impossible for tor the to penetrate between On the other hand they cannot ho be battered down and to I I atack attack them with lh artillery would be simply to waste for tor the tho would be lost Lt Let them explode In any part pUl ot of the mound the shifting Ilg sing would Immediately 11 till up the hol hollow hollow low thus thul made Iud and the plo pile would bo be beas III as before betor Absolutely 10 no advantage II would accrue to the attacking party to give you OU an idea Idla ot of ho how great n of thes these taing tailings there must ho be take the following calculation There are mis mills Wih say Bay 60 stamps In the wh which ch have been run for tor fe five 1 The They or orn ora n a larso large part ot of them have hao lall really been running longer but for tor the sake of or ar Ye 0 wi will put It at five yen years That means there are sufficient ad adJaCent adjacent JaCent to Johannesburg to construct a a fortification twenty feet teet wide by aix teH In height from that pint point continuously to Ca an ann even further |