Free State Gold Rush

Oryx gold mine, near Welkom, South Africa

The Free State Gold Rush was a gold rush in Free State, South Africa. It began after the end of World War II, even though gold had been discovered in the area around the year 1934.[1][2] It drove major development in the region until the mid–to–late 1980s as part of the mineral revolution in South Africa.[3]

  1. ^ Scott, Peter (1954). "The Orange Free State Goldfield". Geography. 39 (1): 13–20. ISSN 0016-7487. JSTOR 40564670. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
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