Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    2429AC2
    Site Name
    First Gold Power Plant Site, Eersteling, Polokwane District
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Monuments & Memorials Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Recording date
    Recorders
    Primary?
    Off
    Site Recording Admin Comments
    There is a monument like this almost 20kms away in Marabastad, unfortunately due to the heavy rain we are unable to audit No inscriptions This mine started in 1873 A small group of prospectors led by season gold hunter Edward Button Person/Institution Commemorated: William Pigg
    Classifications
    Monument Type
    Contains Animal figures?
    No
    Contains Human figures?
    No
    Construction Date Comment
    1873
    Construction Materials
    Stone
    Pedestal Material
    Stone
    Concrete
    Archaeology Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -24.126036, 29.27045
      Limpopo
      • Capricorn
      • Polokwane
      Access details
      Public access.
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by: South African Heritage Resources Agency

      Declaration
      DeclarationName
      Declaration Type
      Gazette Date
      Gazette Number
      2543
      Gazette Notice Status
      Notice Date
      Notice Number
      1127
      Diagram Number
      A1322/1932
      Archive Status
      National monument
      Media
      Images uploaded directly to Site
      Images uploaded to linked Site Recordings