A Thousand Miles in a Machilla 



railway it costs not less than 2d. an acre for permit 

 of occupation and 6d. per acre purchase price. A 

 farm of three thousand acres at this rate would 

 cost all told £'^2 14s., with an annual quit rent 

 of £^} The terms of the permit state a European 

 must reside on the land and cultivate not less 

 than 5% of his holding. Land may not be occupied 

 without a *' permit of occupation." 



Mines^ — The Northern Copper Company were 

 granted originally two concessions by the British 

 South Africa Company, one of ten square miles at 

 Chanobi and another of five hundred and fifty 

 square miles north of the Kafue river. 



The big concession comprises fifteen different 

 mines, of which the Silver King appears to be the 

 most important. Nearly all of these seem to be of 

 copper, with traces of silver. There are extensive 

 ironstone beds and gold-bearing quartz distributed 

 over many miles of country. Coal is also to be 

 found. Everywhere are traces of ancient workings. 

 To w^hat extent any of these mines are being 

 worked at the present time it has not been possible 

 to ascertain. 



There are some very interesting hot springs in 

 this region, discovered in 1902 by Mr. Davey, C.E. 

 of the Northern Copper Company. He divides 

 them into three series. The springs situated four 

 miles south of the Kafue river were found sufficiently 

 hot to cook some eggs. The second series were 

 discovered near the junction of the Lunga and 



^ The minimum price has recently been fixed at is. per 



acre. 



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