Notes on Natal : an old colonist's book for new settlers / edited by John Robinson.
- John Robinson
- Date:
- 1872
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Notes on Natal : an old colonist's book for new settlers / edited by John Robinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![— ^^y HOURS. MILES, Blaauwkrantz to Colenso 2' 9 Colenso to Dodd's (Klipspruit) 4' 17 Dodd's to Sandspruit 3 10 18 iSandspruit to Good Hope 1.15 4 Good Hope to summit of Drakensberg 1-45 > nf, Drakensberg to Munger's, (Wilge River)... 2-14J Hunger's to Harrismith 2-10 12 Harrismith to Eland's River 3 46) Eland's River to near Liebenberg's Vley ... 445J Liebenberg's Vley to Bethlehem l- 5 Bethlehem to Hiscock's (Sand River) 4-55 20 Hiscock's to Zuiingkrantz 1-25 8 Zuringkrantz to Du Preez's 155 81 Du Preez's to Winburg 4-55 21 Winburg to Klein Yet River !• '\ Klein Vet River to Groot Vet River -30 Groot Vet River to Lombaard's 3.20 Lombaard's to Grobler's 1-35 Gi obler's to Dr. Krause's '55 Dr. Krause's to IVIodder River 2 35 Modder River to Rhenoster Spruit -30 Rhenoster Spruit to Bloemfontein 2-15 1} 30 30 81-2.5 397i Bloemfontein is miles or a clay's drive from Du- toitspan. THE GKEAT CAMP AT COLESBEEG KOP. fSij a Diffffer.J December, 1871. New Rush or Colesberg Kop is situated on the farm Vooruitzicht, commonly called De Beer's, and is about three-quarters of a mile westward of De Beer's KojDje, and two and a half miles north-westward of Dutoitspan. When this famous field was rushed in August, 1871, upwards of 1000 claims were marked out, some of which were abandoned, being beyond the reef; [and even many of tho claims on the western side of the kopje, because of the paucity of finds, have since been abandoned] Between 600 and 700 claims are being worked at the present time, many of which are divided into halves, quarters, and eighths, and some into minuter divisions. Taking the number of workable claims at 700, and the number of workmen to each claim at 10, we get 7000 as tho number of diggers—whites and blacks—on this field.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24750517_0252.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
