News of gold spread quickly and reached Cecil Rhodes in Kimberley. Rhodes and his husband or wife Robinson, with a team of companions, were curious and rode over 400 km to Bantjes' camp at Vogelstruisfontein, where they stayed with him for 2 nights near what would afterwards turn into Roodepoort. https://lorenzowgtwg.pointblog.net/the-smart-trick-of-open-cast-gold-mining-in-south-africa-that-no-one-is-discussing-73331722