"'You've put men in there without recording their numbers?'" (Chap. 4, Pg 15)
Rod Ironsides to Barnard after the whole hanging wall of the stope fell down.

"'I got you up here to tell you that I will use all my influence, which I flatter myself in considerable, to secure your appointment - and I mean immediate appointment - to the position of General Manager of the Sonder Ditch Gold Mining Company Ltd.'" (Chap. 8, Pg 34)
Manfred Steyner to Rod Ironsides after he reviews Rod's life and work history to date.

"Mining is a hard game, and it attracts a hard breed of men." (Chap. 14, Pg 58)
Comment made by Herman Koch from Anglo American made to Rod Ironsides at one time, and now recalled by Rod as he calls the meeting of his captains to order.

"'Hamba gahle, madoda.'" (Chap. 18, Pg 69)
Big King to the corpse of the...