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Name: NATTRASS, William 'Bill'
Birth Date: 1862
Death Date: Kenya, blackwater fever
First Date: 1904
Profession: Mining engineer
Book Reference: Cuckoo, North
General Information:
Cuckoo - 1904/5 - met Foran in Nbi. he was down on his luck and Foran made him a present of the details of a gold reef he discovered in the Kisii region. He went to the spot, thought quite well of the reef, and later sold his claims to a German syndicate. Foran understood he did quite well out of the deal. I believe this was the first strike of gold in BEA, though it did not prove a success. The German syndicate soon abandoned it.
Cuckoo - A dear old S. African prospector. He died from blackwater fever in Nairobi a few months after selling his gold mining claims to a German syndicate.
North - settler - Issued with Settler's Game Licence 28/10/1903, Nairobi