Mining industry of South Africa
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mining-industry-of-south-africa-203-9447875
title:
Mining industry of South Africa
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Mining in South Africa was once 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 Orange River in 1867 by Erasmus Jacobs and the subsequent discovery of the Kimberley pipes a few years later. Gold rushes to Pilgrim's Rest and Barberton were precursors to the biggest discovery of all, the Main Reef/Main Reef Leader on Gerhardus Oosthuizen's farm Lang
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_industry_of_South_Africa
date created:
2007-11-28T19:49:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T18:35:22Z
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