Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2628AA337
Site Name
The Miners Monument and Gold Mining Statue
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Sunday, April 18, 2021 - 21:50
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Sunday, April 18, 2021 - 21:50.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
It was very difficult and unsafe for fieldworkers to take more than one pictures of the statuePurpose:Date Unveiled: 1964Designer: David McGregorBuilder: David McGregorPerson/Institution Commemorated: Recorder Name: Misiwe Mlambo & Mmabatho Montso
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
To pay tribute to Johannesburg 's Mining Origins and the group miners represents a typical underground team of 1936
Original Position
The sculpture was moved from the Transvaal and Orange Free State to Johannesburg in 1964.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Date Comment
1964
Construction Materials
Stone
Pedestal Material
Stone and concrete
Event Commemorated
Ancient miners of the City of Johannesburg
Unveiled Comment
Unknown
Location
Location
Mapping
-26.192988, 28.04051
Gauteng
- City of Johannesburg
Directions to Site
Its opposite municipality of matlosana and essops on Inock Sontoga Streetand on church street is opposite to Department of Justice.
Access details
Accessible to the public
Management
Administration of Protections
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 09/11/2023 - 06:31.
Administration Description
duplicate of https://sahris.sahra.org.za/node/554823
merge any usable data and delete this record
Action Status: Pending
Site Action: InformationUpdate
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