East Rand Mine

East Rand Mine

East Rand Proprietary Mines (ERPM) is a 100-year-old underground gold mining operation on the Witwatersrand Basin at Boksburg, to the east of Johannesburg. The mine employs 2740 people. It was the deepest mine in the world at 3585 meters depth, slightly more than TauTona mine, also in South Africa, at 3581 meters.

External links

* [http://www.ngdir.ir/GeoportalInfo/SubjectInfoDetail.asp?PID=454&index=87 Details from NGD Iran]
* [http://www.infomine.com/index/properties/EAST_RAND_PROPERTIES.html InfoMine listing]


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