The Transvaal gold fields resulted from gold discoveries during the 19th century in the

South African Republic The South African Republic ( nl, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, abbreviated ZAR; af, Suid-Afrikaanse Republiek), also known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer Republic in Southern Africa which existed from 1852 to 1902, when i ...

. After insignificant discoveries from 1840 up to 1870, payable or substantial gold deposits were found at: *

Leydsdorp Leydsdorp is a former gold rush town situated in the Limpopo province of South Africa. This ghost town is south-west of Gravelotte and south-east of Tzaneen. It developed from a gold-mining camp and was proclaimed in 1890, but was virtually ab ...

in 1870 and 1883 * Geelhoutboom farm, or Mac-Mac diggings, in 1873 * Pilgrim's Rest in 1873 * Barberton in 1881 *

Kaapsehoop Kaapschehoop or Kaapsehoop is a village situated in Mpumalanga province (formerly Eastern Transvaal) of South Africa. It is situated 1640 m (5380 ft.) above sea level on the Drakensberg Highveld escarpment, about 28 km from Ne ...

in 1882 *

Ferreirasdorp Ferreirasdorp (or Ferreirastown) is an inner-city suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. First known as Ferreira's Camp ( af, Ferreiraskamp) and later Ferreira's Township, ...

in 1886 (in the

Witwatersrand Basin The Witwatersrand () (locally the Rand or, less commonly, the Reef) is a , north-facing scarp in South Africa. It consists of a hard, erosion-resistant quartzite metamorphic rock, over which several north-flowing rivers form waterfalls, which a ...

Witwatersrand The Witwatersrand () (locally the Rand or, less commonly, the Reef) is a , north-facing scarp in South Africa. It consists of a hard, erosion-resistant quartzite metamorphic rock, over which several north-flowing rivers form waterfalls, which ...

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