noted
that great quantities of iron ore have been found along the banks of
the rivers flowing into Tanganyika, particularly along the Lufuko and
Miobosi.
The
wide-ranging Marungu district is said also to be exceedÂingly rich in
copper ores ; and the copper areas, better withstandÂing denudation
than the surrounding country, are reported to stand comparatively high
above the general level and to be easily recognizable. Agents of the
Chartered South Africa Company have also reported the discovery of a
rich copper field, estimated to cover 40 square miles, in north
Rhodesia. This field lies about 150 miles north of Victoria Falls, near
the Congo Free State, and runs over the border. De Beers Company has
already taken an active part in the development of the copper mines of
Namaqua-land, and the new field may prove to be of even greater
importance.
The
rapid extension of the railway lines of the Bechuana-land Railway
Company from Vryburg to Bulawayo was mainly due to the aid given by Mr.
Rhodes and his associates in the Chartered Company. This line reached
Bulawayo, a total distance of 1360.4 miles from Cape Town, in 1897, and
has since been extended northward about 30 miles. The war has
interrupted this work during the past two and a half years. The main
line north, it is expected, will reach the enormous coal beds at
Wankie, 200 miles north of Bulawayo, in about eighteen months, and will
be pushed on
