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Name of mine Depth Location Primary resource Active / closed 1: Mponeng Gold Mine: 4.0 km (2.5 mi) South Africa: Gold [1] Active 2: TauTona Mine: 3.9 km (2.4 mi) South Africa: Gold [1] Active. Grouped under Mponeng [2] 3: Savuka Gold Mine: 3.7 km (2.3 mi) South Africa: Gold [1] Closed 2017 [3] 4: East Rand Mine: 3.585 km (2.228 mi) [4] South ...
Mponeng is an ultra-deep tabular gold mine in South Africa in the Witwatersrand Basin of the Gauteng Province. [1] Previously known as Western Deep Levels No1 Shaft, the mine began operations in 1986. [2] It is one of the most substantial gold mines in the world in terms of production and magnitude, reaching over 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) below the ...
The 2024 Oklahoma wildfire season was a series of notable wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of Oklahoma during 2024. List of wildfires
A fire warning was issued on Oct. 29 for northeastern Osage County, approximately 25 miles west of Bartlesville, as a wildfire consumed over 2,000 acres south of Pawhuska, destroying buildings and ...
Shoofly Fire: 104 acres. 63% contained. Ignited on July 8. Located nine miles north of Stevens Pass. No crew information available. Williams Mine Fire: 11,200 acres. 0% contained. Started noon Aug. 5.
Crews were battling a large fire at a manufacturing business in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Tuesday, local officials said.. Multiple photos of a large, black plume of smoke were circulating online ...
Chuquicamata, Chile, site of the largest circumference and second deepest open pit copper mine in the world. As of 2019, Mponeng is the world's deepest mine from ground level, reaching a depth of 4 km (2.5 mi) below ground level. The trip from the surface to the bottom of the mine takes over an hour.
The largest active Oklahoma fire is the Rush Fire which has burned more than 12,000 acres in the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, about 70 miles southwest of Oklahoma City.