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Miners Monument

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Traffic Island on Northern end of Rissik Street close to the Metro Centre in Braamfontein
2006

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The monument to the mining industry by sculptor David McGregor pays tribute to JohannesburgÕs mining origins. The group of gold miners represent a typical underground team of 1936. They face west towards Langlaagte where the Main Reef was discovered in 1886. The artwork symbolizes the contribution of the mining industry to the wealth and prosperity of South Africa. It was also intended as a peopleÕs monument and celebrates the working people who built the city. The Transvaal and Orange Free State Chamber of Mines presented the sculpture to the City of Johannesburg in 1964.

Photo courtesy: Kabelo Mokoena (Sunday Times)

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