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104 miners are crushed to death when an elevator carrying gold miners plunges to the bottom of a Vaal Reef mineshaft near Orkne
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South African History Online. (2012, May 7). 104 miners are crushed to death when an elevator carrying gold miners plunges to the bottom of a Vaal Reef mineshaft near Orkne. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082910
South African History Online (2012) '104 miners are crushed to death when an elevator carrying gold miners plunges to the bottom of a Vaal Reef mineshaft near Orkne', South African History Online, 7 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082910 (Accessed: 26 July 2026).
South African History Online, 104 miners are crushed to death when an elevator carrying gold miners plunges to the bottom of a Vaal Reef mineshaft near Orkne [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082910, (accessed 26 July 2026).
"104 miners are crushed to death when an elevator carrying gold miners plunges to the bottom of a Vaal Reef mineshaft near Orkne." South African History Online, 7 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082910. Accessed 26 July 2026.
South African History Online. "104 miners are crushed to death when an elevator carrying gold miners plunges to the bottom of a Vaal Reef mineshaft near Orkne." South African History Online. May 7, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082910.
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