East Rand Proprietary Mines (ERPM) is a 125-year-old underground gold mining operation on the Witwatersrand Basin at Boksburg, to the east of Johannesburg...
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diamond mine Blyvooruitzicht Buffelsfontein mine Burnstone mine East Rand Mine Free State goldfields Kusasalethu mine Mponeng Gold Mine South Deep mine TauTona...
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This list of deepest mines includes operational and non-operational mines that are at least 2,212 m (7,257 ft), which is the depth of Veryovkina Cave,...
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the mine reached 3.9 km (2.4 mi) underground. This made it the deepest mine in the world (at that time), surpassing the 3.5 km (2.2 mi) deep East Rand Mine...
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mines in the world. The East Rand Mine, in Boksburg, extends to a depth of 3,585 metres (11,762 ft). A 4-metre (13 ft) shallower mine is located at TauTona...
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The Rand Rebellion (Afrikaans: Rand-rebellie; also known as the 1922 strike) was an armed uprising of white miners in the Witwatersrand region of South...
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Virginia mine 13 coal miners trapped in West Virginia mine 12 coal miners are found dead, 1 in critical condition, in West Virginia mine The Sago Mine disaster...
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Carletonville (category West Rand)
Gauteng and the seat of the Merafong City Local Municipality in the West Rand District Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, just north of the richest...
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Objectivism (redirect from Objectivism (Ayn Rand))
system named and developed by Russian-American writer and philosopher Ayn Rand. She described it as "the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own...
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Witwatersrand (UK: /wɪtˈwɔːtərzrænd, -rɑːnd/, US also /ˈwɪtwɔːtərz-/; Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˌvətˌvɑːtəɾsˈɾant]; locally the Rand or, less commonly, the Reef)...
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Boksburg (category East Rand)
Boksburg is a city on the East Rand of Gauteng province of South Africa. Gold was discovered in Boksburg in 1887. Boksburg was named after the State Secretary...
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formation of the public Rand Water Board to supply water to the towns and mines of the Witwatersrand from Springs in the east and Randfontein in the west...
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Venterspost Gold Mine in 1939. In 1952, the West Driefontein mine is opened. In 1968, Kloof mine commences operations. In 1972, East Driefontein opens...
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Nigel, Gauteng (category East Rand)
Province, South Africa, south-east of Johannesburg. The town is at the south-eastern edge of the area known as the East Rand. A farmer, shopkeeper and prospector...
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majority of the Chinese community in South Africa had contracts with the East Rand Mine. In 1976, the Republic of China and South Africa opened embassies. Since...
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countries such as Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique etc. met to work in the mines of the gold fields. A settlement was laid out on a farm named "Welkom" (which...
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Brakpan is a mining town on the East Rand of Gauteng, South Africa, approximately 38 kilometres (23.6 mi) east of Johannesburg. The name Brakpan comes...
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National Miners' Union (redirect from Mine, Oil and Smelter Workers Industrial Union)
DeLeon and Nathan Fine (eds.), The American Labor Year Book, 1929. New York: Rand School of Social Science, 1929; p. 133. DeLeon and Fine (eds.), American...
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1894. In 1919, the Rand Silver Mine was discovered east of town on Red Mountain. The Rand Mine produced more silver than any mine in California. Johannesburg...
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Edenvale is a small city on the East Rand in Gauteng, South Africa. The greater Edenvale area has an estimated population of 70,000, including Harmelia...
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Luke Rand, leader of the Vigilantes, and makes love to him in an effort to win Basset, who scorns her. Rand tries to confiscate the Flor de Noche mine to...
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Roodepoort (category West Rand)
traditionally been regarded as being part of the West Rand, it was not made part of the West Rand District Municipality, instead being integrated into...
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consisting of the Witwatersrand, which in turn consists of the West Rand and the East Rand, as well as Johannesburg; the Vaal Triangle and Pretoria. The North...
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Randfontein (category Populated places in the Rand West City Local Municipality)
Randfontein is a gold mining town in the West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa, 40 km (25 mi) west of Johannesburg. With the Witwatersrand gold rush in full...
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Springs, South Africa (category East Rand)
of Ekurhuleni, based in the east of Johannesburg (East Rand), in Gauteng Province, South Africa. It lies 50 km (31 mi) east of Johannesburg and 72 km (45 mi)...
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Krugersdorp (category West Rand)
museum's content will be the Boer War legacy. In 1952, the West Rand Consolidated Mine was the first in the world to extract uranium as a byproduct of...
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Germiston (category East Rand)
Germiston, also known as kwaDukathole, is a city in the East Rand region of Gauteng, South Africa, administratively forming part of the City of Ekurhuleni...
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coming." From an early age, Milne was cared for by his nanny Olive "Nou" Rand Brockwell, until May 1930, when he entered boarding school. Milne called...
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Mohawk Mining Company (redirect from Mohawk mine)
shareholder dividends. The Mine is best known for the large amounts of mohawkite that were found on the property. The Mohawk mine operated until 1932; in...
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Rand Airport (IATA: QRA, ICAO: FAGM) is an airport in Germiston, South Africa. It was constructed in the 1920s as the main airport for Johannesburg, but...
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