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The history of the Pilgrims Rest gold fields dates back to ancient times when unknown miners worked the quartz reefs for gold. Evidence of their diggings can still be found throughout northern and eastern South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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History of The South African Gold Panning Association. The South African Gold Panning Association (SAGPA) was founded in July 1997. In August of the same year a delegation from the Association and the Pilgrim’s Rest Museum visited Finland to observe and compete in the Finnish Open Gold Panning Championships.
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Pilgrims Rest was southern Africas second town with street electricity, the first being Kimberley, also a mining town. Boer war [ edit ] Pilgrim’s Rest was the location of an emergency mint during the Second Boer War. This mint struck the famous and extremely rare Veld Pond.
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Stonewall plans for 2019 restart of production at Pilgrims Rest project Stonewall plans for 2019 restart of production at Pilgrims Rest project The deposits being targeted are historical mines,...
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It is for this reason that the publication of a new book, Pilgrim’s Rest Who’s Who, 1873-1881, which provides the biographical information of the more than …
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Blyde River Canyon Mpumalanga. Wildlife conservationist Ashwell Glasson says the mining development application could allow parties (including, according to rumours, the Gupta Family and Duduzane Zuma) to get involved in gold and silver opencast mining and river utilisation in the Pilgrims Rest, Blyde River Canyon and Sabie region.
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You could tour the museums of Pilgrim’s Rest all on your own, but touring with an experienced, qualified and registered tour guide gives you a much better, in depth perspective of the life and times of the diggers on the Gold Fields.
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Feb 02, 2013 · Pilgrims Rest. Gold rush. Mpumalanga, South Africa (2003). The alluvial gold was discovered by prospector Alec Patterson. He panned Pilgrims Creek, as it became known, when the nearby MacMac ...
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It has been estimated that during the first seven years of mining in the Pilgrims Rest area, R2-million worth of gold was mined. Not only Diggers but professional tradesmen, storekeepers, canteen owners, rogues, sinners and saints, members of the fairer sex, even parsons arrived to contribute to the life of the gold rush town of Pilgrims Rest.
Pilgrims Rest, Mpumalanga
During the Second Boer War (11 October 1899 - 31 May 1902) the town of Pilgrim’s Rest was the location of a mint that was erected under emergency circumstances and the gold mined was used to make what is now the famous and rare Veld Pond coins.
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Pilgrims rest is a welcome sight after a half hour of twisting turns up the mountain. Once a gold mining town, abandoned and now turned a tourist haunt, it is definitely worth a half day of your time. Be careful where you park; I earned a car wash and a guy looking to be paid!!
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Pilgrims Rest was declared a gold field in 1873, soon after digger Alec "Wheelbarrow" Patterson had found gold deposits in Pilgrims Creek. The Valley proved to be rich in gold and by the end of the year, there where about 1500 diggers working in the area. As a result, Pilgrims Rest became a social center of the diggings.
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The Information Centre in Uptown Pilgrims should be your first port of call. Here you can pick-up all the maps and brochures, as well as tickets to the various museums and tours. There is also a very interesting display on the geology, photographs, maps and other artifacts depicting the gold-mining history of Pilgrims Rest.
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Natives had been mining gold for centuries with varying degrees of success, with small mining towns popping up and closing down as and when gold was found and exhausted. The gold sighted at Pilgrims Rest, however, was different.
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Pilgrims Rest in Mpumalanga, South Africa is a small beautifull town at the Panoramic Route. It is different from most other towns and villages we drove through on our way to Joburg. The town has an interesting history in the gold mining business, but gone are the days of hard work when man from all over the country went there to make a fortune.
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Jul 22, 2018 · Published on Jul 22, 2018 The old mining town of Pilgrims Rest in Mpumalanga might once again return to its former glory. Thanks to a …