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Witwatersrand (South Africa)

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  • Knight's Battery, South Africa: premises of the Witwatersrand Gold Mining Company. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.
  • A map of Witwatersrand goldfield, South Africa, showing properties of the Rand Mines Limited. Chromolithograph after Edward H. V. Melvill.
  • Witwatersrand, South Africa: part of the city of Johannesburg. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.
  • Transvaal, South Africa: main reef workings of the Witwatersrand mine. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.
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Catalogue

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    Campaign against mining accidents, 1913-1953.

    Transvaal Chamber of Mines. Prevention of Accidents Committee | Date: [1953]
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    Knight's Battery, South Africa: premises of the Witwatersrand Gold Mining Company. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.

    Harris, Robert, active 1881-1888. | Date: 1888 | Reference: 533310i
    Part of: South Africa illustrated by a series of one hundred and four permanent photographs.
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    The white death : silicosis on the Witwatersrand gold mines 1886-1910 / Elaine Katz.

    Katz, Elaine N. | Date: 1994
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    Report upon the outbreak of plague on the Witwatersrand : March 18th to July 31st, 1904 / Rand Plague Committee.

    South Africa. Rand Plague Committee. | Date: 1905
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    A map of Witwatersrand goldfield, South Africa, showing properties of the Rand Mines Limited. Chromolithograph after Edward H. V. Melvill.

    Melvill, Edward H.V (Edward Harker Vintcent), 1859-1914. | Date: [1895] | Reference: 29630i
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