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Book Author: Chilvers, Hedley A Year: 1929 Title: Out of the Crucible. Being the romantic story of the Witwatersrand Goldfields; and of the Great City which arose in their midst (with sixteen drawings by William M. TIMLIN) Place: London Publisher: Cassell Link to WorldCat - find this book in a library near you Chapters/Entries in this book 1 The Coming of 'The Gold Devil' 1 2 How a Poor Handy-man Stumbled upon Untold Wealth 9 3 The Rush to the Rand 21 4 The Raad Watches the Diggers 29 5 Couper's Great Ring Battle with Bendoff in '89 42 6 The Coming of the Saints, the Doctors, and Others of Faith and Vision 53 7 Highwaymen and Some Early Gold Crises 63 8 How the Rand Got its Railways 71 9 The Reform Plot of 1895 79 10 The Story of the Jameson Raid 96 11 Retribution Overtakes Raiders and Reformers 107 12 The Kruger Telegram and What Came of It 117 13 Four Years of Drama: 1896-1899 125 14 How Lord Roberts Captured the Town - May 31, 1900 140 15 How Europe Heard the Sound of the Guns 157 Buildings linked to this book Corporation Building, 1899, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 146 opp Johannesburg Fort, 1896-1899, Hospital Hill, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 210 opp Law Courts, 1910, Central, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 66 opp Rand Club, 1889, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 82 opp Rand Club - Second, 1888-1889, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 82 opp St Mary's Cathedral, 1922 : 1926, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 54 opp Telephone Tower, 1893, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 178 opp People or firms linked to this book TIMLIN, William Mitcheson. pp Sixteen Illustration