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In South Africa, Harmony Gold secured a license to sell a replica of the One Ring, made from gold taken from the Bloemfontein mine, the area where The Lord of the Rings author J. R. R. Tolkien was born. Their version of the ring, also inscribed with elvish script, sold in a variety of sizes in various jewellery stores throughout South Africa ...
The Harmony Society was founded in what is now Germany in 1785 by Johann Georg Rapp. Meeting with opposition from the dominant Lutheran Church, Rapp and his followers emigrated to North America, and purchased the land in Butler County where the community of 200 families founded Harmony in 1805.
At least 31 people are suspected to have died in a methane gas explosion at a disused gold mine in South Africa around the third week of May in 2023. [3] [2] [4] [5] [6] The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) reported late on 22 June 2023 that the miners had died in a mining shaft at the abandoned Virginia mine in Welkom, Free State.
The first mine at Herminie, known as the "Ocean No. 1 Mine," was opened in 1893 by Berwind-White Coal Company, of which Ocean Coal Company was a subsidiary. Fifty double houses were built for miners, plus five single-family houses for managers on Church Street. By 1900, the mine employed 271 people. [1] Herminie was the scene of two major strikes.
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-6148, "Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church, Quemahoning Street, Boswell, Somerset County, PA", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page HABS No. PA-6149, " Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church School, Stonycreek Street & Hower Avenue, Boswell, Somerset County, PA ", 1 photo, 1 photo ...
Berwind-White Mine 40 Historic District is a national historic district located at Richland Township and Scalp Level in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.The district includes 121 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 4 contributing structures.
Traveling east to west down Main Street the houses become larger toward the end of town. Like most industrial companies of the 19th century, Sharpe, Weiss and Company planned the village with the occupation and rent paying abilities of their workers in mind. In Eckley, the mine owners lived at the western end of town.
Harmony Township is located in southeastern Beaver County at (40.607217, -80.220321 [ 3 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , Harmony Township has a total area of 3.1 square miles (7.9 km 2 ), of which 2.9 square miles (7.5 km 2 ) is land and 0.15 square miles (0.4 km 2 ), or 5.21%, is water.