Note on the history of the company and mine.
"New Kleinfontein Mine was founded as Kleinfontein Mine in 1888, just north of Benoni Gold Mines, where gold was discovered in 1887, and south of the Chimes Mine (founded in May 1888).
Crushing at Kleinfontein Mine began in 1889 with a 25-stamp mill. The Chimes, Benoni, Kleinfontein and Van Ryn Mines all ran into difficulties in 1890. Kleinfontein Mine closed down that year.
In 1893, the company was re-formed as New Kleinfontein Gold Mining Company, with capital raised by George Farrar and the Anglo-French Exploration Company. In 1895 the G. F. Syndicate bought the farm Kleinfontein (on which the town Benoni was later developed) and built the Homestead and Kleinfontein dams.The first manager of the re-constituted New Kleinfontein mine was a Cornishman, Pengelly. In 1898, Pengelly was succeeded by E. J. Way. After the Anglo-Boer war the mine expanded by buying neighbouring mines Apex and Benoni Consolidated (which incorporated Chimes and Chimes West).
As with the case of E.R.P.M. in Boksburg, New Kleinfontein was the longest lasting mine in Benoni."
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