(PDF) Making Sense of Mining History: Themes and Agendas

6 R. J. Mason, 'Pre-Historic Mining in South Africa and Iron-Age Copper Mines in the Dwarsberg, Transvaal', Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallur gy 82 …

History of Gold Mining in South Africa

New gold mines continue to open in South Africa, adding to the notion that gold mining in South Africa continues to be a feasible and productive industry. Gold is the leading …

2. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MINING AND MINERALS …

By 1914 South Africa produced 38 per cent of the world's gold. South Africa's share of global production peaked in 1970 (almost 70 per cent), and steadily declined thereafter. In terms of …

Grade 8

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 …

Minerals and Migrants: How the Mining Industry has Shaped …

A History of South Africa, Social and Economic, 19411 HOW MINING LAID THE FOUNDATIONS OF GROWTH AND APARTHEID ... (Cape Town: A. A. Balkema, 1964); and Nicoli Nattrass, …

Digging Deep: A history of mining in South Africa

Jade Davenport has written a book called Digging Deep – which is about the history of South Africa's great mining industry, published by Jonathan Ball. The origins of some of …

History of mining in South Africa

A history of mining in South Africa

However, according to South African History Online, these were minor reefs and credit for the discovery of the main reef on Langlaagte Farm went to Australian George Harrison in July …

The History of Mining in South Africa

It is one of the largest gold mines in South Africa and is known for its commitment to sustainable mining practices. The Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mine. Located in the Gauteng …

The Witwatersrand Gold Rush: South Africa's Mining History

Imagine a huge area in South Africa, 56 kilometres long. It goes up to 1,800 metres high 1.This area was key to a big gold find in history. The Witwatersrand plateau, 7 to 10 …

Introduction: Colonial South Africa, Mineral Revolutions and Finance

The 1886 discovery of significant gold reef deposits on the range of hills known as the Witwatersrand, Footnote 11 would change the course of southern African history. As …

A Book About the Links Between Gold and Apartheid …

From the vantage point of the closure of South Africa's gold mines, she reconsiders their history, beginning in the present and descending into the past. Anchored in descriptions of mining in the ruins, this book explores the …

The Development of the South African Gold-Mining Industry, …

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 …

Gold Mining in South Africa

Gold Mining in South Africa 0. GLENN SAXON JR. GOLD HAS BEEN a near-magic word throughout re-corded history-and it is no less so in the Union of South Africa today. Despite …

Digging Deep : A History of Mining in South Africa, 1852-2002

Before the advent of its great mineral revolution in the latter half of the 19th century, South Africa was a sleepy colonial backwater whose unpromising landscape was seemingly devoid of any …

South-African-Mines

Mining in South Africa has been the main driving force behind the history and development of Africa's most advanced and richest economy. Large scale and profitable mining started with the discovery of a diamond on the banks of the …

Topic 6 Contextual Overview

A. The Mineral Revolution ↵ In this section we will briefly discuss the discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand and the Gold Rush. We will also discuss how the mining industry …

South Africa's gold production and reserves

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 …

Brief history of gold mining in South Africa

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 of the then available technologies. John Stewart MacArthur and the …

Minerals and Mining in South Africa

The mineral wealth of South Africa has been exploited by Homo sapiens for at least 40,000 years and has provided many and varied commodities including gold, platinum and …

The History of Gold in South Africa: From the Gold Rush to …

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-Depth Analysis of South African Gold Mining Industry

Future Prospects for Gold Mining in South Africa. The future of gold mining in South Africa holds a potent blend of opportunities and challenges. As one of the leading players in the global gold industry, South Africa's mining landscape is …

History of mining in Africa

Overview of mining in Africa. 3 1471, they met Africans already trading in gold. 1 ' During the pre-colonial era, Africans used various mining techniques including alluvial mining, panning, …

Discovery of the Gold in 1884 | South African History Online

The first recorded discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand was made by Jan Gerrit Bantjes in June 1884, on the farm Vogelstruisfontein, and was followed soon thereafter, in …

South African Diamond History | CT Diamond Museum

Learn about the South African Diamond History. The 1867 discovery of diamonds in the Cape Colony, South Africa, radically modified not only the world's supply of diamonds but also the …

Johannesburg

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 …

South Africa Gold Mines Map | World Gold Mines

Gold mining in South Africa has shaped the nation's history and economy profoundly, from the early gold rushes to modern-day challenges and innovations in mining technology and …

The History of Gold in South Africa: From the Gold …

Gold has been a defining force in South Africa's history, from the Witwatersrand Gold Rush to its modern role as a key investment asset. While the mining landscape has evolved, gold remains a cornerstone of the economy, …

Grade 8

Making the refining process more thorough and economically viable, gold mining in South Africa projects, such as the ERGO Mines Joint Venture in Brakpan, will facilitate the re-processing of 1.7 billion tonnes of gold …

Mining: a brief history | Statistics South Africa

Contributing to the upward surge in 1980 was a relatively high gold price. In other words, for every R100 that the South African economy produced that year, R21 was due to …