Vaal Reefs
Template:Infobox South African town Vaal Reefs is a town in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa.
The town is home to a large gold mining operation owned by AngloGold Ashanti, a company that was originally incorporated in 1944 under the name of Vaal Reefs Exploration and Mining Company Limited.[1]
A mining accident on 10 May 1995 resulted in the death of 104 miners when a locomotive fell into a lift shaft, landing on the cage and causing it to plunge 1,500 feet (460 m) bottom of the shaft.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Group information" (PDF). AngloGold Ashanti Limited. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "104 miners are crushed to death when an elevator carrying gold miners plunges to the bottom of a Vaal Reef mineshaft near Orkne". South African History Online. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "Locomotive crushes 105 gold miners". The Independent. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
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Municipalities and communities of Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West | ||
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District seat: Klerksdorp | ||
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| City of Matlosana | ||
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