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Thesis Hum 2013 Horler Vivien.Pdf GONE WITH THE SHINING THINGS Vivien Honer HRL THE001 A dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Arts in Creative n Writing ow Faculty of the HumanitiesCape T University of Cape Town 2013 Supervisor:y Dr Hedtey of Twklle COMPULSORY OECLARATtON This won. has not been previously submitted in who le, or in pan, for the award of any degree. II ;s my own won... Each Universitsignificant contribution to . an<! quotation in. this dissertation from the wolit: , or works. of other people has !:leen attributed. and has been c~ed and referenced. signature removed 1 Signalure,, __ __-'~="'-'- W"'"'__ ___Da le,, __--,,2'--\1-'--'-- .L\ "-=-_ The copyright of this thesis vests in the author. No quotation from it or information derived from it is to be published without full acknowledgement of the source. The thesis is to be used for private study or non- commercial research purposes only. Published by the University of Cape Town (UCT) in terms of the non-exclusive license granted to UCT by the author. University of Cape Town UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN FACUlTY OF HUMANITIES Certificate of Corrections lMM •• n Di ....n ....".) n !Io. <omplotNl th< {",",,,",,,, .o ~ M.st." di.. " ..ion ' o my .., 1.1>,,,..,, onO " '''I'';'''' .... ,he M" ,." Di ..., ... ..,. h .",iN ' iom Com",;""'. ow SUPlRVISOll SIGNATURE ~" H~y.,.;. ,- Cape T ~~- signature1-11 T-.f:removed V 20B y of I D£PIITY OfAN I DIRECTOII I ~" Universit SUPERVISOR’S APPROVAL OF SUBMISSION OF DISSERTATION FOR EXAMINATION I confirm that I have seen/have not seen the final version of Vivien Horler ‘s dissertation and that it is submitted for examination with my approval. n ow signature removed 11/7/2013 Supervisor’s Signature Date GRADUATE SCHOOL IN HUMANITIES Cape T y of Universit ABSTRACT GONE WITH THE SHINING THINGS Vivien Horler The lure of gold in the great reefs of Johannesburg near the end of the 19th century not only attracted the famous mining barons such as Cecil John Rhodes, Alfred Beit and Barney Barnato: working men also came from far and wide to feed their families with their labour. Among them was my great-grandfather, the miner from the Isle of Man, William Cogeen. He arrived via the tin mines of Cornwall and the silver mines of Colorado, and was among those Uitlanders who flocked in those early days to the Transvaal as skilled artisans – wheelwrights, farriers, bricklayers and, especially, experienced hardn -rock miners. It was their labour, as well as of black tribesmen from all over southernow Africa, that laid the financial foundation for what became the rich city of Johannesburg. It was also their influx that was the excuse that precipitated the Anglo-Boer War. His wife and daughters joined him in what was still a rough boom town, and they stayed on, until forced to flee as refugees from JohannesburgCape at the T start of the war in1899. Intrigued by the stories my mother and grandmother told me as a child, I began to research my family’s history and travelledy to ofthe Isle of Man, Cornwall and Colorado to trace their origins – and my own. This is the remarkable story of what happened to an ordinary working-class family who lived in extraordinary times, and my journey in their footsteps. Universit i n ow Cape T y of Their daughter Ethel and granddaughters ThelmaDEDICATION and Thora, For William and Martha Cogeen, Universit Who first told me their stories ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................................................... I DEDICATION ....................................................................................................................................... II ILLUSTRATIONS ............................................................................................................................... VII FAMILY TREES ......................................................................................................................................... VII PHOTOGRAPHS ........................................................................................................................................ IX AUTHOR’S NOTE ON TERMS ........................................................................................................... XXI FOREWORD – THE ALCHEMIST ..................................................................................................... XXIII PROLOGUE .........................................................................................................................................n 1 CHAPTER ONE – SILVER ......................................................................................................................ow 3 PART ONE – JOURNEY TO LEADVILLE ............................................................................................................3 PART TWO - “I’VE JUST GOT CALIFORNIA IN THIS HERE PAN” ............................................................................. 9 PART THREE – “THAT OL’ PLACE” .............................................................................................................. 14 PART FOUR – ED AND PERI AND SILVER DOLLAR...........................................................................................Cape T 17 PART FIVE – A LIVING TOMB ..................................................................................................................... 26 PART SIX – WHAT BECAME OF HARRY?.......................................................................................................y of 30 CHAPTER TWO – LEAD......................................................................................................................41 INTERLUDE:LAXEY,ISLE OF MAN – MARCH 1879........................................................................................41 PART ONE – ARRIVING ON THE ISLE OF MAN ...............................................................................................44 PART TWO – SEEKINGUniversit THE COGEENS .......................................................................................................... 47 PART THREE – IN SEARCH OF BALLIG .......................................................................................................... 50 PART FOUR – WHEELS AND THE ISLE OF MAN .............................................................................................. 56 PART FIVE – MINING LEAD AND THE GREAT STRIKE OF 1879 ........................................................................... 63 CHAPTER THREE – TIN ...................................................................................................................... 69 INTERLUDE: WEST PENWITH, CORNWALL – SEPTEMBER 1856 ........................................................................ 69 PART ONE – DISASTER AT LEVANT ............................................................................................................. 71 PART TWO – THE BUCKET OF BLOOD ......................................................................................................... 75 PART THREE – THE LAMB AND FLAG .......................................................................................................... 81 PART FOUR – COPPER, DAISIES AND DIAMONDS ........................................................................................... 84 iii CHAPTER FOUR – GOLD I .................................................................................................................. 89 INTERLUDE: WEST PENWITH, CORNWALL – OCTOBER 1889 ........................................................................... 89 PART ONE – IN LINE WITH THE TOWER ........................................................................................................ 91 PART TWO – NO FLASH IN THE PAN ............................................................................................................ 95 PART THREE – THE EARLY CITY ................................................................................................................ 104 PART FOUR – “THE DOWNS WITHOUT A BLADE OF GRASS” ........................................................................... 109 CHAPTER FIVE – GOLD II ................................................................................................................. 115 INTERLUDE: JOHANNESBURG – AUGUST 1890 ........................................................................................... 115 PART ONE – GETTING THERE .................................................................................................................. 117 PART TWO – FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE CITY ............................................................................................. 122 PART THREE – DOWN THE MINES ............................................................................................................n 127 PART FOUR – RACISM ON THE RAND........................................................................................................w 134 To CHAPTER SIX – GOLD III..................................................................................................................139 INTERLUDE:CAPE TOWN – DECEMBER 1892 ............................................................................................ape 139 PART ONE – WHERE’S THE BOY? ............................................................................................................C 143 PART TWO – CROWN MINE ..................................................................................................................
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