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Pilgrim's Rest

Boom town, South Africa.

About Pilgrim's Rest

Town in Mpumalanga, South Africa, where a gold rush occured in 1873.1

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Mines

Worked atPilgrim's Rest goldfieldPilgrim's Rest lies close to Pilgrim's Rest goldfield.1

Events

Led toAlluvial gold found at Pilgrim's RestPilgrim's Rest is part of this story: Alluvial gold found at Pilgrim's Rest.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q2992348 (Pilgrim's Rest)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Super Pit, Kalgoorlie by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0; Underground mining equipment by Kaupo Kikkas, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pictures: Pangkalpinang. Mijn 3b. Een reeks koelies bezig met het transporteeren van grond, Europeana (Public Domain Mark 1.0); Kimberley, South Africa: miners and washing gear at the Bultfontein diamond mine. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris., Harris, Robert, active 1881-1888. (Public Domain Mark 1.0).