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  • Storied South African Club Embodies Decline of Former Gold Capital

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    JOHANNESBURG—In 1886, prospectors struck gold here on a stretch of farmland more than a mile above sea level. 

    The Rand Club was founded a year later by mining magnates, including Cecil John Rhodes, who walked the future streets of Johannesburg and selected a corner for what he deemed an essential gentlemen’s club.

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