| RCS/Y305C contains: |
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| 79 |
Lovers Walk, Pretoria |
| 80 |
Entrance to Pretoria, Middleburg Road |
| 81 |
Bronker's Spruit, Pretoria and Middleburg Road |
| 82 |
Johannesburg, Witwatersrand, Transvaal |
| 83 |
Morning market, Johannesburg |
| 84 |
Witwatersrand Gold Mining Company |
| 85 |
Witwatersrand main reef workings, showing banket formation |
| 86 |
Ferreira Gold Mining Company |
| 87 |
Grahamstown Gold Mining Company |
| 88 |
Heidelberg, Transvaal |
| 89 |
Little Hell, Elandsberg, road to Barberton |
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South Africa Illustrated by a series of one hundred and four permanent photographs, Port Elizabeth : R Harris, 1888
| Title |
Witwatersrand Gold Mining Company |
| Reference |
Y305C/84 |
| Creator |
Harris, Robert, fl 1880-1899, photographer |
| Covering Dates |
1888 |
| Extent and Medium |
Good condition. |
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| Content and context |
193 x 124 mm. Showing the stamp battery buildings in the course of erection. William Knight came to the Witwatersrand in July 1886 and formed Knight's Witwatersrand Gold Mining Company which was registered on 8th January 1887. This was the first Rand Gold Mining Company to be registered in the Transvaal. |
| Further information |
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A sketch of this building by Ida Mae Stone can be found in:
Leyds, G. A (1964), 'A history of Johannesburg', p. 55, Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel. The sketch is captioned: 'The first 100 stamp battery on the Rand being completed.'
Indexed
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| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| South Africa |
| Witwatersrand |
| Harris, Robert (fl 1880-1899) photographer |
| No further on-line information. |
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