In the late 1870s, Barnato and Rhodes would become locked in a titanic struggle for control of the  Kimberley mines – Beit and his banking consortium behind Barnato, and the French Rothschild bankers  behind Rhodes.

1870 年代末， 巴纳托和罗兹陷入了一场争夺金伯利矿控制权的激烈斗争——巴纳托背后是拜特和他的银行财团，罗兹背后是法国罗斯柴尔德银行家。