Post-mining ground instability due to natural re-watering of dolomitic aquifer in the Merefong area
M.Tech. (Extraction Metallurgy) === The discovery of gold at Langlaagte in 1886 led to the development of gold mining in the Far West Rand in 1934. When shafts were sunk, water from the dolomites posed a serious threat to mining. Despite cementation that sealed the many fissures, water still found i...
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12123 |