It's a brisk day in Johannesburg, a tiny mining town tucked among the Rand Mountains in the Mojave Desert. The landscape is vast and rugged, a mish-mash of rock, dirt and creosote bushes, swaths ...

The discovery of gold in the 19th century transformed the city's fortunes, turning it into an economic powerhouse.

His discovery led to a gold rush as fortune seekers descended in ... Just southwest of Johannesburg sits the Mponeng gold mine - the deepest mine in the world. It reaches an incredible 2.2 miles ...

sparking the Witwatersrand gold rush. The miners’ village, known as Ferreira’s Camp, boomed, and within just 10 years became the biggest town in South Africa: Johannesburg was born.

Johannesburg - or “Jozi,” as South Africa’s economic hub is known to its residents - has a history rooted in the late 19th century Gold Rush. The inner city is now mostly rundown ...

Johannesburg, South Africa — The derelict ... was the focus of a heady gold rush in the 19th century. Now the disused underground galleries attract clandestine workers from across southern ...

En route between Johannesburg and Kruger National Park ... Step back in time to the height of the Gold Rush in Pilgrim’s Rest, where characterful 19th-century buildings are preserved to this ...

This Traveltalk series short discusses how Johannesburg began as a farming community but with the discovery of gold in the area the city embraced mining as its primary industry Native workers came ...