The Rhodesian Study Circle is a philatelic website for the areas of Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, British Central Africa and Nyasaland, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
London
The Rand Western Syndicate Ltd was a mining company established in London. It was registered in 1895 and went into liquidation 11th February, 1898. The company proposed to purchase an option on the Randfontein during the gold rush.
Gwanda
Vubachikwe Mine is located in the province of Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe. It is located about 8 km north-west of Gwanda. Vubachikwe and Blanket Mines form part of the Sabiwa group of mines. A village with the same name acts as the residential and commercial centre for the employees of the Vubachikwe gold mine.
In 2012 Duration Gold, owned by Clarity Capital and owners of the Vubachikwe Mine refused to take part in the Gwanda Community Share Ownership Trust launched by President Robert Mugabe. As part of the refusal, there was a move for the company’s licence to be cancelled.
Rhozambia Mines Ltd was registered in 1923. In 1934 it changed it’s name to Southern Rhodesia Goldfields Ltd.
The Beatrice Mine was originally floated by the Beatrice (Rhodesia) Company, Limited, in 1899. The mine was named after the sister of Henry Borrow (after which Borrowdale was named), Beatrice Borrow. The company had an authorised capital of £200,000, of which £60,000 was issued for working capital. A certain amount of development work was done, and a ten-stamp mill, cyanide works, and other plants were erected.
The company milled 22,137 tons of ore, and won gold to the value of £99,235. However, owing to financial difficulties, the company let the property to tributors. The tributors, without effecting any development work, treated 35,893 tons from the mine, which gave £73,006 in gold, or 40s. 8d. per ton. Altogether there were crushed 58,030 tons of ore, yielding gold to the value of £172,241, or an average of 59s. 4d. per ton. After letting to the tributors, the company went into liquidation in 1908, the concern afterwards passing into private ownership.
In 1910, The General Mining and Finance Corporation (South Africa) acquired three-fourths interest in the Beatrice Mine in the Hartley District, with the option to purchase the remaining one-fourth.
Form 22 – 970
Form 22 – 494
Inspection Certificate – 2234
