Word: gold
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Professor Davis made the trip to South Africa last summer with the British Association. All the places of interest, including the gold and the diamond mines, were visited and the return journey was made along the East Coast and through...
...positions in the first group and who have never received a detur. They are books purchased with the income of a fund established by Edward Hopkins, who was born in 1600. The deturs are bound in red leather with the seal of the University stamped in gold on the cover...
...finish qualify for places. Each place counts according to its numerical value; that is, the actual position in which a man finishes is put down to the score of his team, and the team having the smallest total wins the meet. Individuals finishing first, second, and third will received gold, silver, and bronze-medals respectively. Medals will also be given to members of the teams winning first, second, and third places...
Professor Davis has just returned from his trip to South Africa as a guest of the British Association for the Advancement of science. His journey covered over 20,000 miles and led through the most characteristic sections of the country, including the famous gold mines of the Rand at Johannesburg, the great diamond mines of Kimberley, the Victoria Falls of the Zambesi river, and the so-called Dwyka glacial conglomerate of Permian date, a sheet of unstratified clay, and boulders covering an area of about 200,000 square miles, some account of which will be given by Professor Davis...
July 2.--Arrive at Gainesville Georgia at 3.30 P. M. Drive 20 miles to Dahlonega. Study gold mining, milling and dredging...