| Show l f J 1 I i f i II 1 K t I I r How Ho TheIr Old W Workings In Southe I n I l I t 1 IN E ol o I I I i I 1 j Si 1 d 1 JJ 1 V l RhodesIa are Being l Reopened 1 1 j I i o Ii j 1 s m t 1 t L FY i t I Ii i I olI ii II II f i h 1 1 f I Ig j I I g i i l 1 i 11 I I F I 1 Rhodes i I l f 1 Ii I l J I J I 1 1 1 Fr 4 I II c i iI I 0 I IJ J I h hI I I 1 I Il i it iI iI ic l ji S 4 vM t I I I f I J c S SJ I J 4 I d r v m 1 wAW fN ii f i iv s i r 1 J fv riI l r rl i f fw L c w f ti 3 i I IJ fr it J J I v t V VY v Ra I pl 0 5 Special Correspondence lC O 1 Aug p Did tho I JL C nh 1 f Is Sonio Q l gl il lal l tl ib i Ll ero mighty lil J J x b t l K Vt Hd tG U I th and in lG tho 1 luli I u vt nuy b in l g 1 hit b out mit that gold A l over and nd I nut the aln of f Ialo I nC W II ngi and th 1 which today consist eon II chiefly hl Ct e deepening l of r tl f lH of U o palt Last wit cm m than t worth of oro was Wf I taken out I of this Africa and md something like worth J lias M been mined mi el lt e th up Ip This ii j far or und entirely apart apar from frol t great mines 1 1 ies o the Transvaal which lil II loll lg more gold than tm any oilier mines of f tho world rho Iy Workings are arc on a nj scale mining consists of many bun l lo the th oC small propositions and it i ia Is chiefly tho th Deposits iv idl the races I c if of m l t Vt 1 j f jhu Jh now fl I old workings thoy Hn that hit the ancients e ts usually abandoned cd down l n only g n 1 10 feet Q si t ho I v of o I 1 11 Soro ami al 1 some oC lle waito vasto I tlc w over I 11 h l I un tt t tt i j nii ui i v c turn Uw fy t no tho I work ago agot of r ti f of C years e t I tJ iy nit i tl are caled n h il up f ole I t I Jf c lh that tl Imal II ll 1 tl fio ii ini b i Jcl I l to work it I I 1 have hav mils hl la hJ a there tJI O I arc ale mony aro Iwa couple men n anAa dozen z W or r III i na i tl i J KING KING SoL ii Is co s d ible i ld l c that thit gob g t gol from South S Africa Gama Gila I mado m de his hl a r Ca Cal Hopoi he found t at the at atS Sofala S fal t In II sq East us Africa belo on the tho Zum h l th l ro abl mh W l w ld ih t l no Lor Africa hundreds l of eUlS that time It Is said sai n ch rc suro of the Hom nl vas brought br fin fro lr glon Itis known O l th l Arabians c f r ef sI laige h part p rf of can wrist and much Inich of oC th ply b hl gg i t luI lh ml Some 01 0 o tho ruins hero O resemble those th e of oCt the c sa an i old J bl a It Is th y haI nUY li ti dl y tiC Kli g noh Cc ir hl toh o ot t cC i l t of ins and thir ls I ai SH li i pc a rIch ot H l l 1 1 ne n I i Arabia has no U Ehl It must Crom riU V VAs As to tiie ti o enormous amounts which vh ch were sent nL to l gf excl t JS all duc gold eUm thc world 1 CH 10 I of lh foun In the tomUs oC tho lle I IS In Eg pt 1 Iro months ugo temple of in great tho to desert l eaI tho site of ancient Onti lire I O pictures showing h how about 1700 years forC Christ t c land IU ld wa l roil tam and ho lr thc br glit back feathers I jd tho skins off of leopards and an lt as aswell well oi as ll Ingols of gohl J Al e mor 1 from frol la that It ti li I liuJI n ho f I Is bUil Ir to which King and andl of Tyro sent nt out parties IIO brought I Before BeCIC T l the lle remains of in th u at iL h n 1 I Win Int to 10 tell you OU which lie tle 1 12 lit this city of Jiula p i wai a o rea Ira l lare h hl l Ic o or u rom bl I Irh e are t on rm the of f a sur by hills limi in which are UlC troops of f bab I There are a antelopes il I 0 t H lc It t and ll rI lri ls among mong the tho rooks And n J there Is no nearby The of the the walls al l mt buildings can an be bl seen iii II mi places q are aro composed 1 of f granite nl blocks some som of which are arell ll together t In a It pat torn of were and amI they SOI to haye I e li to by b a 1 paste hi h was ed t y burning Thord are arc the remains of nl other othel circular h this city ci and G lo and r at lt arc all almost as lS in II te those tH e of pf THE TEMPLES OK 01 The remains at le about 1 on Thc from flom Salisbury und and be hc between tween OO and an 00 miles from 1 wt o They consist of or a groat glo t temple large fortifications ali ni und and an ili Which supposed to have hav been beel in existence when the thc mines cri ln fuH ful oj South of thu t Wl lt are sens 11 to gold g furnaces and C tl and In 11 hOIl eI n the elII Tori found there r and all belonged to these ancients Some Humo iI hl the ll gold stIll In II l and Ild there am other relics 10 1 Is which tho old ull working There are IU also sheets of Ir line In gold which w came from flom Zimbabwe links llIs of o gold gol no thicker than thal a I and an 11 Ingot igol oC of solid gold aho an Ln inch longa d da a fourth of an ni In 1 thick Ihl The he ingot ID II been a I of C the th money lone of those days There were copper topp l chains beautifully made am t 11 of tin tn although so 10 far deposits have haG been discovered nearby The hc Zimbabwe ruins are arc on tho hii high plateau jt Jf about t two t thirds of a mile above th thO sea They THoy are Ile connected with other nUH Il I no run whole hole length I of tC the thc western wester Hahl and in side of If the 11 r are arc all al CIMS ea CH within a short distance of r er god Old At b hwo the IW ruins cover a large There II re Isa great temple feet long the wall al of which at one point Is 3 feet high and JC JG feet thick at ot the base basc This Wall Is mud of o small smal blocks block of granite gl with uniform facings Ca laid UP lp dry dl Tin Th stones StOICS fit t so closely that thero thero Is comparatively ho 10 vegetation upon the ruins ruIn It was waH made without mortar or cement This is I so 0 notwithstanding standing tho floor Is of a cement of powdered granite are arc two round towers In tho lw Inclosure which seem to havo been erected as monuments They solid and tha tho larger one is 33 high The rest of or the circular build building bult ing is I divided up UI into smaller ures and scientists say su that tho tho whole hears evident of having been used by b people the Phoenicians Tho remains of another temple havo hanl boen found not far fal from this although more than thal the Moor 1001 exist existed ed when the excavators uncovered them The J 00 t was WIS supported by b UI der walls wals Jn JI Its Is center was au al altar ala made mude of small granite blocks block and un under der the altar was found the thc remains of Phallic worship and ald of bowls Acar it was a gold smelting furnace There o doubt but that there Is II a a vast of f gold golt in la This country cOU try which Ls h almost almo t as tho Mississippi valley vale has minerals of oC one OlO kind or 01 another lothel scattered here herc und and over II I The gold already discovered cover more than thal miles and there thero are lre now more mom than MO 30 companies et and syndicates working them Considerable copper and gold have b ol taken out and something Iko tons tOiS of chrome Iron 1101 Rhodesia has diamond mines which havo lUC already about 1800 carats of or precious stones slimes and ald coal from fl n which tons of black diamonds have een taken The Thc chief chIc mineral value vall of oC oCth th ho country M far 11 has bus come cOle from Crl Its I gold goil proposition which arc aI cost co The British Is doing what It company can an tn the small lal miners and by hy tho pro elt laws the first Ir t license c is Issued for 1 shilling and l ll nine nile others othus at lt 5 a It claim A single miner can rog Ng out Olt 10 claims 10 feet wide and COO feet fee long t ach for Ol little more mor than thal the thc cost of oC the tho licenses No 0 royalty Is paid to the company until 1111 the th havo 11 for fOl their labor and 11 havo hlo had some profits on 01 their work wod There iro aro a IL number lumb of mines mile hero horo which are being operated at a IL cost of oC per pe mine but us lS a I rule few of the tho mines pay ay 1 0 11 0 u profits and the tho which so often in mineral regions arg ae not to tl Ins hl had ha haTIm Tin TIm IOU ED POLICE The has the tl practical 1 control etol of the natives l of oC this pan of Africa The country is d by hy bytho tho tl South Africa company and it Il Is I governed by an 11 executive Council ap all appointed pointed by b that company with thu ap a ajl jl al of the of oC state of rout Britain There Is I also a It legisla legislative tive council dl el and courts COUt appointed by h hta ta government of Groat Britain on 01 the nomination lol of oC the th company The hc head of DC tho th whole government Is the the high commissioner und and there th rc is h a IL mili military mi tary ta police appointed Uy Ii tho thu crown which Is s under his control It 1 Is 11 a It wonder to mo me how Brit British BritIsh ish keep I p in subjection these the c hundreds of or thousands of natives with comparatively few foi soldiers The he total police force furce consists of oC r rOO 00 whites and ond GOO natives k Tho whites wh os arc alo mounted in anu they the the country ry just as us do the mounted police of western Canada I There are He white settlers living hern hI away off In II tho Ihl wilds and are arc never nevertheless comparatively safe I met tho other day dl Capt McQueen of DC the mounted police of or He no has hn a II territory as ai largo large as Illinois which ho he keeps In 11 order with TO if men who ho ride Ilde on 01 horseback from fanner to 10 farmer flICI and Uil bring hrin back reports as a to the condition of n the territory Every European settler must be visited blod at It least once a month and ald the tho police policeman man mUl has hus to get from each a written re report rt port as to the condition of the country about him Said Capt McQueen hI I believe b leo Rhodesia Rhode 11 Is almost as al safe saCo as n England 1 and if It were not lot for Cor the lions lols and alI leopards a man 11 t go 0 over it without a gun The Jho natives are IG and our 01 while settlers are a great deal better oft of than thul those lJ e of OC tho ordinary The conditions wil 1 grow grOI better than t 1 they now are arc as 18 tho rapidly country do dD doA settles lott as I believe it J wll wIl A POSTOFFICE Speaking of or the thc government the thc British postal system s has how been carried into every part pm of of Southern Rhodesia sla and the postal runners arc aro taking mail mai as us far fa l north as lS tho frontier fonter of the tho Congo Free State More than two million milon letters wIre were sent last year eal ealIn in and an out of southern and mi there are aro now something like II c 35 3 post in the thc British territories above the tl river During my 1 stay sla at the end of or the tho Capo Cupe to Cairo railroad I took a pho photograph of oC the th Broken cl Hill Hi which is now the Iho mail mai station farthest north It is IH more moo than thal 2000 miles above the Capo of or Good Hope The consists of a galvanized iron Irn shed about 15 Ii f fet ct wide and 30 feet long The he In Il it and he distributes thu mails mais on 01 the tl arrival of the trains About bolt 70 bags bags of oC mail lai come cOle every Q week After this has been sorted it is carried by natives to 10 all al parts of oC the tho country run runners ners left luring during the day dU I visited Iho office Fourteen Fo of oC them went to the I c l copper mines nUles which arc lre O v f miles awa I ami each h carried cU a It bag b A weighing weighing 50 GO pounds c QI his hl head hea or y t back The Thc men are expected to t that in 12 days daYH Another sic s t ot oC post ost runners was loaded loude 1 with Iho lJ f mall maH bags bag for fot Fort Jameson which v vlies I lies Ics miles duo du cast of r Hill II j jand z zand and they will wi reach there within 13 C Clays J i lays Ia s a third has started slat t out o t J for fOl the thu station of Which is miles westward AL AI of oC those hese faraway places there thIo arc branch route 4 in different going out 19 1 that tha t almost allo t every el settler and miner ili has lias his regular mull mal Thero Ther are arc alto altogether gether to tho kings t C malls mals ore are They have been berm carrying them for fol somo years CIs and ani so i 1 far Ial only olly one ban haf failed to make good goo I 4 1 r 4 Tho rho men len arc ar paid pall 10 H shillings a and amI their rations They carry arry two 11 days food with them and enough cali calico cal Yi co enI in what they need for tho balance of or ti journey being f r allowed yard Itt a 1 day Ia for eating caUn r l and 11 1 lodging lodgIng nj i AI While at lt Ihl T sent lell a letter let r 1 lo 0 tm United States Tho postage wa wan tm 8 R cents and ald my II letter will wi ho he about a I 4 j on 01 tho tw way Wl I asked as ml to tho AA 1 I I telegraph rales rateB and won told that I J tf could COl hI cable lo to Now Now York for t 7 J ill word rd A telegram l which I sent lo to Livingstone tho tw capital ot oC north northwestern il western ISSO 10 miles fl S nit nl only 2 which was wal at least leit 1 t Yi gt cents COlIS cheaper than I could havo 1 it through thlu h tile hi net lied 11 portions of If our 0 own ll There aro 1 1000 micH I of or telegraphs in these thew colonies and f thero are lre 6 G telegraph e The Af I 1 J rican 1111 telegraph tr linn has been HI far Cal a o on Oi Luke III Tanganyika so Unit ono I can cal now III send a message via the iho Capo I Ito lo to llio lw heart of or There arc t Ilc running from frol the r tl r so almost to tn Uganda H da and within a I short lime there thore will willbe wil 1 I be li Iron wires reaching from ono Ol mid Of Jr the tu continent to In tho other i t h I NORTHERN Ul I 11 During tho tl past few T Ii been traveling through in II f northern Rhodesia II I Tam am surprised d at lt jf the extent of fr the country arid its Is pos o resources r Our OUI general Idea lda j i r Central Africa is that Ihal It Ja jun 1 glo Ale Infested With lh fever 1 The Tho truth is Ji k kIlt that a It 1 1 part III of continent H t high and healthy Algeria and 11 Morocco I j l co COlt nt llio tho north have AH ls good climate n t as us Italy Abyssinia Ab Is as m healthful I I as almost any alY part of Europe A largo lalo l q part pl 11 of or British ga t Africa Afla consists con of plains which are am morn 1101 than han a a mild mie 1 above boc I tho sea el and tho aIO Is 1 true trim i J of of or German East EI t Africa ji most mOlt ot oC southern is I high and 1 so HI is I a great part of tho Region legIn from thero on to the Cumi n of r Good Hope The Tho land between tho th 1 and the tu Kongo watershed Is I composed of f t high plains with tho gl tj running through them T rod for fol I SOO O miles and more ov over r open grassy 1 spotted here hI III there thern will wi o low trees and brushwood Nearly N arS t everywhere the land seems fitted fitt 1 for cattle and amI I am told lo that there ther are rt l 1 parts of or it where the natives keep j 1 then them fl B In largo number Ono of oC the th dangers t f Is the tho tsetse fly which kills tho th stock i hut but it II may bo that tills this can he be wipe I fitt out by quarantine and other ways S f In southern Rhodesia nUll and in parts of pf ii northern Rhodesia is a spear Uk j headed head d plant lant known I as assegai gras which llIs tho snoop sl This mm has Juis hasa Siw a sharp point with barbs extending J down toward tho ground When Wh n It gets gel into tho Iho woo wool it works its lis 1 way wa through the tho skin goes oc 4 through tho th sheep just jI t as a needle n is said to through tin till body bOlh If It Is once Inside It It grass ra r kills the sheep hut but it il Is not Injurious to 10 cattle tI I Io So o far the chief chic towns in III northwest northwestern ern arc Broken Hill HIli Kal onia and Livingstone Broken Hill Is Isa I I a mining settlement Helt lias been until recently the th sent seat of o government it consists of the administrative of offices a feu fow tin till shanties and tho spat scat ofa of ofa a branch of the 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