Gold Mine
| Location: | Welkom, Lejeweleputswa District. 160 kilometres northeast of Bloemfontein. |
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Gold Mine
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| Light: | electric. |
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| Address: | Joel Gold Mine, PO Box 128, Virginia, 9430, South Africa, Tel: +27-57-733-7911, Fax: +27-57-733-0040. |
| Last update: | $Date: 2008/10/09 18:40:47 $ |
| 1947 | Welkom founded following a major gold discovery. |
St. Helena Gold Mine at Welkom is a working gold mine at Welkom, the states capital. It is possible to visit the mine and its wine cellar at 857m below surface, which is the worlds deepest wine cellar.
Welkom was planned completely, before the first brick was laid. The architect was Sir Ernest Oppenheimer who then was Anglo American Chairman. The result is called Garden City, where mining and industrial areas blend harmoniously with the rest of the city. In the Welkom Library is the Gold Museum, which is a good completion of a mine visit.
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