Barberton: lapho umlando wegolide uhlangana namadwala amadala kunawo wonke emhlabeni

August 25, 202636 Views

I-Barberton eMpumalanga iyidolobha lapho umlando usabonakala emigwaqweni, ezintabeni nasezimayini esezavalwa.

Nakuba laziwa ngomlando we-gold rush, namuhla leli dolobha linikela okuningi: ukuvakashela indawo lapho umlando wabantu uhlangana khona nobufakazi bomhlaba wasendulo kakhulu.

Indaba yaqala ngo-1874 lapho uTom McLachlan ethola izimpawu zegolide le-alluvial.

Eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva, uHenry Barber nomzala wakhe uFred bathola imigede enegolide.

Kwase kuqanjwa idolobha ngoJulayi 1884 ngegama likaHenry Barber. Ngo-1887 kwavulwa i-gold exchange, kwathi ngo-1893 kwafika ujantshi, kwakhulisa ukuhwebelana.

Ukumba igolide kwaqhubeka isikhathi esingaphezu kwekhulu leminyaka, kuhlanganisa iSheba Mine.

IBray’s Golden Quarry, ehlobene nokutholwa kuka-Edwin Bray ngo-1885, yisiza esibalulekile esakhombisa ukuguquka kweBarberton isuka ekhempini iye edolobheni eliphithizelayo.

Ukuvakasha okuqondisiwe ne-gold-panning kusiza izivakashi ziqonde impilo enzima yabavukuzi bokuqala.

Okumangalisayo wukuthi iBarberton Makhonjwa Mountains — ingxenye yeBarberton Greenstone Belt — iqukethe amadwala e-volcanic ne-sedimentary aneminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-3.6 kuya ku-3.25 billion.

I-UNESCO yamemezela le ndawo njenge-World Heritage Site ngo-2018. Le ndawo enamahektha angu-113,137 inamakhulu ama-geosite aveza i-volcanism, imithelela yama-meteorite, nokwakheka kwamazwekazi okuqala.

Ukuze uqonde lokhu kahle, thatha iBarberton Makhonjwa Geotrail: umzila wokuzishayelela ongaba ngu-37 km phakathi kweBarberton neJosefsdal border, ulandela uR40.

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Kunamaphoyinti okubuka namabhodi encazelo. Edolobheni uqobo, iBarberton Museum, iBelhaven House Museum neHeritage Walk kugcwalisa umlando.

Kanti imigwaqo yezintaba, ukuhamba ngezinyawo nokubuka izinyoni kunikeza uhlangothi oluthule nolunothile lwendawo.