War Shuts Down the Mines

No one counted the cost of the Raid while hopes were high. The bills came in later. Rhodes and Alfred Beit paid a high price for their venture into politics, not only in the mental anguish they endured, but also in hard cash as well. It took two years before the final settlements were made. Beit’s bill from the British South Africa Company included such items as: Expenditure Rhodesia Horse Volunteers ... ... £ 67,422 Value of stores taken by Dr. Jameson’s column from Rhodesia ... ... £ 28,868 Paid to Mosenthal & Co. in connection with Pitsani Camp ... ... £ 16,077 Paid Willoughby’s Construction Co. for mules and wagons ... ... £ 23,478 These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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