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The General Manger's house before demolition, New Kleinfontein, Benoni

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Miner's cottage and slimes dam, New Modder Gold Mine, Benoni, August 1965

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Notices in English, Afrikaans, Sotho, Xhosa, and Tsonga, on the bank at New Moderfontein, Benoni

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

Winder House, Farrar Shaft, Anglo Mines, Germiston

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

Old mill foundation, tailing wheel, and sand dump, Witwatersrand Deep Gold Mine, Germiston, August 1966

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

"Lashing" shovels retrieved from underground. Every grain of sand in the yellow tailings dumps that made the Witwatersrand landscape and every grain of gold that made its wealth came from a rock of Black man's shovel underground, Central Salvage Yard, Ran

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

Time office clerks and a miner, City Deep Gold Mine, Johannesburg

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

B. Falk, Mine Captain, City Deep Gold Mine

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Concession store proprietor (seated) and assistant, Rose Deep, Germiston

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Harry Oppenheimer, chairman of the Anglo American Corporation in his office at the company's headquarters, 44 Main Street, Johannesburg

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Joe Maloney, boiler-house attendant, City Deep Gold Mine

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

Joe Maloney, boiler-house attendant, City Deep Gold Mine

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Buka! (Zulu, Look!) and in English "Look at this fool riding a (cocopan?). It's his own fault that he is injured." Part of a poster campaign to encourage safe working Black Miners. Central Salvage Yard, Randfontein Estates, Randfontein, November 1966

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

Mine policeman's sentry box and demolish lavatory, New Modder, Benoni, August 1966

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

"Boss Boy" detail, Battery Reef, Randfontein Estates Gold Mine

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

A miner waits on the bank to go underground, City Deep Gold Mine

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

Shiftboss and lashing men in a stope, Consolidation Main Reef, Roodeport

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Hoist driver's controls, No. 16 Shaft, Randfontein Estates, Randfontein

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Concession store (shop catering especially to Black miners) interior, Crown Mines, May 1967

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Call system used by officials at a mine office when they wanted the services of "the boy," Consolidated Main Reef Gold Mine, October 1967

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

Bathroom attached to the office of the General Manager with "dirty" bath and "clean" bath for his use after he had been underground. New Kleinfontein Gold Mine, Benoni, May 1967

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

Hanging on the banksman's door: the shaftsinker's template. It showed the position of each of the 238 holes that were drilled and charged with explosives in each round of blasting in the 10.2-meter-diameter shaft bottom. After every blast, after all rock and grit have been cleared, the position of any misfires is marked on the template and the unexploded charges carefully removed. Before drilling can commence for the next round, the Master Sinker, using the template, must satisfy himself that all misfires have been cleared. President Steyn No. 4 Shaft, Welkom

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)

The stage, a six story, 80-ton structure hanging 50 feet above the shaft bottom. On it work the men who line the shaft with concrete and install the pipes and cables that will carry air, water, electricity, and signals to the underground workings of the m

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

As an empty kibble is lowered to the bottom, the team pushes it towards a position where it will stand upright on the uneven rock. Men have been crushed under kibbles that tilted over

Artist: David Goldblatt (South African, 1930–2018)
Printer: Tony Meintjes (South African, born 1956)

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