What happened in the 1880s?
⛏️ Gold Discovery in Witwatersrand (1886): Triggering the gold rush and shaping South Africa's economy.
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Witwatersrand Gold Rush - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
Witwatersrand Gold Rush | The Famous South African Gold Mine (thenaturalsapphirecompany.com)
Discovery of the Gold in 1884 | South African History Online (org.za)
The Origin of Gold in South Africa | American Scientist (americanscientist.org)
History of Johannesburg - Gold Rush, Apartheid, Mining - Britannica (britannica.com)
Mining seismicity in the Witwatersrand Basin - ScienceDirect.com (sciencedirect.com)
3 Chapter 1 Seeking a Global History of Gold (ac.uk)
Mineral Revolution - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
The Gold Revolution and the End of the South African Republic (unive.it)
Witwatersrand gold: Discovery matters | Request PDF - ResearchGate (researchgate.net)