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The Iron workshop of the TGMC mine at Pilgrim's Rest55 |
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Alex Marshall gave the Mint Team complete access to the workshop, the foundry and the essayer's laboratory. The workshop of the Pilgrim's Rest mine was the only workshop within miles and served all the mines in the area. Therefore it was better equipped than most other workshops in the country. The only problem was that the mine bosses had put the hydroelectric power stations, Jubilee and Clewer, at Pilgrim's Rest56 out of action before leaving the country, to prevent the Boers form bringing the mine into production.57
The most important machines that were needed for minting coins were a metal lathe on which the dies could be turned, a mill to roll out the gold, a punching machine with which gold discs could be cut and a press to imprint the marks on the gold discs58.
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