Journal of African History, 22 (I98I), pp. 511-529 5 I I …
The first European company to be formed was the African Gold Coast Company, incorporated in January I878 by backers of Pierre Bonnat, and followed in quick succession by the formation in I 879 and i 88o of three more companies, namely Messrs Swanzy and Company, the Effuenta Gold Mining Company, and the Gold Coast Mining …