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The Mponeng gold mine has a vertical depth of more than 2.5 miles, which is approximately half of the vertical distance by which Everest extends upwards. Transfers between multiple high-speed elevators are required to descend, with the lowest reaches of the mine requiring on foot hiking. A trip to the bottom takes more than an hour to complete.
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The Mponeng gold project is situated in the West Wits mining district, about 65km west of Johannesburg, South Africa. It lies near the town of Carletonville, on the border between Gauteng and North West provinces. The gold deposit sits on the north-western rim of the Witwatersrand Basin. The main reef horizon mined at the Mponeng mine is the ...
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