Box 606761868
Container
Contains 142 Results:
'De Beers Mines', 1890-1896
File
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C7A
Cypher telegram from Stow, with translation, urging Rhodes not to confide further in anyone about diamond shipments, 20 Apr 1891
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C7A, item 35
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
20 Apr 1891
Cypher telegram, with translation, from De Beers refusing to let Gardner Williams go to Mashonaland (Zimbabwe) and suggesting Fecherville; with curt reply in Rhodes's hand, 21 Apr 1891
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C7A, item 36
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
21 Apr 1891
Letter from Stow regretting that Rhodes has confided in Beit about the diamond shipments and is investigating prospects at Wesselton on behalf of De Beers, 24 Apr 1891
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C7A, item 37
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
24 Apr 1891
Letter front Craven forwarding copies of a letter from Kilgour to [A.E.] Caldecott about payment for working up cases and giving expert evidence for De Beers in eight hearings; with related accounts and lists of cases, 24 Apr 1891
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C7A, item 38
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
24 Apr 1891
Letter from Stow expressing irritation at the news of reserve shipments being leaked to L. & A. Abrahams [Barnato's representatives], and misgivings at the effect on the Mosenthals and the Kimberley market, 1 May 1891
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C7A, item 39
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
1 May 1891
Telegram from [C.D.?] Rudd, Johannesburg, about financing a matter under investigation by Gardner Williams, 1 May 1891
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C7A, item 40
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
1 May 1891
Telegram from the Registrar of the High Court, Kimberley, to the Attorney-General, Cape Town, about an interdict on the Wesselton Mine, 4 May 1891
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C7A, item 41
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
4 May 1891
Cypher telegram from Craven [about negotiations with Ward over Wesselton?], 5 May 1891
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C7A, item 42
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
5 May 1891
Telegram from [W.F.] Lance, Johannesburg, conveying the text of a cable from London about finance and investments, in particular undersubscribed debentures, 9 May 1891
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C7A, item 43
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
9 May 1891
Letter from H. Mosenthal about implementing a promise made by Rhodes that Bernstein, an associate of his firm, should be made a Director of De Beers; with a reference to New Jagersfontein, 14 May 1891
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C7A, item 44
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
14 May 1891
Letter from Tymms conveying a resolution taken by the London Directors to distribute a portion of the Charter (the British South Africa Company) shares held by De Beers to their shareholders as a bonus, 14 May 1891
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C7A, item 45
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
14 May 1891
Letter from Stent regretting that, as Rhodes has not succeeded in getting the De Beers Board to pay him, he is forced to issue a summons (see item 19), and referring to a plan for a Mashonaland Building Syndicate, 18 May 1891
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C7A, item 46
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
18 May 1891
Letter from C.B. Schultz, Kuruman, about reports of diamond finds in Damaraland, 22 May 1891
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C7A, item 47
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
22 May 1891
Letter from Stow about difficulties encountered in negotiations with Abrahams over diamond sales, 22 May 1891
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C7A, item 48
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
22 May 1891
Letter from Francis Oats, Director and mining expert, recommending the purchase of Wesselton, as his investigations have caused him to revise his previously unfavourable opinion, 26 May 1891
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C7A, item 49
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
26 May 1891
Telegram from Beit agreeing in principle with plan [to buy Wesselton?] but suggesting a cautious approach to his partner [Wernher], 6 Jun 1891
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C7A, item 50
With a note by Rhodes.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
6 Jun 1891
Cypher telegram from Craven about buying [Gustav] Imroth's share in Wesselton before a Supreme Court decision on its validity, 15 Jun 1891
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C7A, items 51-52
With translation and draft reply.
Extents: 2 items
Dates:
15 Jun 1891
Letter from Stow advising that the existence of the diamond reserve should be disguised in the public balance sheet; with reference to the Kimberley market, Wesselton, negotiations with Portugal, and the Adendorff trek, 17 Jun 1891
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C7A, item 53
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
17 Jun 1891
Telegram from Rochfort Maguire about selling shares, 2 Jul 1891
Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Afr. s. 228, C7A, item 54
In cypher, with translation.
Extents: 1 item
Dates:
2 Jul 1891