Gold (36 page)

First World War of Africa,
217

Five-Year Plan, Chinese,
130

Fleming, Peter,
141

Fleury, Jean,
41

Florentine Codex,
26
–27

Florida Strait,
41

fluxes,
91

“fooling the rock,”
7

Forbidden City,
120

Fordham, John,
173

Fortieth Parallel Survey,
80

Fort Knox, Ky.,
56
,
65
,
69

forward selling,
113
–14

France,
45
,
50
,
63
–64,
120
,
175

in Africa,
197
,
203

gold shortage in,
45
–46

gold standard in,
50
,
58

privateers of,
41
–42

fraud,
159
,
178
,
184

Free State province,
15
,
18

free trade,
62

Friedland, Robert “Toxic Bob,”
136
–37,
144

futures,
166

G20,
160
,
163

Gaddafi, Muammar,
164

Gambia River,
198
,
200

gangs,
8
,
16
,
171
–75,
225

garnets,
80

Gastrow, Peter,
19
–20

Gcaba, Mandla,
10
–11

Geological College,
126

geology, geologists,
77
–93,
111

in Africa,
195
–200,
205
–11,
226

in China,
124
–27,
132
,
144

George V, King of England,
57

geothermal gradient,
5
–6

Germany,
49
,
64
,
72
,
120
,
175

banks of,
169
–70

bonds of,
160

in World War II,
61
,
97
–99

Getty Oil,
105

Ghana,
195

Ghanian drillers,
206

ghost miners,
8

Gilmour, David,
100
,
101

global financial system, dollar's role in,
65

God,
8
,
25
–26

gold:

demand for,
45
–46,
64
,
154

difficulties of dealing in,
171
–75

Inca,
29
,
33
,
36
–40

ornaments,
29
,
33
,
193

sacred aura of,
8
–9,
38
,
227

“sacred thirst” for,
23

safe-haven function of,
180
–81

secrecy and,
153
,
156
–57,
164
–66,
168
–71,
175
–80,
185
,
203
,
204

as “sentiment indicator,”
96

as shadow money,
75

Spanish melting of,
38
–39

as stubborn element,
107

as surprise,
90

as universal money,
171

uses of,
181
,
185
–86

value of,
22
,
36
,
153
,
154
,
161
,
185
,
227

Gold Acres mine,
84
,
89
,
91

Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA),
177
–78

Gold Army,
126
–27

Gold Canyon,
79

Gold Coast,
190
,
195

gold coins,
158
,
159
,
164
,
175

gold empires, African,
188
–95,
199
–200

Ashanti,
189
–95

Golden Constant, The
(Jastram),
185

Golden Eagle
(yacht),
182
–83

Gold Fields,
4
,
21

Goldline International, Inc.,
158
–59

gold lords,
150
–51

gold mining:

accidents in,
4
,
196
,
202
,
217
–18

Barrick and,
102
–14

in China,
115
–27,
129
–52

deep-sea,
228

in gold empires,
190
,
199

of Incas,
29

in Kibali,
215
–29

in Mali,
198
,
200
,
202
,
203
,
204

in Romania,
196

in Senegal,
196
,
204
–13

in South Africa,
1
–22,
102
,
104

Gold Mining History of Zhaoyuan with a Review of the Gold Industry in the P.R.
[
People's Republic o
f
]
China
(Gong Runtan and Zhu Fengsan),
121
–22

gold money,
42
,
43
,
46
,
70

invention of,
22
–23,
155

Nixon Shock and,
75

Gold Platform,
147
,
150

gold prices,
2
,
12
,
13
,
17
,
46
,
59
,
64
,
69
,
72
,
95
–96,
182
–85

Barrick and,
105
,
111
–14,
163
,
164
–65

Bernanke's views on,
75

bimetallism and,
45

BIS exchange and,
176
,
177
–78

Bretton Woods and,
64
,
69

bubble and,
158

California rush and,
49

China and,
126
,
132
,
134
,
152

Congo and,
218
,
219
,
221
,
225
,
226
–27

cooking of,
60

fixing of,
169
–71,
182

futures and,
166

gold trusts and,
103

instability of,
156
–60,
162
–68

invisible gold and,
90
,
93

Mansa Musa and,
200

Mercur sale and,
106

Munk's interest in,
102

Nixon Shock and,
75
,
96

power and,
8
–9

put options and,
165

spot,
155
,
168
,
226

Tasiast discovery and,
222

theft and,
18
–19,
21

trading volumes and,
154

West African finds and,
204
,
206

gold rushes,
2
–3,
23
,
93

as adventure,
188

in Africa,
204
,
212
,
216
,
218
,
228
–29

in California,
47
–49,
79
,
201

in China,
133
,
147
,
150

in Nevada,
79

unequal effects of,
228
–29

gold scrap market,
173
,
174

goldsmith-bankers,
43

Goldsmiths' Hall,
175

gold standard,
42
–65,
68
–75

Bretton Woods system and,
61
–64

currency credibility and,
54
–55

operations of,
43
–44

reversal of fortunes and,
50
–54

withdrawal from,
57
–58

Goldstrike mine,
106
–7,
109
–12

fast-closing tactical window and,
110

increase in reserves of,
111
–12

miners needed by,
111
–12

Newmont compared with,
107

traffic at,
142

gold-to-silver price ratio,
45
,
46

gold trusts,
103
,
104

gold window, closing of,
65

Golmud,
147

Gong Runtan,
121
–23

Gora target,
206
–8

Gray, Thomas,
ix

Great Britain,
64
,
120
,
175

Ashanti state and,
190
–95

Bretton Woods and,
61

gold standard in,
49
,
52
,
57

newspapers in,
69
,
72
,
173
,
174
,
175
,
177

silver money in,
44
–45

see also
England; London; Scotland

Great Depression,
44
,
57
,
60

Great Zimbabwe,
187

Greece,
176
,
185

greed,
27
,
96

“greenback,”
50

Guardian,
69

guilder, Dutch,
72

Haggard, H. Rider,
187
–88,
201

Haldeman, H. R. (Bob),
67
,
73

Hall, Greg,
145

Hangzhou,
125

harquebus,
26

Hawks (elite unit of the South African police),
16
–19

Hayes, “Dad,”
82

heap leaching,
108
–9,
155

Heathrow airport,
172

hedge funds,
159
,
165
,
184

hedges, hedging,
96
,
103
,
118
,
159
,
227

Heitt, Dean,
81
,
110

Hemingway, Ernest,
224

Hemming, John,
29
,
31
,
35
,
39

Henan province,
148

herders,
212

Herodotus,
209

Hill, Alan,
104
–7,
109
,
111
,
112
,
196

hired guns,
9
–16

Ho Chi Minh Trail,
111

Hodgson, Sir Frederick,
194

Hohhot,
139

Hoh Xil Lake,
147
,
150

Holland,
49
–50,
58
,
64
,
72

Homestake mine,
90

Hong Kong,
181
n

Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
169

Hoover, Herbert,
58

horses,
25
,
31
,
32
,
34
–35,
36

hotels,
99
,
101
,
102
,
138

in Africa,
197
–200

housing,
112
,
229

Howe, Reginald,
178

HSBC Bank,
167
,
169
–70,
171

Huáscar,
31

Huayna Capac,
30
–31

Human Rights Watch,
220

Hunan province,
146

Hungarian Jews,
97
–99,
103

Huston, John,
92

hypothecated gold,
180

Iceland,
177

Idaho,
80

illegal miners,
8
–22

in China,
140
,
144
,
145
,
147
,
148
,
150
–51

as illegal immigrants,
17

police limitations and,
17
–18

time spent underground by,
8

zama-zamas,
14
–15,
19

immigrants, illegal,
17

Incas,
27
–30

armies of,
31
–33,
36
,
38
,
39

culture of,
28
–29,
36
–39

roads of,
28
,
30
,
31
,
36

wars of succession of,
30
–31

Inchcape, Earl of,
101

India,
19
,
115
,
197
,
201

Indian Ocean,
228

inflation,
64
–65,
67
,
68
,
75
,
178

Inner Mongolia,
130
,
136
–45,
228

insect hills, sampling,
209

Institute for Security Studies, South African,
18
–19

interest rates,
51
,
54
,
62
,
113
,
162
,
226
,
228

International Monetary Fund (IMF),
62
,
177

International Peace Institute,
19
–20

international trade,
42
–43,
45

international trade fairs,
43

Internet,
158

investment,
19
,
112
,
114

exchange-traded fund as,
154
–57,
166
–68,
180
–81

in gold trusts,
103