Question

Three híѕtσrícαl fαctѕ σn gσld míníng í barberton

Answer 1

1. Almost 500,000 people work in South Africa gold mines and gold mining represents almost 20 percent of South Africa’s yearly gross domestic.

2. South Africa gold exports claimed to be over $3.8 billion in 2005, but this has declined a bit in the last few years.

3. Gold mining in South Africa includes the two deepest gold mining concerns in the world. The East Rand Mine in the province of Boksburg as well as TuaTona located in Carletonville is over 3600 meters in depth. Rocks this deep are extremely hot and cooling technologies have been specifically developed to protect miners.