COBALT RECOVERY FROM SOUTHERN AFRICAN COPPER …

governor, Simon van der Stel, ‘discovered’ the 'Copper Mountain' at Springbok. South Africa's first public commercial mining company (imaginatively called the 'South African Mining Company') was established in Cape Town in 1846, to exploit the rich copper resources that were believed to exist in Namaqualand. Vancouver, Canada, 1821 August 2019

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Springbok, Northern Cape Wikipedia

Copper was first discovered in the area by the Governor of the Cape, Simon van der Stel, in 1685. Blue Mine is believed to mark the origins of commercial mining in South Africa. The area has a blue tinge created when copper reacts with oxygen in the air.

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copper mines in springbok

copper mines in springbok_Springbok, Northern Cape Copper was first discovered in the area by the Governor of the Cape, Simon van der Stel, in 1685. Blue Mine is believed to mark the origins of co

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Simon van der Stel's journal to Namaqualand and the copper ...

Simon van der Stel's journal to Namaqualand and the copper mines, 16851686 / translated into English by C. de Vos Leibrandt MS Provenance: Original collection

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Site Report Archaeology

Drakenstein gave Simon van der Stel permission to lead an expedition himself in search of the Copper Mountains. The party left the Castle on 25th August, 1685, and succeeded in reaching the Copper Mountains on 21st October. Van der Stel’s mining expert and miners prospected there for two weeks and, indeed, found and smelted copper ore.

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Springbok Northern Cape

Copper was first discovered in the area by Simon van der Stel the then governor of the Cape in 1685 but commercial mining only started in 1862. The blue tinge is the copper ore still in the mine The first copper mine in Springbok and the first commercial mine anywhere in South Africa was known as the Blue Mine and can still be seen today.

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Okiep Country Hotel Attractions

Van der Stel's mine shaft National Monument at Carolusberg. This is the only remaining shaft of six that were sunk during October to November 1685 while Simon van der Stel was in the Namaqualand. They built smelting ovens to test the ore they had mined …

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Mining – a sunrise industry SolomonStar

Copper put the Namaqualand region on the map in 1685 when Simon van der Stel, the first governor of the Cape Colony, led an expedition north in search of fabled resources. He found copper in the mountains of Namaqualand, just outside what is now Springbok, but logistics thwarted any profitable production at the time.

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History of Copper in South Africa

Dec 05, 2015· The history of copper mining has not been forgotten and many relics of the olden days have been preserved. The original mine shafts sunk by van der Stel are still in existence and are now National Monuments. To see them and some of the relics of the past visitors have to visit some of the mining towns of Namaqualand.

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carolusberg mine

Carolusberg Mine Carolusberg Mine is next to Simon van der Stel se Kopermyn and is located in Namakwa District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Mine has a length ...

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Nababeep The Namaqualand Copper Mine Railway a brief ...

Jul 15, 2010· They were referring to the copper mines recently opened in the O'okiep area. The knowledge that there was copper near Springbok was not something new; in fact, Simon van der Stel had made an epic journey in 1685 specifically to see the copper of which the Hottentots spoke.

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Okiep Wikipedia

History. Early settlers in the Cape Colony heard rumours of mountains in the northwest that were fabulously rich in copper. Governor Simon van der Stel was inclined to believe these tales when, in 1681, a group of Namas visited the Castle in Cape Town and brought along some pure copper. Van der Stel himself led a major expedition in 1685 and reached the fabled mountains on 21 October.

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Okiep Wikipedia

Governor Simon van der Stel was inclined to believe these tales when, in 1681, a group of Namas visited the Castle in Cape Town and brought along some pure copper. Van der Stel himself led a major expedition in 1685 and reached the fabled mountains on 21 October.

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Is the Northern Cape the new mining boom province?

Jun 27, 2019· Historic mines in the mineralrich Northern Cape have a new lease of life thanks to the rise of smarter technology ... Copper put the region on the map in 1685 when Simon van der Stel…

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4. The Pilgrimage Route

The Historic Copper Mine Route This is a selfdrive tour through the region’s historic copper mining towns. The copper mining history dates back to 1685 when Simon van der Stel’s search for gold led him to discover copper at Carolusberg. Commercial copper mining commenced in …

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A Summary Of Key Events In The Development Of Mining In ...

A Summary Of Key Events In The Development Of Mining In South Africa. ... Notable Mining Events: 1685: Simon Van der Stel sinks exploratory shafts and recovers copper ore from an area close to O'okiep near Springbok in the Namaqualand district of the Northwest Cape. 1727 "Hottentots" living on the Cape of Good Hope reported to be working and ...

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GC3DDZ5 Van der Stel Mine (Traditional Cache) in Northern ...

Van der Stel Mine (GC3DDZ5) was created by Oosthuysen Family on 2/26/2012. It's a Small size geocache, with difficulty of 2, terrain of 4. It's located in Northern Cape, South Africa.

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Ookiep CopperSilver Mine Near Springbok, South Africa ...

The Ookiep CopperSilver Mine is near Springbok, South Africa. The site was first discovered in 1685 by Expedition Commissioned By Governor Simon Van Der Stel. The Ookiep CopperSilver Mine is a underground mining operation. Initial production took place in …

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An Overview of Copper Smelting in Southern Africa

colonialists discovered the Okiep deposits in 1685, when Simon van der Stel discovered the 'Copper Mountain' at Springbok, after officials at the Cape learnt of the existence of copper, somewhere to the north, from Namas who brought objects made of that metal. However, transport and other difficulties prevented exploitation at that time.

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Springbok, Simon van der Stel coppermine

derived from archival TIFF file. Digital copies were created from a selection of photographs in the original André Pretorius manuscript collection (MS 408) held in the Manuscripts Section of the Stellenbosch Library and Information Service Collection.

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simon van der stel copper mine

simon van der stel copper mine simon van der stel copper mine. Van der Stel's journey to the copper mountains of . Van der Stel realised that these difficulties were too great for profitable mining and so the expedition party left the Koperberg in early November and arrived safely back in Cape Town in early 1686.

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15/K/Spr/2 | SAHRA

History: Simon van der Stel’s little copper mine is situated high up on the slope of the Copper Mountains, about 11 kilometres east of Springbok, on the road to Aggeneis and Pofadder. In 1681 a group of Namaquas brought pieces of copper ore to the Cape. The Company immediately took a great interest in discovering the ‘copper mountains’.

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Category:Simon van der Stel Wikimedia Commons

Portrait of Simon van der Stel and his son Willem 454 × 290; 21 KB Simon van der 388 × 470; 44 KB Van der Stel's Copper Mine, Carolusberg, Northern 1,600 × 1,200; 657 KB

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A SelfMade Mining Magnate Lifts Up a Forgotten Region | OZY

Jul 05, 2019· Born near the spot where Simon van der Stel first scoped the region’s copper mining potential in 1685, Hayes spent her childhood in and around Pofadder, a onegoat town that is …

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O'Okiep Copper Company Springbok, Northern Cape Metal ...

Aug 29, 2017· Okiep is the oldest mining town in SA, it's believed that Simon Van Der Stel discovered copper in October 1685, on a 6 month visit to Namaqualand, but first copper mining records were in ... 1855. The Okiep copper mine was the world's richest at the turn of the century.

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Van der Stel's journey to the copper mountains of ...

Van der Stel and Van Welinckhof began a close examination of the copper occurrence and particularly concerned themselves with the economic viability of the mine, for there can be little doubt it ...

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A brief history of SA’s first mining company

Although the existence of copper had first been confirmed by Cape governor Simon van der Stel, in 1685, the profitable exploitation of that copper ore had been impeded for more than a century ...

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The Mining Link Connecting Simon van der Stel to Herbert ...

Mar 30, 2019· Readers will no doubt be puzzled by a supposed mining link connecting Cape Governor Simon Van der Stel (16391712) to US President Herbert Hoover (18741964). They not only lived in different centuries, but also on separate continents 12 700 kilometers apart. Well, read on …

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Springbok (Northern Cape) | Jewish Digital Archive Project

Springbok is situated in Namaqualand in the Northern Cape, 565 km north of Cape Town and 258 km north of Van Rhynsdorp. The town was built around the copper mines, which were discovered by Simon van der Stel in 1685. The first copper mine was opened in …

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List of heritage sites in Northern Cape Wikipedia

Van der Stel's Copper Mine, Carolusberg, Namaqualand District This piece of land, which is owned by the O'okiep Copper Company Limited, contains a mine shaft sunk by Commander Simon van der Stel on an expedition to the Copper Mountains in 1685. In 1681 a group of Namaquas brought pieces of copper ore to the Cape.

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A SelfMade Mining Magnate Lifts Up a Forgotten Region ...

Born near the spot where Simon van der Stel first scoped the region’s copper mining potential in 1685, Hayes spent her childhood in and around Pofadder, a onegoat town that is the butt of many a South African joke. “Even as a child I hated being dependent on others,” she remembers.

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SHiP Copper Company History of the region

Simon van der Stel (VOC Commander of the Cape) leads negotiations with indigenous people for coppermining rights 1850. Extensive mining commences. This is the first purely speculative mineral boom of any kind in SA 1927. American mining giant Newmont Mining acquires the Namakwa Copper Field from the Cape Copper Company 1937

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