The first gold rush in South Africa took place in 1873 when payable gold was discovered on the farm Geelhoutboom near the town of Sabie on the Mpumalanga escarpment. President …
Pressure and temperature estimates indicate that the ore fluids of the Sable-Pilgrim's Rest gold field, which occurs within the Early Proterozoic Transvaal Supergroup, were similar to those of …
The St Mary's Anglican Church in Pilgrim's Rest is the second oldest church building in the town. It was built in 1884 by a lay preacher on the gold fields, Frank Dowling, and some helpers. In 1886 the Reverend Roberts succeeded him.
After the area was officially declared "Gold Field" on September 22, 1873, more than 1,500 gold diggers were at work shortly thereafter. ... Pilgrim's Rest is 35 km north of Sabie on the R533. Add to my travel plans. A personal tailor-made vacation?
The Transvaal Gold System sits geological on the eastern side of Bushveld Complex the largest igneous intrusion on earth, where 40-50% of world's gold production came out of the globally-known Witwatersrand Goldfield. The permitted gold plant is near the towns of Pilgrim's Rest and Sabie in Mpumalanga Province, 370km northeast of Johannesburg.
The Sabie - Pilgrims Rest gold field is located 300 km ENE of Johannesburg in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. A series of hard rock mines were distributed over a NNE elongated area of ~140 x 30 km along the Great Escarpment of Southern Africa (#Location: Beta - …
A nice, short walk is between Uptown and Downtown Pilgrim's. You can also extend your walk to the Caravan Park, or even further to the Golf Course. Over-night Hikes: The 63km, 4-night Prospector's Hiking Trail passes through the village of Pilgrim's Rest.
The area that was investigated, covers the metallogenetic province of the Sabie-Pilgrim's Rest Gold-field in the Eastern Transvaal. The geological formations include the Basement Granite, Godwan Formation, Wolkberg Formation, and the Transvaal System. Diabasic and pyroxenitic sills, pre-mineralisation in age, and probably genetically related to the Bushveld Complex, are …
Mining at Transvaal Gold Mining Estates, Limited 1872-1967 — A. R. C. Fowler. 293. Among the earliest concessions granted were the farms Ponieskrans (on which the village of Pilgrim's Rest was established), Ledovine, Hermansburg, Belvedere and Waterhoutboom, while in Sabie the first concession included the farms Elands-
The Sabie–Pilgrim's Rest goldfield, where the current study is located, has produced over 185 metric tonnes (t) of gold, with grades ranging from 6 to 40 g/t and perhaps a comparable …
A nice, short walk is between Uptown and Downtown Pilgrim's. You can also extend your walk to the Caravan Park, or even further to the Golf Course. Over-night Hikes: The 63km, 4-night Prospector's Hiking Trail passes through the village of Pilgrim's Rest.
Sabie ; Sabie, Kruger Park Area ; Ohrigstad ; Blyde River Canyon Area ... On 22nd September 1873 Pilgrim's Rest was officially proclaimed as a gold field and grew from a number of of tents and primitive shacks into a flourishing little …
The history of the Pilgrim's Rest gold fields dates back to ancient times when unknown miners worked the quartz reefs for gold. Evidence of their diggins can still be found throughout northern and eastern South Africa and Zimbabwe. ... SABIE NEWS MUSEUM. The first locally printed newspaper circulated on the Pilgrim's Rest gold ...
Characteristic features of the Sabie-Pilgrim's Rest gold field that correspond to those within the above spectrum of mesothermal gold deposits include: (1) comparable light stable isotope (tD, 61SO, 534S) ranges, together with a lack of isotopic evidence for meteoric water involvement; (2) high Au/Ag ratios; (3) presence of ore shoot structures ...
Mesothermal-type mineralization in the Sabie-Pilgrim's Rest gold field, South Africa. Economic Geology, vol. 90. pp. 860-876. [ Links ] Boyle, R. and Jonasson, I. 1984. The geochemistry of antimony and its use as an indicator element in geochemical prospecting. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, vol. 20. pp. 223-302
The Sabie–Pilgrim's Rest goldfield, where the current study is located, has produced over 185 metric tonnes (t) of gold, with grades ranging from 6 to 40 g/t and perhaps a comparable amount of ...
Describes a different class of mesothermal gold deposit at Sabie-Pilgrim's Rest which is probably associated with the Bushveld igneous event in South Africa.
The Sabie–Pilgrim's Rest goldfield, where the current study is located, has produced over 185 metric tonnes (t) of gold, with grades ranging from 6 to 40 g/t and perhaps a comparable amount of ...
The moniker stuck, and the Pilgrims Rest Gold Field was established. Within a few short months, diggers were arriving from all over the world. Soon 1500 people were working 4000 claims. The Pilgrims Rest Gold Rush was in full swing. ... Pilgrims & Sabie News is dedicated to the early newspapers printed in the village. And Dredzen is a depiction ...
Relations between fluid inclusion trails and regional stress field: a tool for fluid chronology—an example of an intragranitic uranium ore deposit (northwest Massif Central, France) ... The mineralisation and structure of the Elandshoogte gold mine, Sabie-Pilgrim's Rest Goldfield, eastern Transvaal, South Africa; M. Harley et al. Compressive ...
This study entails geochemical and mineralogical characterization of gold tailings of Nestor Mine and Glynn's Lydenberg Mine of the Sabie-Pilgrim's Rest goldfields. A total of 35 samples were collected and were analysed for chemical composition (XRF and ICP-MS), mineralogical composition (XRD). In addition, acid-base accounting (ABA) techniques had been conducted …
Pressure and temperature estimates indicate that the ore fluids of the Sabie-Pilgrim's Rest gold field, which occurs within the Early Proterozoic Transvaal Supergroup, were similar to those of mesothermal gold deposits.
Lappeenranta, Finland Mine Water and Circular Economy IMWA 2017 Geochemical and Mineralogical Characterization of Gold mine tailings for the potential of acid mine drainage in the Sabie-Pilgrim's Rest Goldfields, South Africa Lusunzi Rudzani1,3, Jabulani Ray Gumbo2, Bisrat Yibas1,4, Obed Novhe1 1 Council of Geosciences, Environmental ...
The Sabie-Pilgrim's Rest gold field is found near the east- ern margin of the Bushyeld Complex (Fig. 1). It is thought that the complex covered the gold field during the time of
By the 3rd January 1874, Pilgrims Rest was such a hub of activity with Mac Mac falling into comparative insignificance, that Major MacDonald, the Gold Commissioner, moved his office to Pilgrims Rest in order to better control this gold field with it's lively and rowdy element of diggers.
Epigenetic gold mineralisation in the Sabie-Pilgrims Rest Goldfield occurs as concordant and discordant (subvertical or cross) veins (or reefs) in a variety of host rocks within the Transvaal Basin. The Glynn's Lydenburg mineralisation is …
The area that was i n v e s t i g a t e d, covers the m e t a l l o g e n e t i c p rovince of the S a b i e P i l g r i m 's Rest G o l d f i e l d in the Eastern Transvaal. The geolog i c a l formations include the Basement Granite, Godwan Formation, UJolkberg Formation, and the T r a n svaal System. D i a basic and p y r o x e n i t i c sills, p r e m i n e r a l i s a t i o n in age, and ...
Payable gold was discovered on the farm Geelhoutboom near the town of Sabie (5km from Pilgrim's Rest – as the crow flies). ... off the biggest gold rush of the time and on the 22 nd of September 1873 Pilgrims Rest officially proclaimed a gold field. In January 1874 the Gold Commissioner, Major MacDonald moved his office from MacMac to ...
Geochemical and Mineralogical Characterization of Gold mine tailings for the potential of acid mine drainage in the Sabie-Pilgrim's Rest Goldfields, South Africa Conference Paper Full-text available