Gold (39 page)

amount of,
18
–21

Brink's-Mat Ltd. and,
172
–75

in China,
119
,
123
,
145
,
148
,
149

of Spaniards,
34

13F filings,
156
–57,
185

Thomson Reuters GFMS,
115

Thracian Treasures,
22

thulite (rosaline),
82

Tibet,
145
,
151

tin,
226

Tivat,
183

Tokyo,
74

Toronto,
184
,
196
,
219
,
220
,
222
,
224
,
228

Toronto
Globe and Mail,
101

Toronto Stock Exchange,
220

Toussaint, Jason,
157

trade,
44
,
54
,
62

in Africa,
188
,
189
,
190
,
225

gold,
153
–57,
161
–71,
175
,
188
,
190
,
225
,
227

international,
42
–43,
45

trade deficits,
46
,
50
–51,
63

transaction costs,
62

travel costs,
101

Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The
(film),
92

Treasury, British,
163

Treasury, U.S.,
59
,
62
,
70
,
72

bimetallism and,
45

Connally at,
66
–68,
70
,
74

gold price and,
60
,
72

gold reserves of,
50
,
51
,
54
,
55
,
56
,
58
,
63
,
70

Treasury bills, U.S.,
160

Treweek, Harry,
91
,
92

Trial of the Pyx,
175

Triassic rock,
80

Tripoli,
164

Tropical Storm Meari,
116

Trouw, Herbie,
12
–15

trucks, at mining sites,
141
,
142

trusts, gold,
103
,
104

Tsinghua University,
125

Tully, Edel,
176
–77

Tumbrez,
29

tungsten,
226

tungsten-alloy fakes,
181

Tupac Yupanqui,
28

turquoise,
78
,
79
,
91

Tuscarora range,
92
–93,
110

Uganda,
215
–18

unallocated accounts,
180

underground railway engine accident,
4

United Nations,
19
,
216
,
225

United States,
44
–76,
183

Barrick in,
104
–6,
109
–12

bimetallic system in,
45

Bretton Woods and,
61
–64

California gold rush in,
47
–49,
79
,
201

Dodd-Frank Act and,
225
–26

gold standard and,
44
,
50
–56,
58
–65,
68
–75,
96

imports of,
64
,
65
,
74
–75

Louisiana purchased by,
45
–46

national debt of,
62
,
165
–66

output decline of,
62

paper money in,
50
,
59

Roosevelt era in,
58
–60,
71

trade deficit of,
50
–51,
63

wage and price controls in,
67
,
68
,
70

United States Geological Survey,
78
–81,
151

uranium,
126
,
217

Utah,
104
–5,
112

Vaal Reefs gold mine,
4

Valley of the Kings,
187

Valverde, Vicente de,
34

Vancouver,
129
,
133
,
144
,
222

Vanderburg, William,
84
,
85
–86,
89

Vanity Fair,
100
–101

Varna Museum,
22

Venice,
182
–83

Vietnamese,
37

Vietnam War,
62
,
64
,
111

village cooperatives,
149

Vinson, Fred M.,
61

violence,
9
,
15
,
17
,
18
,
104

in Congo,
216
,
217
,
226

Virginia City, Nev.,
79

Volcker, Paul,
70

Wagadu Empire,
188
,
190

wage controls,
67
,
68
,
71

Wales,
45

Walker, Donald,
205

Wall Street Journal,
177

Washington, D.C.,
53
,
69
,
70
,
156

wealth,
8
,
59
,
228

in China,
115
,
117
,
124

of Inca Empire,
28
,
30

of Mali Empire,
199
,
200

Spanish,
42
–43

Wei Zhongxian,
120

Welkom,
18

Wenyu mine incident,
148

Whaples, Robert,
49

White House,
53
,
68

White House Military Office,
71

Willow Creek gold mine,
78
–81,
83
,
84

windows, geologic, gold and,
77
,
81
,
86
,
87
,
90
,
91
,
92
,
198

Winnemucca, Nev.,
78
,
79

Witwatersrand,
12

see also
Aurora gold mine; Mponeng mine

women, illegal mining and,
8

Wood, “Bad Brad,”
9
–16

World Bank,
44
,
62

World Congress of Soil Science,
119

World Gold Council (WGC),
151
,
152
,
155
–63

World War II,
59
–62,
81
,
88
,
121
–22,
123

Hungarian Jews and,
97
–99

Wyoming,
80

Xinjiang Uygur,
145

Yaa Asantewaa,
195

Yaa Asantewaa War,
195

yachts,
182
–83

Yantai,
116
–17,
151

Yellowstone National Park,
109

Yom Kippur War,
101

YouTube,
100

Yunnan,
133
,
184

zama-zama (illegal miner),
14
–15,
19

Zhaoyuan,
122
–23,
149

Zhou Enlai,
124

Zhou Mingbao (Emily),
125
–26

Zhu Fengsan,
121
,
125
–27

Zimbabwe,
17
,
217

Zoellick, Robert,
44

Zuma, Jacob,
10
–11

Zuma, Khulubuse,
11

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Gold : the metal that seduced the human race / Matthew Hart.

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1. Gold—History.  2. Gold mines and mining—History.  3. Money—History.  I. Title.

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