Gold (38 page)

Pacific Ocean,
27
,
28
,
30
,
101
,
228

Palmer, John (Goldfinger),
174

Pamplona, Spain, bull running in,
224

Pan African Resources,
20

Panama City,
27

P&O,
101

Pang Min,
116
–18,
122
,
148
–50

panic,
96
,
175
,
176
,
181

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

Paris,
50
,
224

Park, Mungo,
203

Parliament, British,
45
,
57

Paul, Ron,
75

Paulson, John,
2
,
157
,
158
,
184
–85

Pawlitschek, Martin,
195
–98,
204
,
205
,
207

peace of mind,
181

Perry, Brian,
173
,
174

Persian Gulf,
19

Peru,
27
–40,
42

Asian voyagers to,
37

Phillips, Larry,
203

phyto-remediation,
119

Pizarro, Francisco,
27
,
29
–40

Pizarro, Hernando,
28
,
32
–33,
38
,
39
,
40

Pizarro, Pedro,
33

Placer Dome Inc.,
129
–30

placer miners, placer mining,
79
,
83
,
145

plants, gold prospecting and,
119

Polela, McIntosh,
17
–19,
21

police,
9

British,
173
–74

in China,
138
,
139
,
150

South African,
10
,
15
–21

Polo, Marco,
125

Popovich Hill,
92
–93

Porter, Anna,
97
,
98
–99

Portugal,
188
,
189
,
199

pound, British,
44
–45

poverty, the poor,
8
,
9
,
17
,
229

power,
8
–9,
16
,
19
,
61
,
71

of Mali Empire,
199

Pretoria,
16

price controls,
67
,
68
,
71

price fixing,
64
,
178

prices:

agricultural,
53

commodity,
62
,
97

fluctation in,
102

gold,
see
gold prices

gold standard and,
53
,
55

inflation and,
64
–65,
67
,
68
,
75

oil,
101
,
113

silver,
45

pricing floor,
162

principal-to-principal basis,
154
,
171

privateers,
41
–42

prospecting, prospectors,
86
–93,
95
,
118
–19

from the air,
205

in China,
118
–19,
126
–27,
145
,
146
–47

Pugliese, Bill,
203

“pump and dump” operations,
184

pumps,
142
,
212
–13,
217
–18

put options,
165

pyrite (fool's gold),
208

Qinghai province,
145
,
146
–47,
151

quartz,
206
,
208

Quebec,
103
–4

Queen's Remembrancer,
175

Quick, Rod,
221

Quito,
39

Rademann, Randel,
3

radiometrics,
205

Randgold Resources,
204
,
221
–23,
225
–26,
229

record players,
100

recovery of gold,
107
–9,
137
,
144
,
148
,
212
–13

Red Back Mining,
222
–23

Red Guards,
124
,
126

refining,
119
,
146
,
149

reparations,
120

Republicans,
66
,
67

Requirement, the,
34

Reuters,
163
,
184

“risk-off,”
159

roads:

in Africa,
197
,
206
,
212

in China,
131
,
138
,
144

of Inca,
28
,
30
,
31
,
36

Roberts, Arleda,
83

Roberts, Ralph Jackson,
77
–87

autobiography of,
81
–83

background of,
82
–83

in Geological Survey,
78
–81

at Gold Acres,
84
,
89
,
91

theory developed by,
79
–80,
81
,
85
,
86
–87,
90
–91

Roberts Mountains,
82

Roberts Mountains thrust,
83
,
91
–92

Robinson, Brian,
172
–74

rock:

Brisebois's handling of,
208

dating of,
205

deep mining's destabilization of,
3
,
7

gold's penetration of,
85
,
89

of Kédougou-Kéniéba Inlier,
198

limestone,
80
–81,
83
–87,
89

magnetic material in,
205

oceanic,
79
–80,
81
,
83
,
84

ore as,
12
,
95
,
107
,
226

pillars,
13

quartz,
206
,
208

shale,
81
,
86
,
87

rockbursts,
3

rock stress, reduction of,
7

Roman Empire,
119

Romania,
196

Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
58
–60,
71

Rothschild family,
52
,
53
,
54

Royal Mint,
175

Ruminavi,
39

Russia,
19
,
71
,
120
,
162

Rwanda,
217

Sabodala gold mine,
196
,
197
,
204

Sacsayhuaman,
28
–29

Sadiola,
202
,
204

Sahara,
190
,
201

Salt Lake City, Utah,
112

San Fermin festival,
224

San Francisco, Calif.,
88
,
201

San Francisco
Californian,
47

Santa Monica, Calif.,
158
,
159

Scandinavian countries,
49

ScotiaMocatta,
169
–70

Scotland,
57

Scotland Yard,
173
,
174

scrap market,
173
,
174

Seabrook, John,
90

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

of Mali syndicate,
203
,
204

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
155
–56,
185

security costs,
19
,
20

self-rescue,
3
–4

Senegal,
188
–89,
195
–99,
204
–13

liberalization of mining code in,
196
,
204

Seville,
8
,
42
,
153

shale,
81
,
86
,
87

Shandong province,
116
–24,
140
,
148
–49

Shanghai,
164

shear zone,
84
–85

Sheba, Queen of,
215

Sheep Creek,
110

Shultz, George,
70

silver,
39
,
43
,
46
,
82
,
167

money,
44
–45,
49
–50

in Nevada,
47
–48,
79
,
80

ornaments,
33

paper money backed by,
44

plants and,
119

price of,
45

Sino-Forest Corporation,
184

Six-Mile Canyon,
79

slaves,
48
–49,
188
,
190
,
200

smelting,
173

Smith, Sterling,
157

smugglers, smuggling,
18
–19,
121

Société Générale,
169
–70

soft lock agreement,
222
–23

Solomon, King,
215

Soninké people,
188
–89

Sonoma range,
78

Soreto,
211
–12

Soros, George,
2
,
157

South Africa,
1
–22

China compared with,
115
,
137

empowerment in,
11

gold mining in,
1
–22,
102
,
104

illegal miners and theft in,
8
–22

threat to stability of,
9

South Deep mine,
4
,
21

Southern Pacific Hotel Corporation,
101

South Korea,
162

Southwestern Resources Corp.,
133

Soviet Union,
201
,
202
,
203

Sow, Djibril,
209
–11

Spain, Spaniards,
25
–45,
49
,
174
,
176

gold standard in,
50

horses of,
25
,
31
,
32
,
34
–35,
36

lack of money management in,
42
–43

in Mexico,
26
–27,
30
,
42
,
45

Nathanson's map discovery in,
201

in Nevada,
78
–79

in Peru,
27
–40,
42

technological advantage of,
25

treasure ships of,
41
–42,
153

SPDR Gold Shares,
see
Spider, the

spdrgoldshares.com
,
167

speculation,
57
,
64
,
68
,
75
,
154
,
158
,
181
–82

Spider, the (SPDR Gold Shares),
154
–57,
166
–68

Paulson's move from,
185

Springs,
12
–16

Standard mine,
88
,
89
,
92

steel,
137
,
142

Stein, Herbert,
67
–68,
71
–72

stock, stock market,
48
,
51
,
74
,
101
,
159
,
166
,
185
,
222
–24,
227

gold,
96
–97,
102
,
104
,
133
,
134
,
135
,
184
,
219

gold compared with,
155

margin calls and,
181

in Toronto Exchange,
220

Stonehenge,
183
–84

stress tests,
179

Sudanese bandits,
223

sulfide lattice,
107
,
109

sulfides,
150
,
228

sulfuric acid,
146

Summitville, Colo.,
136

Sundiata Keita,
199

suspicion,
166
,
176
,
181

Sutter's Mill,
47
,
49

swaps,
176
–80,
185

Switzerland,
58
,
64
,
203

Munk in,
97
,
99
,
101
–2

swords,
25

Szechuan province,
130

Tambacounda,
197

Tasiast gold discovery,
222
,
224

Tawantinsuyu,
30

taxi wars, Durban,
10

technology,
25
,
48
,
127
,
155
,
162
,
216

of faking gold,
181
n

tectonic collision,
80
–81

Telegraph
(London),
173
,
177

television,
56
,
72
–75,
100
,
158

temperature,
5
–6,
7
,
149
,
186
,
202

Teranga Gold Corporation,
196
,
204
–13

termite mounds,
209

Texaco,
105
–6

thermometers,
186

thieves, theft,
8
,
12
,
14
,
16
–20