West Driefontein was a South African

gold mining Gold mining is the extraction of gold resources by mining. Historically, mining gold from alluvial deposits used manual separation processes, such as gold panning. However, with the expansion of gold mining to ores that are not on the surface ...

company belonging to the Goldfields Group (now Sibanye Gold). It lies approximately outside

Carletonville Carletonville is a town in Gauteng and the seat of the Merafong City Local Municipality in the West Rand District Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, just north of the richest gold-mining area in the world. At 3,749 m, Western Deep Levels hold ...

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Blyvooruitsig Blyvooruitzicht () is a gold mine and gold-mining village in Gauteng, South Africa. It is situated about 5 km south of the centre of Carletonville and 80 km westwards from Johannesburg. History of the village The name of the village is o ...

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East Driefontein East Driefontein is a small gold mining town approximately 20 km outside Carletonville next to West Driefontein West Driefontein was a South African gold mining Gold mining is the extraction of gold resources by mining. Historically, ...

. It used to be the richest gold mine in the world before it was flooded by water.

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Populated places in the Merafong City Local Municipality {{Gauteng-geo-stub