William Guybon Atherstone
27 Mei 1814 – 26 Junie 1898 · Atherstone line
Verbinding met die Koup
Het deelgeneem aan iets wat hier aangeteken is: Atherstone reports the Karoo rocks "too young" for a productive goldfield (1872).
Name
- Baptismal name
- William Guybon
- Given
- William Guybon
- Surname
- Atherstone
The formal baptismal name and the name a person was actually called are both kept, and neither is derived from the other. Spelling drift between records is evidence, not noise.
'n Lewe in die rekord
- 27 Mei 1814 gebore Born
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1872
gebeurtenis
Atherstone reports the Karoo rocks "too young" for a productive goldfield
His verdict held for twenty years, and was vindicated in 1892. He also urged the government to offer £5,000 to anyone who found a real goldfield in the Cape - "the best and least expensive way of discovering gold in the Colony."
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1872
gebeurtenis
Atherstone suspects the first nugget was salted; Dunn says it was worked by human hands
Atherstone suspected Californian or Australian gold planted on the farm; Thomas Bain disagreed and could say why. Dr E.J. Dunn examined the nugget and reported it "bears conclusive evidence of having been in human possession prior to discovery... broken off by human agency - this never occurs in all
- 26 Junie 1898 oorlede Died
Stories
- subject Die Prins Albert-goudstormloop
Wat ons nie weet nie
- Nie een ouer is aangeteken nie, dus hang hierdie mens nie aan die boom bo hom of haar nie.
- Geen gedateerde rekord bind hierdie mens aan 'n bepaalde stuk grond nie.
A sourced gap beats an unsourced fill. These are the open questions on this person, stated rather than papered over.
Bronne
- "The Karoo's mini gold bonanza" Engineering News / Mining Weekly21 Feb 2014
- Rose Willis & Doreen Atkinson, "Zeekoegat: Explorations in the Koup Karoo" (2022) Karoo Development Foundation38pp cameo
Navorsingsnotas
Grahamstown physician-geologist who identified the Eureka diamond; examined the 1871 Spreeuwfontein find and concluded in 1872 that the rocks were too young for a productive goldfield. He was right. [RESEARCH]
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