Gold Reef City and the Apartheid Museum are worthwhile stops in Johannesburg |
The Apartheid Museum, Johannesburg |
The Apartheid Museum |
Gateway to Gold Reef City, a theme park/casino built on top of an old gold mine |
Map of Gold Reef City |
Stamp Mill from the early 1900's |
Stamp Mill history, Gold Reef City |
Steam Locomotive Class 19D, in service 1948-1986 |
South African Railways locomotive 3345 |
Inside the cab of 3345 |
A small steam engine |
Colorful cow greeting visitors to Gold Reef City |
Gold Reef City |
Tribal Dancing 2x daily at Gold Reef City |
Zulu and other African Tribal Dancing, Gold Reef City |
Zulu and other African Tribal Dancing, Gold Reef City |
Tribal Dancing, Gold Reef City |
Tribal Dancing, Gold Reef City |
Tribal Dancing, Gold Reef City |
Tribal Dancing, Gold Reef City |
Tribal Dancing, Gold Reef City |
Tribal Dancing, Gold Reef City |
Tribal Dancing, Gold Reef City |
Tribal Dancing, Gold Reef City |
Tribal Dancing, Gold Reef City |
Tribal Dancing, Gold Reef City |
Tribal Dancing, Gold Reef City |
Tribal Dancing, Gold Reef City |
Tribal Dancing, Gold Reef City |
Tribal Dancing, Gold Reef City |
Tribal Dancing, Gold Reef City |
Tribal Dancing, Gold Reef City |
Tribal Dancing, Gold Reef City |
Tribal Dancing, Gold Reef City |
Photo op after the show |
Photo op after the show |
Photo op after the show |
Gold Reef city has a small recreation of a "Victorian Village" |
"Victorian Village" Gold Reef City |
"Victorian Village" Gold Reef City |
"Victorian Village" Gold Reef City |
Gold Reef City Hotel, Johannesburg |
Gold Reef City Hotel, Johannesburg |
Gold Reef City Mint |
Gold Reef City Mint |
Gold Reef City Mint - De National Bank van Zuid Afrika |
Old South African 1 Pound Note, Gold Reef City Mint |
Old South African 5 Pound Note, Gold Reef City Mint |
Old 10 Rand note, Gold Reef City Mint |
Tower above the 14 Shaft at Gold Reef City |
The tower is used for the elevator system |
Gold Reef City 14 Shaft, Johannesburg, South Africa |
Gold Reef City 14 Shaft, Johannesburg, South Africa |
Gold Reef City 14 Shaft, Johannesburg, South Africa |
Gold Reef City 14 Shaft Tower |
Elevator machinery for the 14 Shaft lift |
Elevator machinery for the Gold Reef City 14 Shaft lift |
Elevator machinery for the Gold Reef City 14 Shaft lift |
Diagram of the Gold Reef City mine showing gold extraction process |
Diagram of the Gold Reef City mine |
The Gold Mining process 1 |
The Gold Mining process 2 |
The Gold Mining process 3 |
The Gold Mining process 4 |
The guide said 1 ton of ore yeild 4 grams of gold |
Johannesburg Mining & Finance Corporation Ltd. |
Underground mine tour of Shaft 14 |
Elevator at level 5 |
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Gold Reef City Mine Johannesburg, Shaft 14, Level 5 |
Gold Reef City Mine Johannesburg, Shaft 14, Level 5 |
Parts of the tour route are unlit so visitors are provided with lamps |
Site of an old roof collapse |
Jack hammer, Gold Reef City |
Ore railway, Gold Reef City |
Shaft 14 diagram |
1 Ton ore wagon, Gold Reef City |
Miner safety posters, Gold Reef City |
Part of the mine's electrical supply system |
Code signals for the lift operators |
Shaft 14 tower, Gold Reef City |
Tower rising above the German Coffee Shop |
Above all, Gold Reef City is a theme park |
Riding the ferris wheel |
The massive Gold Reef City casino |
Gold Reef City Casino |
Shaft 14 from the ferris wheel |
Shaft 14 from the ferris wheel |
Downtown Johannesburg in the distance with the Shaft 14 tower, Gold Reef City |
View of downtown Johannesburg from the ferris wheel of Gold Reef City |
View of downtown Johannesburg from the ferris wheel of Gold Reef City |
Shaft 14 from the ferris wheel |
Gold Reef City |
Water Wheel, Gold Reef City |
One of the major amusement park rides at Gold Reef City |
Helicopter rides from Gold Reef City weekend afternoons with Capital Air |