IBarberton eMpumalanga: apho imbali yegolide idibana namatye amadala emhlabeni
IBarberton, eMpumalanga, ayisiyondawo yokujonga nje izikhumbuzo; imbali yayo iphila ezitratweni, kwiintaba nakwiindawo zemigodi ezindala.
Le dolophu ikumda weBarberton Makhonjwa Mountains, nto leyo eyenza ibe yindawo ekhethekileyo apho imbali yabantu kunye nembali yomhlaba zidibana ngendlela ecacileyo nenomtsalane.
Ibali layo liqala ngo-1874 xa uTom McLachlan wafumana umkhondo we-alluvial gold.
Emva kweminyaka elishumi, uHenry Barber nomzala wakhe uFred bafumanisa iigold-bearing reefs, yaza iBarberton yathiywa ngoHenry Barber ngoJulayi 1884.
Ngo-1887 kwavulwa igold exchange, kanti uloliwe wafika ngo-1893, nto eyadibanisa idolophu nehlabathi langaphandle.
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Nangona i-gold boom yayingahlalanga ixesha elide, umkhondo wayo usekhona.
IBarberton Heritage Walk idibanisa izakhiwo nendawo zembali, ngelixa imigodi efana neSheba Mine isaqaqambisa indima yemigodi kummandla.
IBray’s Golden Quarry, enxulunyaniswa nokufunyanwa kukaEdwin Bray ngo-1885, yanceda ukuguqula indawo isuke kwinkampu yemigodi yaba yidolophu ekhula ngesantya.
Ummangaliso omkhulu, nangona kunjalo, usematyeni:
IBarberton Makhonjwa Mountains, inxalenye yeBarberton Greenstone Belt, igcina amatye e-volcanic ne-sedimentary angange-3.6 ukuya ku-3.25 bhiliyoni yeminyaka ubudala.
Le ndawo yabhaliswa njengeUNESCO World Heritage Site ngo-2018, inomhlaba onamahektare ayi-113,137 kunye namakhulu ee-geosites abonisa i-volcanism, iimpembelelo zeemeteorite, nokwakheka kwamazwekazi okuqala.
Eyona ndlela ilungileyo yokuyiva le ndawo yiBarberton Makhonjwa Geotrail:
Umgama omalunga ne-37 km phakathi kweBarberton neJosefsdal border area, ulandela iR40.
Le self-drive route ineendawo zokuma neebhodi zenkcazelo.
Njengoko kutshiwo ngokuguqulelwa, “Yiza ngenxa yamabali egolide, uhlale ngenxa yeentaba, uhambe unoluvo olukhulu ngakumbi ngexesha.”
Ungathanda kwakhona: Uphando lukaGqirha waseSA Luzisa Ithemba Elitsha Kubaguli Bentliziyo
