South Africa’s first gold mine
Jan 29, 2021
2 minutes
writes Mike Burgess.
FROM THE BOOK
DIE HISTORIESE
MONUMENTE VAN SUID-AFRIKA.
The farm Eersteling in Limpopo is home to a short but fascinating chapter of our country’s history. It was here that South Africa’s first commercial gold mine was established – more than a decade before the discovery of gold along the Witwatersrand in 1886!
A PROMISE OF RICHES
The story begins with
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