Gold (37 page)

hedging and,
96
,
227

invisible gold,
77
–93

iron oxide,
205

iron sulfide,
208

isotopes, decay of,
205

Israel,
101

Italy,
64

Jacobz, Willie,
21

Japan,
62
,
64
,
74
,
120
,
175

in World War II,
121
–22,
123

Jastram, Roy,
185

jewelry,
155
,
162
,
173
,
176
,
181
,
192

demand for,
154

Jiang, X. D.,
136
–37,
142
–46

Jiang Qixu,
123

Jiao Lai basin,
151

Jinshan Gold Mines,
136

Johnson, Lyndon,
73

Jonah, Sam,
219
,
220

junior mining companies:

predators attracted by,
221

use of term,
220

Kaisin, Jean,
197
,
200

Kasztner, Rezso,
97

Kasztner's Train
(Porter),
97
,
98
–99

Kasztner train,
97
–99

Kayes,
201
–2

Kédougou,
198
–99

Kédougou-Kéniéba Inlier,
198
,
204

Kennedy, John F.,
66
–67

Kenya,
223

Kibali,
215
–29

discovery of gold at,
217

Moto and,
219
–21

Randgold and,
221
–23,
225
–26,
229

Ugandan soldiers at,
217
–18

Kilo-Moto greenstone belt,
217
,
219
–21

King Solomon's Mines
(Haggard),
187
–88,
201

Kinross Gold Corp.,
224

Kinshasa,
220

Kiyosaki, Robert,
131

Klosters,
101
–2

Kumasi,
191
–94

Land that Time Forgot, The
(Burroughs),
187
–88

Lead, S. Dak.,
90

Lehman Brothers, collapse of,
2
,
160
,
162

Lenin, V. I.,
126

Lesotho,
17

Liaodong Peninsula,
131
–32

Liaoning province,
131
–35

Libya,
164

licenses,
203
,
206
,
212

Lima,
40

limestone,
80
–81,
83
–87,
89

Linglong, Mount,
122

Linglong mine,
116
–24

China's retaking of,
123

Japan's capture of,
121
–22,
123

legend about,
118

Wei's running of,
120

liquidity, liquidity buffer,
154
,
159
,
160
–63,
165
,
173

Livermore, Caroline,
88

Livermore, John Sealy,
87
–93,
95

at Blue Star,
91
–92

at Newmont,
89
,
92

Roberts's paper read by,
87
,
90
–91

at Standard mine,
88
,
89
,
92

Livermore, Mount,
88

lode deposits,
85
,
88
,
89

London,
45
,
49
,
50
,
52
,
57
,
64
,
69
,
160
–62,
169
–75

banks in,
153
–54,
166
–67,
169
–71

“Blackberry riots” in,
9

bullion market in,
2
,
153
–54,
161
,
163
–64,
165
,
170

Claridge's Hotel in,
99
,
102

gold crime in,
172
–75

gold price fixing in,
169
–71,
182

goldsmith-bankers in,
43

Munk in,
99
,
101
,
102
,
182
–84

London, University of,
119

London Bullion Market Association (LBMA),
154
,
161

London Gold Fixing,
169
–70

London Gold Pool,
63
–64

London Good Delivery standards,
167
,
171

Lord's Resistance Army,
216

Lost World, The
(Conan Doyle),
187
–88

Louisiana,
45
–46

Loulo deposits,
204

Lovelock, Nev.,
88

Luk Fook Group,
181
n

Lundin, Lukas,
222
,
223
–24

Lundin Petroleum AB,
223

Lydia,
22

Lynn window,
92

Ma (Chinese farmer),
146
–47,
150

McAleenan, Colin,
129
–35

McAvoy, “Mad Mickey,”
172
–74

Machu Pichu,
28

Maggie Creek Canyon,
85

magnetite,
205

magnetometers,
205

Mako Hills,
198

Malawi,
17

Mali,
196
–204,
211
,
212
,
216

Soviet relations with,
201
,
202
,
203

Mali Empire,
199
–200

Malinche, La,
26
–27

Malinke people,
200

Mali syndicate,
203
–4

Manchu dynasty,
120

Mandela, Nelson,
11

Mandela, Zondwa,
11

Manifest Destiny,
48

Mansa Musa,
199
,
200
,
201

manufacturers,
68
,
74
,
100

man winders,
4
–6

Maoism,
147

Maoling (or Cat Hill),
132

Mao Zedong,
123
,
124
,
126

maps,
194
,
199
,
201
,
205

margin calls,
181

mark, German,
72

Marshall, James,
47

Massawa,
204

Mauritania,
222
,
224

Mavor, Jim,
164
–65

merchants,
42
–43,
68
,
188
–89

Mercur mine,
104
–6,
109

mercury,
213

mercury amalgamation,
146

Mexican miners,
48

Mexico,
26
–27,
30
,
42
,
45
,
162

Mexico-Tenochtitlán,
26
–27

millionaires, Chinese,
138
,
144

min cai
(village mining),
148

miners,
111
–14

Barrick's need for,
111
–12

in China,
115
–16,
120
,
121
,
123
,
139
–49

forward selling and,
113
,
114

illegal,
see
illegal miners

at Kibali,
217
,
218
,
225

in Soreto,
211

mining, mines,
see
deep mining; gold mining;
specific mines

Minmetals Resources,
99
–100

Mirror
(London),
174

Mobutu Sese Seko,
217
,
219

Mocatta, Moses,
170

money:

gold,
see
gold money

gold's loss of formal relationship with,
168

Incas and,
28
,
36

paper,
43
–44,
46
,
50
,
59
,
75
,
166

silver,
44
–45,
49
–50

money supply, size of,
50

Mongolia,
see
Inner Mongolia

Mongols,
119
–20,
139
,
140

Montenegro,
183

Montezuma,
26
–27

Morgan, J. Pierpont,
51
–54

Morgan, Junius,
51
,
52

Morgan, Miles,
51

Morgenthau, Henry, Jr.,
60
,
61

Morila deposits,
204

mortgages,
112

mosques,
199
,
200

Moto Goldmines Limited,
219
–23

Mouctar, Thierno Mamadou,
209
–10

Mozambique,
17

Mponeng mine,
1
–9,
12

author's descent into,
3
–7

ice required for,
7

“seismic events” in,
3

selection of miners for,
6
–7

size of,
1
–2

Mpumalanga province,
20

Muddy Waters,
184

Mundoro Mining Inc.,
132
–35

Munk, Gabriel,
98

Munk, Katharina,
98
–99

Munk, Nina,
100
–101

Munk, Peter,
97
–106,
182
–84

background of,
97
–100

Barrick and,
99
–100,
102
–14

at Clairtone,
100
–101

epiphany of,
101
–2

Goldstrike and,
106
,
109
–12

gold trusts offered by,
103

Southern Pacific Hotel Corporation and,
101

Murderpedia.org,
173

Muslims,
198
,
200
,
213

Namibia,
17
,
217

Napoleon I, Emperor of France,
46

Nathanson, Mark,
201
–2

Native Americans,
78
,
79

Nature,
119

Nautilus Minerals,
228

Navy, U.S.,
71
,
72

Neolithic tomb, Varna,
22

Netherlands,
49
–50,
58
,
64
,
72

Nevada,
78
–93,
95
–97

Carlin Trend in,
75
–76,
81
,
83
–86,
96
,
97

Goldstrike in,
106
–7,
109
–12

silver in,
47
–48,
79
,
80

Newmont Mining Corporation,
89
,
92
,
93
,
95
–96,
111

in failure to buy Goldstrike,
109
–10

Goldstrike compared with,
107

News from Tartary
(Fleming),
141

New York, N.Y.,
51
,
53
,
54

New Yorker,
90

New York Stock Exchange,
219

New York Times,
69
,
70
,
72
,
73
,
158
,
184

New Zealand,
119

Niani,
199

Niger River,
199

Nixon, Richard,
57
,
64
–75

Connally compared with,
66

gold standard rejected by,
70
–75

inflation and,
64
–65,
67
,
68

wage and price controls and,
67
,
68
,
71

Nixon Shock,
74
–75,
96

North Africa,
188

Nova Scotia,
101

Noye, Kenneth,
173
–74

Observer
(London),
72

oil, oil companies,
101
,
104
,
105
–6,
113
,
217

OKIMO,
219
,
220

Ontario,
103
,
144
,
222

open-door policy, Chinese,
131
,
135

open markets,
62
,
64
,
69

open-pit mining,
14
,
132
–33,
141
–42

“open to depth” deposit,
141

Ophir,
201
–2

options,
102
,
165

Orapa diamond pipe,
209

ore,
8
,
13
,
16
,
95
–96,
105

fluxes,
91

at Goldstrike,
109
,
111

invisible gold and,
84
,
86
,
88
,
89
,
91

recovery and,
107
–9,
137
,
144
,
213

as rock,
12
,
95
,
107
,
226

Summitville operation and,
136

use of term,
12

ornaments,
29
,
33
,
193

Osei Tutu I,
189
–90

Oyu Tolgoi,
137
,
228

Pachacuti Yupanqui,
28