A change so unexpected and a development never known before were due to the discovery in 1886 of the greatest gold mines of all history, ancient and modern. From 1886 {until 1940] the story of South Africa is the story of gold.
A gold rush is a new discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by other precious metals and rare earth minerals—that brings an onrush of miners seeking their fortune. . Major gold rushes took place in the 19th century in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Canada, South Africa and the United States, while smaller gold rushes took place else
The decreasing importance of gold mining in South Africa. Monthly gold production reached a new monthly low in January, according to data released by Stats SA a number of temporary factors might have contributed to the unusually low level, general historical trends show that gold has lost the prominent place it once had in the South ...