The Products of Rhodesia 



pay 5s. for his certificate, and in addition a rent of 

 2s. 6d. a month for each claim he acquires. He 

 must also report the finding of precious stones 

 once a month to the local Mining Commissioner. 



It is difficult to realize the extent of the mining 

 industry. There are seventy-five mines in the 

 immediate neighbourhood of Bulawayo ; there are 

 forty-five mining properties in the Gwelo district; 

 and the Globe and Phoenix Company, who own the 

 premier mine here, had a record year in 1909, and 

 for the last three years have been going ahead. In 

 the Hartley division fifty-one mines are situated. 

 In the Salisbury district there are twenty-one mining 

 properties, and in the Lomagundi district there are 

 nine. At Mazoe, to the north of Salisbury, eighteen, 

 including the Jumbo Mine, exist. The principal 

 ironstone beds are the Giant Mine in Mashonaland; 

 the Falcon, situated fifty-nine miles from Gwelo, in 

 the same province; the Wanderer in Matabeleland; 

 besides several smaller mines. 



Twenty-five mines near Bulawayo showed gold 

 output in March 19 10 value from a few hundreds to 

 ^8,421. 



Besides the large mining companies there are 

 quite a number of small workers working for them- 

 selves on a system of tribute. On the total output 

 of gold for Rhodesia these men contribute over forty 

 per cent. In many cases they are working on old 

 claims that have either been abandoned or are 

 leased to them by companies that failed to make 

 them pay. Occasionally two or three men form a 

 small syndicate and own the mine. The system 



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