Molteno (inhabited place)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Molteno. Early morning at the coal mines, 1900 - 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/20
Scope and Contents
193 x 142 mm. Showing African labourers gathered around a cooking pot outside stone huts. Coal mining activity which was started in the area in 1859: the better quality coal from the Transvaal and Natal [KwaZulu-Natal] soon destroyed the foundations of the industry.
Dates:
1900 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Molteno. Entrance to a coal mine, 1900 - 1910
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305J/21
Scope and Contents
163 x 144 mm. Showing African workers pushing trolleys of excavated material up a railway track leading from the mines.
Dates:
1900 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).