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| Image number: | 1304 |
| Feature : | gold mining |
| Grouping : | mining & energy |
| Discipline : | economy, welfare and health |
| Year : | 1999 |
| Locality : | South of Johannesburg |
| Country : | South-Africa |
| Region - tribe : | Northern Cape |
| Physiographic region : | Vaal & Orange River basin |
| Notice : | notice Gold mines around Johannesburg, the 'Witwatersrand'. The Western Deep Level Mine, with its shafts of depths to 3900 m, is one of the deepest in the world. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1999 Image 1304. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |