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All twenty-three mineworkers in a lift of the Vaal Reefs gold mine are killed when they plunge more that two km to the bottom.
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Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, March 19). All twenty-three mineworkers in a lift of the Vaal Reefs gold mine are killed when they plunge more that two km to the bottom.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079752
South African History Online (2012) 'All twenty-three mineworkers in a lift of the Vaal Reefs gold mine are killed when they plunge more that two km to the bottom.', South African History Online, 19 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079752 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).
South African History Online, All twenty-three mineworkers in a lift of the Vaal Reefs gold mine are killed when they plunge more that two km to the bottom. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079752, (accessed 26 September 2026).
"All twenty-three mineworkers in a lift of the Vaal Reefs gold mine are killed when they plunge more that two km to the bottom.." South African History Online, 19 Mar. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079752. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "All twenty-three mineworkers in a lift of the Vaal Reefs gold mine are killed when they plunge more that two km to the bottom.." South African History Online. March 19, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0079752.
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