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Brief history of gold mining in South Africa - Mining for schools
2/26/2020
Brief history of gold mining in South Africa - Mining for schools
BRIEF HISTORY OF GOLD MINING IN
SOUTH AFRICA
INCLUDING MAJOR EVENTS
1873
First large-scale production began when alluvial deposits were discovered at Pilgrim’s Rest
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1884
Gold was discovered in the Witwatersrand which led to an influx of miners from around the
world
BRIEF HISTORY OF GOLD MINING IN
SOUTH AFRICA
First large gold mining company established and the commencement of the development and
1886 the population of Johannesburg increased ten-fold in just four years. A new class, the
INCLUDING
MAJOR
EVENTS
1900
Randlords, emerged
1873
1887
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large-scale
production
when
deposits
weretodiscovered
at Pilgrim’s
Rest
Africa’s
largest stock
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the JSE,
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started
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sector
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1884
Gold was discovered in the Witwatersrand which led to an influx of miners from around the
world
1886 1900
First large gold mining company established and the commencement of the development and
the population of Johannesburg increased ten-fold in just four years. A new class, the
Randlords, emerged
1887
Africa’s largest stock market, the JSE, was started specifically to fund the mining sector
https://www.miningforschools.co.za/lets-explore/gold/brief-history-of-gold-mining-in-sa
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Duncan Miller, Nirdev Desai & Julia Lee-Thorp, South Africa Archeology Society Doodwin Series 8, 91-99, 2000 P.1-2.
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/2d89/36d46c4400f059260188d793ebfe000c1e20.pdf ;
Minerals Council South Africa. Retrieved Feb. 26, 2020.
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