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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 ...
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California's Park fire, which is so far the fifth-largest in their state history, has burned across almost 400,000 acres as of August 2, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
South Africa has the world's deepest hard rock gold mine up to 3,900 metres (12,800 ft) underground. At such depths, the heat is unbearable for humans, and air conditioning is required for the safety of the workers. The first such mine to receive air conditioning was Robinson Deep, at that time the deepest mine in the world for any mineral. [40]
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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.