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  2. Mponeng Gold Mine - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. List of deepest mines - Wikipedia

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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, the deepest known natural cave in the world. The depth measurements in this list represent the difference in elevation from the entrance of the mine to the deepest excavated point.

  4. List of mines in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    This list of mines in South Africa is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.

  5. Miners are leaving gold mine in South Africa having been ...

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    Hundreds of miners who spent three days underground as part of a union dispute were leaving a gold mine in South Africa on Wednesday, the union at the center of the standoff said. More than 550 ...

  6. Witwatersrand - Wikipedia

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    Some of these gold bearing fan deltas are now at depths of 4 km (2.5 mi) below the surface. [3] [2] Although many of the older mines, around Johannesburg, are now nearly exhausted, the Witwatersrand Basin still produces most of South Africa's gold and much of the total world output.

  7. Extreme Engineering - Wikipedia

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    Engineering the Impossible was a 2-hour special, created and written by Alan Lindgren and produced by Powderhouse Productions for the Discovery Channel. It focused on three incredible, yet physically possible, engineering projects: the nine-mile-long (14 km) Gibraltar Bridge, the 170-story Millennium Tower and the over 4,000-foot-long (1,200 m) Freedom Ship.

  8. Blyvooruitzicht - Wikipedia

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    Blyvooruitzicht (locally / ˈ b l eɪ f ʊər eɪ t s ə x t / BLAY-foor-ayt-səkht; [2] Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈbləifuəˌrœytsəχt]) is a gold mine and gold-mining village in Gauteng, South Africa. It is situated about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of the centre of Carletonville and 80 kilometres (50 mi) westwards from Johannesburg.

  9. Mining industry of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    South Africa mined gold production, 1940–2011. South Africa accounted for 15% of the world's gold production in 2002 [23] and 12% in 2005, though the nation had produced as much as 30% of the yearly world output as recently as 1993. Despite declining production, South Africa's gold exports were valued at US$3.8 billion in 2005. [24]