Dynamite view Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 1/14/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The magnetic cache should be easy to find. Stand for a few moments and enjoy the view over Greenstone Hill and the Modderfontein Dynamite factory in the distance.

Modderfontein Dynamite Factory history:
Gold was the catalyst that fuelled the industrial awakening of South Africa. The discovery of the Witwatersrand Reef in 1886 resulted in Johannesburg becoming the largest market in the world for dynamite, almost overnight.
The ‘Zuid Afrikaansche Fabrieken voor Ontplofbare Stoffen Beperk’, a company formed expressly to supply dynamite to the mines, was the brainchild of Paul Kruger, President of the South African Republic. Modderfontein Factory was laid out on 2400 hectares of virgin Highveld teeming with game and wildlife, and devoid of industry, raw materials and skilled workers. Construction started in April 1895 under the supervision of the first Factory Manager Franz Hoenig, an Austrian seconded from the Nobel explosives factory at Pressburg in Hungary.
Four explosives factories were built, complete with infrastructure and housing, with an estimated output of 240 000 × 50 lb cases of explosives per year.
Trained explosives workers were recruited mainly from Europe and at one stage representatives of no fewer than 17 European nationalities were on the payroll. Black employees were recruited from the four corners of the sub-continent to embark on a significant contribution to the Company's success story which continues 100 years later. (visit link)

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