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Union Statistics, cited, 12 n. io, 14 n. 13 United Diamond Fields of British Guiana,
132. 167 United Exploration Co., 388 United Kingdom, see Great Britain United Mines of South Africa, 88 United South Africa Companies, 87 United States —Copper production, 389,
420 Uranium, 459, 593, 594
See also South Africa—Uranium industry Uranium in South Africa, cited, 585 n. 106,
587 n. in, 588 n. 113 Uranium Research Committee, 588 Utopia farm, 555
Vaal Rand Mines, 525
Vaal Reefs Exploration and Mining Co.,
583
Van Blommestcin, Dr. J. H. G., 582 n. 102 Van Berg, S., 318 Van Bree,
Mr., 377, 380 Van Moppes and Sons, L. M., 168 Van Niekerk, S., 41 Van
Rhynsdorp, 593 n. 121 Venterspost Mining Co., 516, 517 Verwoerd, H. F.,
578; quoted, 578-9 Viallate, A., 188, 202, 203, 204, 205, 208,
209, 2ii, 244, 268
Visit
to South West Africa diamond fields, 70 Victoria Prospecting Co., 393
n. 8 Vilhens, de, 380 Viner, J., quoted, 3 n. 1 Virginia, 569 Virginia
Mine, 569 Vlakfontein Mine, 515 Vogelstruisbult, 515 Voorspoed
Committee, 69 Vooruitzicht farm, 172 Vredefort, 525, 529 and n. 45, 531
and n.
47, 555 n. 69
Wagner, P., 180, 185; quoted, 163 n. I,
164, 166 Wallers, Sir Evelyn, quoted, 494-5, 496
n. 7 Wankie Colliery Co., 388-9, 459, 460
and n. 53 War of steel and gold, 2
Wartenweiler, F., 586 n. 108 Weatherby, E. W., cited, 18 n. 19 Weights
and Measures Act, 113 Welkom, 36-7, 527, 540, 568 Welkom Gold Mining
Co., 568 Welkom Mine, uranium plant, 589 Welkom town, 573, 576, 577 and
n. 96
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Ernest Oppenheimcr Hospital, 581-2 and 11, 102 Welkom Townships Co., 576, 577 Werner, Sir Julius, 14, 15 n. 16, 63, 91, 381
Death of, in Wernher, Beit and C"o., 47, 49, 54. 68, 221
De Beers, relations with, 54
Diamond Syndicate, membership of,
115 Liquidation of, 111 Wesselton Mine, 53, 76, 327, 328 West Africa:
Diamond industry, 370 ff.
Agreements, 26 n. 24, 131, 145, 237,
374 Industrial diamonds, 315 See also Gold
Coast —Diamond industry; Sierra Leone—Diamond industry Diamonds,
discovery ot, 23 West Driefontein Gold Mining Co., 584 West Rand
Consolidated Mines, 585, 589 West Rand Investment Trust, 34, 35, 99,
516-17, 536, 548
Oppenheimer,
Sir E., statements at meetings, quoted, 517-18, 538 n. 51, 539 n. 51,
584-5 and n. 105 West Springs Mine, 498, 518 'West Wits Line', 34, 512,
516 West Witwatersrand Areas, 34, 515-16,
517, 584 Western Areas Ltd., 513-14 Western Holdings, 35, 101, 527, 528, 533 536 and n. 50, 537-41, 546-54 passim, 557. 561, 562, 565 and n. 80, 568 Announcement in the Press, May, 1938,
536 n. 50 Annual report, quoted, 527 n. 42 Western Outcrop Mining Co., 529, 531
n.
47 Western Rand Estates, 513 Western Reefs Exploration and Development
Co., 34, 516, 517, 527, 528, 532 n. 48, 533, 537, 54<5, 583, 585 n.
105 Annual reports, quoted, 538-9 n. 51 Hagart, R. B., statements by, quoted,
538
11. 51 Oppenheimcr, Sir E., statement by, quoted, 533-4 Western Reefs
Mine, 528, 589 Western Ultra Deep Levels, 583 and n.
103, 584 Wetzlar, J. S., 81, 82, 397, 404, 415 Davis, Sir Edmund, relations with, 413 Oppenheimer, Sir E., correspondence
with, quoted, 432 Pollak, Leslie, correspondence with, quoted, 431, 432
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