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Kloof gold mine operations, South Africa - 1970

Object summary

Title
Kloof gold mine operations, South Africa - 1970
Object ID
HEE-SC-01711
Date made
1970-09-
Place made

United States

Maker
Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Object type
Color slide
Major collection
Technology
Photography
Named collection
Harold E. Edgerton Collection
On view
No
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Description

Furnace with smelted gold pouring down stepped channels into two large basins, at the Kloof gold mine near Johannesburg, South Africa, visited in 1970. (CC)

Inscriptions

Type
blue stamp
Location
obverse right
Text
H. E. EDGERTON M.I.T. 4-406
Type
printed red
Location
obverse left
Text
28
Type
printed red
Location
obverse left
Text
SEP 70N13

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