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Mining History
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A Depressing Visit to George Harrison Park
A paper on the origins of the original Witwatersrand Gold Fields with special reference to the Witwatersrand Ridge
A short sharp history of the Marikana Railway Station, est. 1910
Alluvial Diamond Digging at Holpan
An early South African Philaphotographologist - Frederick William Willis
Cape Peninsular - Manganese Hikes and Mines
Coal mining and the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902
Cullinan Mine - Open Pit and Haulage
Deep-level mining photography: The Elusive Neilson Brothers demystified - with additional information on James Wilbur Read
Destroyed ERPM Mining Village - Some practical thoughts
Diamond Smugglers' Aircraft on a Deserted Beach - Unravelling the story around discarded crime scene photographs
Early Settlers and Prospectors in Sandton
End of an era for historic mining firm
Finding the missing link in the Gold Fields Collection
Frans Beleni – underground man
George Harrison Park - A Battle Lost?
Hard Rock Mining in South Africa - The Cornish Connection
Hidden Treasures of the Riemland
Kenneth Birch and his appreciation of the Witwatersrand Mining landscape
Knysna Gold - How it all started
Mining Headgears - Pure Functionality Ruling over Beauty
More gold comes from the southern half of Western Australia than from South Africa
New Lease of Life for Giant Mining Stamp from 1886
Old stamp mills finally go home
One of the Cape’s most remarkable early mining ventures
Pilgrim's Rust - Tracing the Tramway
Prospecting for gold in the 21st century
Racing in the shadows of mine dumps: Black African cycle sport on South Africa's gold mines in the apartheid era
Sending Radio Signals through Rock
Stories from a Diamond Mine - The Early Days
Struben Monument Destroyed but not Forgotten
The 1960 Coalbrook Disaster
The Cemetery at Winkelhaak Mine
The Cullinan Diamond and other remarkable stones from the Premier / Cullinan Mine
The Death of James Christie Grant
The early history of Port Nolloth
The elusive Neilson brothers - Early 20th century deep-level mining photographers
The Epic March of 7 000 Zulu Workers
The first re-discovery of gold in the Transvaal
The Gold Rushes of the Victorian Era
The Hostels and Compounds of Cullinan
The Mining Link Connecting Simon van der Stel to Herbert Hoover
The Pyrites Panic - When one in three citizens left Johannesburg
The Richest Goldfield in the World turns 135
The search for gold in the Free State
Unanswered Questions 120 Years after the Great Braamfontein Dynamite Explosion
Visiting the Historic Primrose Cemetery (Germiston)
Vogelstruisbult Tragedy - An abandoned Springs Gold Mine
Where have all the mine dumps gone?
Why we should not waste effort maintaining this important heritage site
William English - From Trapper Boy to Toff