- was
originally established as the farm
Vogelstruisfontein. Today, it is a
suburb of Roodepoort.
Vogelstruisfontein and the
farms Roodepoort and Paardekraal...
- companions, were
curious and rode over 400 km to Bantjes' camp at
Vogelstruisfontein,
where they sta**** with him for two
nights near what
would later become...
- main Wi****ersrand gold reef was
discovered in June 1884 on the farm
Vogelstruisfontein by Jan
Gerritse Bantjes, son of Jan Bantjes, this
triggered the Wi****ersrand...
- 1884, Jan
Gerrit Bantjes (1843–1914)
discovered signs of gold at
Vogelstruisfontein (the
first gold sold
directly to
Cecil Rhodes at Bantjes's camp for...
- Wi****ersrand was made by Jan
Gerrit Bantjes in June 1884, on the farm
Vogelstruisfontein.
Other farms to
become famous later included Langlaagte, Turffontein...
- Railway. In 1889 he sold his
mining rights on the
farms Driefontein and
Vogelstruisfontein, and
retired to Rosebank, Cape Town. Ill-health
curtailed his activities...
