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The history of gold mining and gold trade in southern Africa goes back nearly 1000 years. Given the number of early gold mines and the records of lively trade on the east coast, the scale of ...
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Peaking at a production output of 1000 tonnes of gold mined in 1970 [1], South Africa was one of the top gold producers globally but has since battled to remain in the top 10 goldproducing ...
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It was the discovery and exploitation of, first, diamonds in 1870 and then gold in 1886 that proved to be the catalyst to the greatest mineral revolution the world has ever known, which transformed South Africa into the greatest industrialised power on the African continent.
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Establishment of Elsburg Gold Mining Company 1975 Elsburg consolidated into Western Areas Gold Mining 1980 Recognition that orebody had potential for mechanised mining 1990 South Deep Exploration formed to raise funds for continued exploration 1995 Western Areas Gold Mining and South Deep Exploration Company merged. Shaft sinking commenced 1999
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A brief overview of the history and development of Witwatersrand, the famous gold mine of South Africa. With photos, facts, and figures about its impact on the growth of the region, the history of precious metals in the area, and the people that have mined the gold from the ground, even up to …
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STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all the bodies after hundreds of miners were trapped for months in one of the country's deepest mines while working illegally.. At least 78 miners were confirmed dead, …
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Gold mining is more than a mere industry in South Africa; it is a tapestry woven with threads of history, culture, and economic undertones. Dating back over a century, this sector has not only altered the landscape but has had profound implications on …
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The Discovery of Gold: The Witwatersrand Gold Rush Gold has played a defining role in South Africa's history, shaping its economy and global influence. The discovery of gold in 1886 on the Witwatersrand, a ridge in …
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In addition, South Africa's gold mines – the deepest in the world – aren't hospitable sites for either licensing or decentralising strategies. ... The past of the gold mines is a history ...
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As the scale of the gold deposits became apparent, Johannesburg became the 19th century's last great boomtown. Fortune hunters from as far afield as Australia and California joined skilled Cornish and Welsh miners, who …
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Google Scholar Cf. Richardson, P., and VanHelten, J. J., 'Labour in the South African gold mining industry, 1886–1914', in Marks, S. and Rathbone, R. (eds.), Industrialisation and Social Change in South Africa: African Class Formation, Culture and Consciousness, 1870–1930, (Burnt Mill, Essex, 1982), 82 –3;Google Scholar Davies, R ...
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Durban Roodeport Deep Gold Mine, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa : A gold mine in the Witwatersrand reef. Produced 2,394 kilotons of ore and 7,612 kg gold (1984). Was owned by Barlow Rand now DRDGOLD operates this mine. Located on Vlakfontein 238 IQ farm.
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Chamber of Mines (now Minerals Council South Africa) founded 1890 South Africa began to slow down in the 1880s, as the new deposits being found tended to be pyritic ore and gold could not be extracted from this compound with any …
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Anglo-Boer/South African War, brought about to some extent by the struggle for control of the goldfields, caused extreme disruptions in the mining industry, and at some stage, mines were closed 1901 The Witwatersrand Native Labour …
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Moodie, T.D.: "Comprehending Class Compromise in the History of Class Struggle on the South African Gold Mines: Variations and Vicissitudes of Class Power," South African Review of Sociology, (41), (3), pp. 99-106.
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Were you told that gold mining in southern Africa started after 1852? Or that the export of iron, steel, ... Our research is attempting to rethink South African history. As many years of work in ...
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This lesson focuses on the changing balance of power in South Africa brought about by gold mining, and the foundations of racial segregation by exploring Britain, diamond mining and increasing labour control and land expansionism as well as Deep-level gold mining on the Witwatersrand 1886 onwards. ... Mining in SA, (2013), "History of Mining ...
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History. The colourful and vibrant cultural background of Barberton gives the place a unique character that reminds one of the irrepressible pioneering spirit of man.From archaeological sites dating back to as much as 400 BC and evidence of even earlier San/Bushman habitants, to traditional Swazi cultures and the later discovery of gold and the coming of the Europeans, …
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The discovery in i886 of the Witwatersrand gold fields in the South African Republic was arguably the most important of all of these famous nineteenth-century discoveries. The gold mines of …
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For example, South Africa's gold and diamond sectors contributed heavily to its GDP, fostering economic expansion. Similarly, Zambia's Copperbelt became a linchpin of its economy, underpinning development during the 20th century. ... The legacy of mining towns in African history is a tapestry of progress and challenges.
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The Development of the South African Gold-Mining Industry, I895-1918 By PETER RICHARDSON and JEAN-JACQUES VAN HELTEN T he second half of the nineteenth century was the great era of gold ... eds. The Oxford History of South Africa, II, South Africa, i870-I966 (I975), pp. I0-22. 13 For a recent review of the very extensive literature on this area ...
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A change so unexpected and a development never known before were due to the discovery in 1886 of the greatest gold mines of all history, ancient and modern. From 1886 {until 1940] the story of South Africa is the story of …
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South Africa's Labor Empire: A History of Black Migrancy to the Gold Mines African modernization and development series: Authors: Jonathan Crush, Alan Jeeves, David Yudelman: Publisher: Westview Press, 1991: ISBN: 0864862008, 9780864862006: Length: 266 pages : Export Citation:
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From 1887 until 2018 1.7 billion ounces of gold were extracted from the South African mines, mostly in the Witwatersrand. ... Aside from reviewing and highlighting South Africa's gold mining ...
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Johannesburg - Gold Rush, Apartheid, Mining: Johannesburg's early history is the story of gold. In 1853 Pieter Jacob Marais, a South African prospector, recovered alluvial gold from the Jukskei River, north of what would become Johannesburg. The years that followed brought several modest strikes, but the Witwatersrand Main Reef eluded searchers until 1886, …
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South Africa - Diamonds, Gold, Imperialism: South Africa experienced a transformation between 1870, when the diamond rush to Kimberley began, and 1902, when the South African War ended. Midway between these dates, in 1886, the world's largest goldfields were discovered on the Witwatersrand. As the predominantly agrarian societies of European …
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The Political Ecology of Extraction (ENST 256), Fall 2023
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Crown Deep Gold Mine, Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa : A gold mine in the Witwatersrand Reef which produced over 1,000,000 oz. Au per year (1935 timeframe). DRD Gold operates this mine.
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The strike of about eighty thousand African gold miners in August 1946 has a special and romantic place in the annals of South African history. As an event it is celebrated in the popular history, as a critical marker in the history of the miners' struggles against a labor repressive gold mining industry.' The
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Gold in South Africa had been very much the country's life blood. Footnote 14 Given South Africa's abundant gold resources and low labour costs of imported workers Footnote 15 from all over Southern Africa, it could profitably mine to depths of 3 km and more and yet mines still remained profitable. It was the well-known combination of cheap imported labour, Footnote …
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