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Springs Gauteng Eastern Gauteng Information

Springs is situated on the East Rand in Gauteng. It falls under the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality and lies 50 km east of Johannesburg. The name of the city was derived from the springs in the area; it has a population of more than 200,000.

The 7 km² farm on which the city of Springs was built, The Springs, was surveyed in 1883. Coal was discovered in the area in 1887 and three years later the Transvaal Republic's first railway was built to carry coal from the East Rand to the gold mines of the Witwatersrand.

Later coal was discovered further east in Witbank and the Springs collieries were closed. In the meanwhile, gold had also been discovered in the area. A village was laid out in 1904 and in 1908 the first gold was mined. Springs was granted Municipal status in 1912. By the late 1930s, there were eight gold mines near Springs, making it the largest single gold-producing area in the world. Good accommodation is available in or around Springs.

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