Q.

The image of ‘transport to the Transvaal gold mines’ first appears in?


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a

The graphic, 1887

b

London times, 1886

c

Sentinel,1878

d

None of the above. 

answer is A.

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The image of 'transport to the Transvaal gold mines' first appeared in the Graphic in 1887. After the discovery of gold in Witwatersrand, the European countries were bewildered. Nevertheless, the Europeans rushed to Witwatersrand without fear of disease and death. The Europeans knew the dangers and difficulties of the journey to Witwatersrand. The image portrays the crossing of the Wilge river. Crossing the Wilge river was the quickest way to reach the gold fields of Transvaal. By the late, 1890's South Africa contributed to almost twenty per cent of the total gold production in the World.
 
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