More than a hundred years ago, when the old South African Republic was about to be declared bankrupt, gold was found in a remote corner odf the Transvaal. Diggers from Australia and California, gentlemen adventurers, deserters from the Britiah Army, an unfrocked parson and other strange characters rushed to the scene and called their camp Pilgrim's Rest.
It was a typical diggers camp where gold was panned in the streams and nuggets were found under rocks. The diggers weighed out their takings in the scales on bar counters. Women were sold for little more than the price of a bottle of gin and highwaymen robbed the coach from Lydenberg. President Burgers used Pilgrim's Rest gold to mint the famous Burgers sovereigns, today worth more than R1000 apiece.
Maps to endpapers-Foreward- 187 pages text with illustrations.Very clean copy.
- Jacket Condition: Very Good
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Overall Condition: Very Good
- Size: 19 X 24.5 cm
- Sold By: Quathlamba Winds Books
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- Country: United Kingdom
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