Afrikaner 14
Anglo-German Agreement 114
Angola 62
antisemitic 150
Austria 56
banket. see conglomerate
Baring crisis 18
bearer 61
Bloemfontein Conference 122
Boers 2 , 6 , 9 , 65 , 66 , 69 , 89 , 92 , 94 , 96 , 100 , 105 , 112 , 118 , 123 –125 , 27 , 128 , 129 , 132 , 133 , 139 , 141 , 146 , 149 , 152
boom 1 , 9 , 17 , 20 , 21 , 27 , 31 , 32 , 43 , 48 , 51 , 52 , 57 , 60 , 61 , 66 , 68 , 82 , 86 , 89 , 90 , 104 , 113 , 115 –118 , 121 , 135 , 136 , 145 , 147
Bower, Sir Graham 72
bubble 67
Bulawayo 27
Butler, Sir William 121
Cannon Street Hotel 22
capital 1 , 12 –15 , 18 , 21 , 22 , 24 , 25 , 27 , 28 , 32 , 42 , 44 , 47 , 49 , 52 , 56 –59 , 61 , 66 , 83 –90 , 96 –98 , 103 , 108 , 109 , 113 , 117 , 127 , 136 , 138 , 144 , 149 , 152
Chartered Company. see British South Africa Company
Churchill, Lord Randolph 18
Cie. Francaise de Mines d’Or
City 2 , 3 , 15 , 17 , 20 , 21 , 28 , 40 , 51 , 66 –68 , 71 , 73 , 79 , 80 , 85 , 102 –104 , 122 , 123 , 125 , 126 , 128 , 129 , 132 , 150 , 151 , 153
City and Suburban Mine 112
Collette, Charles 63
Consolidated Gold Fields 3 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 13 , 19 , 20 , 22 , 25 , 32 , 48 , 49 , 51 , 52 , 55 , 61 , 62 , 86 , 94 , 99 , 102 , 106 , 108 , 109 , 114 , 132 , 133 , 137
Continent. see Europe
Cuba 106
Davies, H.E.M. 106
deep levels 5 –9 , 11 , 13 , 31 , 44 , 48 , 49 , 52 , 57 , 83 , 90 , 95 –99 , 104 –106 , 108 , 109 , 112 –114 , 116 , 117 , 145 , 146 , 149
director[s] 3 , 16 , 26 , 29 , 47 , 51 , 53 , 59 , 76 , 94 , 101 , 103 , 105 , 116 , 123 , 131 , 133 , 141 , 144 , 147 , 150
dividends 8 , 9 , 13 , 15 , 18 , 19 , 21 , 25 , 32 , 42 , 51 , 67 , 84 , 110 , 112 –116 , 118 , 121 , 132 , 134 , 135 , 141 , 146 , 150
Drury Lane 63
Engels, F. 90
Fashoda Crisis 114
Ferreira Mine 46
finance 1 , 2 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 19 , 21 , 30 , 41 , 46 , 59 , 60 , 66 , 68 , 70 , 72 , 75 , 83 , 84 , 90 , 100 , 120 , 129 , 134 , 137 , 141 , 142 , 145 , 146 , 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 153 , 154
financial press 4 , 16 , 32 , 39 –41 , 60 , 61 , 63 , 68 , 92 , 98 , 102 , 104 , 112 , 113 , 123 , 129 , 132 , 136 , 149
fraud 43
Garret, Edmund 51
gold mining 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 , 8 , 9 , 12 , 14 , 20 –22 , 32 , 50 , 56 , 61 , 83 , 97 , 100 , 105 , 106 , 108 , 114 , 115 , 117 , 119 , 136 , 138 , 139 , 141 , 146 , 148 , 149
Goldfields; see Consolidated Gold Fields
Group System 6
Hamilton, Frederick 89
Harris, Sir Augustus 63
Harris, Frank 75
Hely-Hutchinson, Sir Walter 97
Hicks-Beach, Sir Michael 78
Hoover, Herbert 41
House. see Stock Exchange
Ibsen, Hendrik 3
Jackson, William 75
Johannesburg 3 , 13 , 18 , 28 , 44 , 45 , 48 , 49 , 62 , 64 , 65 , 68 , 69 , 75 , 77 , 79 , 80 , 85 , 86 , 89 , 90 , 94 , 96 –98 , 105 , 112 , 115 , 116 , 118 , 119 , 121 , 122 , 124 , 125 , 140 , 143 , 144 , 146 , 150 –153
Joint Stock Companies 54
‘Kaffir’ Circus 1 , 15 , 19 , 20 , 32 , 57 , 63 , 65 , 66 , 92 , 94 , 96 , 99 , 101 , 104 , 105 , 110 , 111 , 114 , 117 , 123 , 124 , 126 –128 , 132 , 153
Kimberley 56
Leyds, Dr 94
Lloyds 123
Lobengula 25
MacArthur-Forrest process 18
magnates. see Randlords
manipulation 1 , 2 , 28 , 31 , 47 , 49 , 50 , 55 , 59 , 75 , 82 –86 , 95 , 97 , 103 , 105 , 119 , 121 , 136 , 143 –146 , 151 , 153
Mansion House 88
market 2 , 9 , 10 , 13 , 15 , 18 , 19 –21 , 26 , 27 , 29 , 38 , 42 , 43 , 49 , 55 , 56 , 58 –60 , 62 –66 , 68 , 70 –72 , 75 , 76 , 79 , 82 –90 , 92 , 93 , 95 , 97 –102 , 104 –106 , 110 , 111 , 113 –119 , 121 , 122 –126 , 128 , 129 , 131 , 132 , 136 , 137 , 140 , 142 –145 , 147 , 150 –153
market making 1 , 2 , 15 , 48 , 50 , 52 , 77 , 79 , 82 , 83 , 85 , 87 , 118 , 124 , 128 , 135 –137 , 140 , 141 , 145 , 149 , 150 , 151
market rigging. see market making
mining 6 , 10 , 12 , 14 –16 , 18 –20 , 24 , 27 , 72 , 75 , 84 , 96 –106 , 110 , 112 , 114 , 116 , 120 , 127 , 128 , 130 , 134 , 135 , 147
money 10 , 11 , 17 , 26 , 62 , 63 , 66 , 72 , 77 , 85 , 88 , 92 , 99 , 100 , 103 , 105 , 108 , 113 , 114 , 116 , 123 , 127 , 130 –132 , 135 , 138 , 139 , 141 , 145 , 147 , 149 , 151 –153
Mozambique 9
Natal 126
National Review 3
National Archives of Zimbabwe 4
Neumann, Ludwig 54
Orange Free State 128
Orange River 5
Paris 1 , 22 , 30 , 43 , 44 , 46 , 53 , 56 , 57 , 59 , 60 –63 , 65 , 66 , 87 , 88 , 92 , 95 , 99 , 105 , 106 , 124 , 125 , 127 , 150 , 151 , 153
press. see financial press
price 1 , 6 , 16 , 31 , 60 , 63 –66 , 69 , 70 , 82 , 85 , 89 , 94 , 95 , 97 –99 , 102 , 105 , 110 –113 , 121 , 122 , 127 , 128 , 129 , 137 , 142 , 143 , 148
Rand. see Witwatersrand
Rhodes, Cecil 1 , 8 , 15 , 22 –25 , 27 , 30 , 50 , 55 , 69 , 70 , 72 , 75 –80 , 82 , 83 , 89 , 90 , 95 , 121 , 137 , 140 , 142 –145 , 149 , 150 –154
Rhodesia Herald 4
Rickard, T.A. 41
Russell, Lord 2
Russia 67
St Petersburg 56
shares 1 , 2 , 9 , 13 , 15 –20 , 22 , 25 , 26 , 28 , 30 –32 , 42 –44 , 46 –49 , 51 , 52 , 54 –65 , 67 , 69 , 70 , 72 , 75 , 76 , 80 , 82 –86 , 88 , 96 –98 , 102 , 112 –122 , 126 , 127 , 132 , 136 , 139 , 141 –144 , 147 , 150 , 151
shareholders 23 –25 , 31 , 39 , 42 , 44 , 47 –50 , 55 , 69 , 82 , 85 , 96 , 103 , 110 , 119 , 120 , 124 , 125 , 132 , 133 , 141 , 144 , 146 , 148 , 149
Shona Rising 113
Smith, Hamilton 58
Société Générale 60
South African League 115
South African Republic; see Transvaal
South African Trust and Finance Company 42
Southern Rhodesia. see Rhodesia[n]
speculation 1 , 2 , 12 , 13 , 15 –21 , 24 , 27 , 29 , 31 , 32 , 38 , 39 , 42 , 44 , 45 , 50 , 52 –54 , 59 , 61 –63 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 73 , 76 , 77 , 79 , 80 , 85 –88 , 93 , 96 , 100 –103 , 105 , 119 , 120 , 125 , 127 , 129 , 135 , 138 , 140 –142 , 144 –151 , 154
Stanhope, Philip 78
Star, The [Johannesburg] 89
Statham, R 119
Stock Exchange 2 , 3 , 16 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 32 , 44 , 52 , 55 , 57 , 60 , 62 , 66 , 73 , 78 , 82 , 85 –87 , 90 , 92 , 93 , 97 , 99 , 111 , 113 , 114 , 120 , 123 , 125 –129 , 137 , 143 , 144 , 149 , 151 , 153
Stutfield, Hugh 3
Tarbutt, Percy 49
The Economist 4 , 20 , 22 , 28 , 30 –32 , 39 , 41 –44 , 47 , 50 , 51 , 60 , 62 , 63 , 66 –68 , 79 , 82 –85 , 88 , 92 , 95 –100 , 103 , 105 , 107 , 108 , 112 , 117 , 123 , 130 , 131 , 135 , 137 , 139 , 140 , 144 , 146 , 147 , 150
Transvaal 1 , 2 , 5 –7 , 9 , 10 , 14 , 19 , 20 , 32 , 60 , 70 , 72 , 76 , 94 , 97 , 98 , 100 , 105 , 106 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 115 –118 , 122 –131 , 133 , 138 –141 , 144 , 145 , 148 , 153
Twain, Mark 78
Wernher, Beit & Company 3 , 6 –9 , 13 , 25 , 32 , 47 , 48 , 52 –54 , 56 –58 , 61 , 64 , 65 , 69 , 76 , 81 , 82 , 86 , 87 , 92 , 93 , 97 –99 , 114 , 122 , 136 –138
Westminster 97
Whitehall 10