The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 59National Geographic Society, 1931 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... gold reef is an experience reserved to the few . It was in 1886 that George Walker , out for a stroll , accidentally kicked into a gold - bearing outcrop of what proved to be the main reef of the Witwatersrand . Shades of Francisco ...
... gold reef is an experience reserved to the few . It was in 1886 that George Walker , out for a stroll , accidentally kicked into a gold - bearing outcrop of what proved to be the main reef of the Witwatersrand . Shades of Francisco ...
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+ S POURING REFINED GOLD FOR FORMATION INTO INGOTS When it comes from the Rand mines , the gold is not of sufficiently uniform quality or purity to be acceptable to the world's gold consumers ; hence it is sent to the refinery on the ...
+ S POURING REFINED GOLD FOR FORMATION INTO INGOTS When it comes from the Rand mines , the gold is not of sufficiently uniform quality or purity to be acceptable to the world's gold consumers ; hence it is sent to the refinery on the ...
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... gold - embroidered scarlet cor- onation robes , the jeweled sword , impe- rial gold scepter , the orb , the diamond - in- crusted ring , and two gold filigree lances in token of his position and responsibility . Following ancient custom ...
... gold - embroidered scarlet cor- onation robes , the jeweled sword , impe- rial gold scepter , the orb , the diamond - in- crusted ring , and two gold filigree lances in token of his position and responsibility . Following ancient custom ...
Contents
A Vast African Territory Ruled by Petty Sultans Under French | 225 |
Through an Asiatic No Mans Land to the Desert | 319 |
Rounding the Horn in a Windjammer By A J VILLIERS 191 | 416 |
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