THE BIRTH OF A COMPLEX : WESTERN REEFS 1933-1941

Publisher's blue leatherette binding with silver titles to front panel.

80pp. Illustrated with numerous black & white photographs.

Binding sound. Contents clean.

A historical account of the early establishment, corporate development, and operations of the Western Reefs Exploration and Mining Company Limited, a prominent gold mining venture in South Africa's Witwatersrand goldfields.

Contents include:

The Interwar Gold Boom: It documents the corporate and geological history of the "Western Reefs" mining complex near Orkney/Klerksdorp during the 1930s, a period when mining houses expanded southwest from the traditional central Rand. 

Corporate and Infrastructure Birth: It details the massive engineering, financial, and logistical efforts required to transform raw South African veld into a complex, functioning deep-level gold mining operation. 

Historical Recirds: It serves as an archive of early corporate mining history, chronicling the management decisions, technical breakthroughs, and challenges of the 1933–1941 era.