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BOKSBURG

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 158 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BOKSBURG , a See also:

town of the See also:Transvaal; 14 M. E. of Johannes-See also:burg by See also:rail. Pop. of the See also:municipality (1904) 14, 757, of whom 4175 were whites. It is the headquarters of the Witwatersrand See also:coal See also:mining See also:industry. The collieries extend from Boksburg See also:east-See also:ward to Springs, 11 m. distant. Brakpan, the largest colliery in See also:South See also:Africa, lies midway between the places named.

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