Prospectors established in 1886 the existence of a belt of gold-bearing reefs 40 miles (60 km) wide centered on present-day Johannesburg. The rapid growth of the gold-mining industry intensified processes started by the …

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 developed and how the …

changed South Africa from an agricultural society to become the largest gold producer in the world. The gold discovered ran for miles and miles underground, 'an endless treasure of gold'. …

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 …

Discovery and mining of deep level gold on Witwatersrand. How is Gold mined in South Africa? Gold mining in South Africa typically involves methods such as panning, sluicing, dredging, hard rock mining, and by …

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 September, by the Struben brothers who uncovered the Confidence Reef on the farm Wilgespruit, near present …

The start of gold mining in South Africa dates well before the well-known extraction of the layered Witwatersrand gold reef around Johannesburg from 1886. Exploitation of the greenstone belt around Barberton, which is still …

The 1886 discovery of gold ushered in an influx of largely British labour and capital which established an industrial economy centred on Johannesburg where the uitlander (foreigner) …

Gold, more so than diamonds; revolutionized South Africa from an agricultural society to become the largest gold-producer in the world. Later, more gold mines were discovered further south and east of South Africa, extending …