ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. A NOTE ON ORTHOGRAPHY AND CAPITALIZATION xi
5. CHAPTER 1 CLEARING GROUND 1
6. PART I GROUNDWORK
7. CHAPTER 2 LETTERS, RUIN 33
8. CHAPTER 3 GOLD FOOLS 55
9. CHAPTER 4 CYANIDE DREAMS AND THE REDEMPTION OF WASTE 89
10. CHAPTER 5 “WE’RE GROUND UNDERFOOT” 120
11. CHAPTER 6 DOWN, IN AFRICA 149
12. PART II THE DEEP
13. CHAPTER 7 FIGURE, GROUND, AND SINKHOLE 173
14. CHAPTER 8 THE SKY’S THE LIMIT 212
15. CHAPTER 9 UTOPIA ON THE HIGHVELD 233
16. CHAPTER 10 GOOD AS GOLD 255
17. CHAPTER 11 CATALYTIC CONVERSIONS 295
18. CHAPTER 12 GO UNDERGROUND 329
19. CHAPTER 13 ZOMBIES SING PATA PATA 363
20. PART III SURFACING
21. CHAPTER 14 TERRAIN OF THE FETISH 385
22. CHAPTER 15 RUSH, PANIC, RUSH 415
23. CHAPTER 16 MAGIC MOUNTAIN 449
24. CHAPTER 17 GAMBLING ON GOLD AGAIN 474
25. CHAPTER 18 AFTERWARD, AFTERWORD 509
26. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 517
27. NOTES 521
28. REFERENCES 589
29. INDEX 623