Information on Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumalanga, South Africa

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Pilgrim's Rest History

After it was officially declared a gold field in September 1873, it suddenly grew to 1,500 inhabitants searching for alluvial gold. Towards the end of the 19th century claims were bought up and underground mining started by the company known as TGME. Mining was closed down in 1971 and the village sold to the government as a national museum. Transvaal Gold Minings Estates, currently part of the listed Simmers and Jack, started gold mining again in 1998. The town’s original architecture remains largely unchanged since then, due to the fact that the town was declared a National Monument in 1986.

Towns and Suburbs of the Mpumalanga province of South Africa

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