PDF 1 IntroductIon to south AfrIcAn coAl mInIng And explorAtIon CSIR
experienced by local coal miners and the role that geophysics can play in addressing these challenges. the history of coal mining in south Africa Coal was discovered in KwaZuluNatal, Mpumalanga and the Eastern Province, and first documented between 1838 and 1859. The first commercial mining took place near Molteno, in the Eastern Cape, in ...