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OTHER JOBURG MINES
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JOHANNESBURG GOLD MINING COMPANY October 18, 1897: “JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 16
Posted in Johannesburg, Johannesburg Mines
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GOLF COURSE
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"Four"
Golf was an essential form of entertainment to the more refined element in the Rand Mining District.
Posted in Johannesburg, Johannesburg Township
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BASEBALL TEAM
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"Take Me Out To The Ballgame."
Posted in Johannesburg, Johannesburg Township
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JOHANNESBURG SCHOOLS
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"School's Out, School's Out, Someone Locked the Teacher Out"
Over the years Johannesburg has had three school buildings.
Posted in Johannesburg, Johannesburg Township
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WATER COMPANY
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"Water for horses cost ten cents a bucket and water for men-- well, men don't drink water in that town." - D. A. Hufford
JOHANNESBURG MILLING AND WATER CO. ( MOUNTAIN VIEW WATER COMPANY ) J. D. Browne filed an application in the office of Surveyor-General on the 24thday of June, 1896 to purchase a school section which consisted of the east one-half of sec. 36, and on November 9, 1896, a certificate of purchase, No. 13,687, was issued to him.
Posted in Johannesburg, Johannesburg Township
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ORE SAMPLING AND BUYING COMPANY
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March 23, 1901:
Posted in Johannesburg, Johannesburg Mills
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CELEBRATIONS
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"Prize to go to the Homeliest Single Woman present, between the ages of 20 and 50."
1949: MARCIA WYNN: “Blasting powder was always a favorite means of celebrating such special events as the Fourth and the receipt of good news. During the Spanish American war it was used as “salutes” to celebrate any good tidings coming into the mining country, whether it was over in Kernville, in the mountains nearby, or in Randsburg. Anvil salutes, they … More
Posted in Johannesburg, Johannesburg Township
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ROADS
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October 30, 1897:
Posted in Johannesburg, Johannesburg Township
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MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, DEATHS
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MARRIAGES November 23, 1897:
Posted in Johannesburg, Johannesburg Township
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Neil McLain
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June 16 1898:
Posted in Johannesburg, Johannesburg Transportation
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FOOTBALL
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January 09, 1898:
Posted in Johannesburg, Johannesburg Township
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JOHANNESBURG CLAIMS – SECTION KEY MAP
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Posted in Johannesburg, Johannesburg Claims
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SECTION BK-25
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MINING CLAIMS OF SECTION BK-25 BLUE Claim boundaries and names are those shown by Cleveland Taylor, 1925 and Troxel & Morton, 1962. GREEN boundaries and names are those shown by Shepard, Wheeler & Rhodes, 1897. Where claims straddle two Sections, we’ve put the text in the Section using up the most real estate. For the purposes of organizing the mountain … More
Posted in Johannesburg, Johannesburg Claims, Uncategorized
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SECTION BS-30
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MINING CLAIMS OF SECTION BS-30 BLUE Claim boundaries and names are those shown by Cleveland Taylor, 1925 and Troxel & Morton, 1962. GREEN boundaries and names are those shown by Shepard, Wheeler & Rhodes, 1897. Where claims straddle two Sections, we’ve put the text in the Section using up the most real estate. For the purposes of organizing the mountain … More
Posted in Johannesburg, Johannesburg Claims
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SECTION CK-36
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MINING CLAIMS OF SECTION CK-36 BLUE Claim boundaries and names are those shown by Cleveland Taylor, 1925 and Troxel & Morton, 1962. GREEN boundaries and names are those shown by Shepard, Wheeler & Rhodes, 1897. Where claims straddle two Sections, we’ve put the text in the Section using up the most real estate. For the purposes of organizing the mountain … More
Posted in Johannesburg, Johannesburg Claims
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SECTION CS-31
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Posted in Johannesburg, Johannesburg Claims
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DOCTORS, LAWYERS, REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND OTHER SHYSTERS
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C. L. HANSON — REAL ESTATE December 19, 1897:
Posted in Johannesburg, Johannesburg Merchants
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KIRK & KING
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April 19, 1916:
Posted in Johannesburg, Johannesburg Mills
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