. Mining and Scientific Press . J> J - As/ \ ^ \— -//?\ s~_jL^37^ • 1\V- ^I VVi\ / A •—T—--jLI / \ / /.**-Os i !*?> W / . -£?* / 1 1/ — / ** Government Areas, Modderfontein B, ModderfonteinDeep, and Van Ryn Deep) would he able to continue pay-ing dividends. Reduction of working costs, which means increasedefficiency, is the greatest need of the Rand today. Dur-ing the War the cost of supplies and wages advancedenormously; and. concurrently with tin1 enlistment of .lass ,.r miii-rs for ;i? ti\? • service large numhers of overstepped the mark by causing a series of ill-timedstrikes
. Mining and Scientific Press . J> J - As/ \ ^ \— -//?\ s~_jL^37^ • 1\V- ^I VVi\ / A •—T—--jLI / \ / /.**-Os i !*?> W / . -£?* / 1 1/ — / ** Government Areas, Modderfontein B, ModderfonteinDeep, and Van Ryn Deep) would he able to continue pay-ing dividends. Reduction of working costs, which means increasedefficiency, is the greatest need of the Rand today. Dur-ing the War the cost of supplies and wages advancedenormously; and. concurrently with tin1 enlistment of .lass ,.r miii-rs for ;i? ti\? • service large numhers of overstepped the mark by causing a series of ill-timedstrikes. Since then there lias been a much-needed stiffen-ing of policy in the councils of the Transvaal Chamberof Mines, and a campaign for efficiency is being initiate!.It is interesting to note that the complex questions re-lating t what is termed selective mining are being re-considered; in several quarters it is contended thai theRand mines, and particularly the richer ones. Bhould VOCEL-STPUIS ^oV^NNESBU*G. the poorer classes of the agricultural community wereattracted to the mines. At the urgent request of theImperial government every effort was made to maintainindustrial peace. Large concessions were made in respectof wages and working hours. Peace at any price be-came the slogan of the industry. This state of affaire was without justification; it con-tinued after the signing of the Armistice, and it boredisastrous results. Discipline was undermined, a spiritof semi-bolshevism grew apace; and. in the face of a con- crush the richest ore they possess while the gold premiumis in force, disregarding the maintenance of regular re-turns. Coal. One of the outstanding features of the miningindustry of Si,nth Africa has been the realization of thevalue of the extensive coal measures of the Union thatare concentrated in the mid-eastern section of the coun-try. Until recently the glamor of the goldfields and theglitter of diamonds appear to have blinded people tothe poten
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