Transvaal (general region)
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Cascades de Mac-Mac (Mines D’Or), 1873 - 1874
190 x 140 mm. Another view of the Mac Mac Falls (see Y3055B/2) with the Blyde River in the background.
Foul’s Rush (Mines d’Or), 1873 - 1874
189 x 142 mm. A view looking along a valley with a small stream, with diggers searching for alluvial gold in the foreground. Several feet of topsoil have been removed near the stream bank and the underlying boulders exposed. The wooden sluices for separating gold from earth can be seen beside the water.
Gué sur la Rivière du Vaal pres des Mines de Diamants, 1873 - 1874
189 x 142 mm. Showing a small cutter, a ferry and a dug-out canoe moored on the bank of the River Vaal. The ferry, a rectangular platform floating on wooden barrels, is carrying a wagon and a buggy and a number of passengers.
Mac-Mac Falls 80ft, 1873 - 1874
190 x 142 mm. Showing the Mac Mac Falls which lie just east of the main gold workings, with an African seated on the grass in the foreground.
Macheeka Faal, 1873 - 1874
190 x 142 mm. Showing the sheer drop of the Macheeka Falls over a rockface into a pool below. With a European figure lying on the grass in the foreground. Exact location unidentified, but presumably in the Pilgrim’s Rest area where the Highveld plateau drops sharply to the plains below.
Tour de Jeppe: Mines D’ Or, 1873 - 1874
191 x 142 mm. Showing the vertical tower of rock protruding above trees with a valley beyond. Exact location unidentified, possibly at the northern head of the Blyde Canyon.