Mine Policeman's sentry box and demolished lavatory, New Modder, Benoni. August 1966 , 1966

Hoist driver's controls, number 16 Shaft, Randfontein Estates, Randfontein. 1967 , 1967

"Lashing" shovels retrieved from underground. Every grain of sand in the yellow tailings dumps that made the Witwatersrand landscape and every grain of gold that made its wealth, came from a rock off a black man's shovel underground. Central Salvage Yard, Randfontein Estates, Randfontein, 1966 , 1966

Butch Britz, Master Shaftsinker, No. 4 Shaft, President Steyn Gold Mine, Welkom, 1969 , 1969

In the hostel, Western Deep Levels, Carletonville. , 1970

Novice mineworker from the Transkei, in the Fanakolo school, Hartebeesfontein Gold Mine, Welkom , 1972

Team leader (left) and mine captain (right) on a pedal car, Rustenburg Platinum Mine, Rustenburg, 1971 , 1971

Ore train and amputated headgear, Geduld, Springs. , 1965

Winder house, Farrar Shaft, Anglo Mines, Germiston. 1965 (4_154), 1965

Pinups in the remains of a mine worker's bunk. Probably New State Mines, near Springs. , 1965

Arranged in two rows, this was number 14 in a group of similar churches for Black mineworkers, Robinson, Randfontein Estates, Randfontein. , December 1966

A model village built by Black mineworkers outside their compound, Brakpan Mine, Brakpan. , August 1966

Courtyard with sculpture by Moses Kottler at the headquarters of the General Mining and Finance Company, Hollard Street, Johannesburg. May 1965 , 1965

The General Manager's house before demolition, New Kleinfontein, Benoni. , November 1965

Bowling green and clubhouse, Crown Mines, Johannesburg. , 1969

Banksman's chair, abandoned: after the closure of No. 3 North Shaft, Randfontein Estates, Randfontein. , 1965

Funeral of 58 Basotho shaftsinkers, killed underground while charging up during the sinking of a new shaft. Buffelsfontein, November 1969 , 1969

Climbing into kibbles at the shaft-head, the shift gets ready to go down. President Steyn No.4 shaft, Welkom, Orange Free State , 1969

In a kibble going down with Master sinker, Butch Britz (right). Pipes and cables in the shaft sides streaking past. Daylight disappearing above. In a moment big doors will cover the top of the shaft to prevent anything falling from the surface onto the men below. ( 3_E7121), 1969

The stage, a six story, 80 ton structure hanging 50 feet above the shaft bottom. On it work the men who line the shaft with concrete and install the pipes and cables that will carry air, water, electricity and signals to the underground workings of the mine. As the shaft deepens so the stage will be lowered and eventually removed. , 1969

While the stage is being lowered to a new position, the shaftsinking team cluster below in the centre of the shaft bottom. There they should escape any rock dislodged from the sidewall by the movement of the stage. President Stein No. 4 Shaft, Welkom, Orange Free State , June 1969

The stage, a six story, 80 ton structure hanging 50 feet above the shaft bottom. On it work the men who line the shaft with concrete and install the pipes and cables that will carry air, water, electricity and signals to the underground workings of the mine. As the shaft deepens so the stage will be lowered and eventually removed. , 1969

As an empty kibble is lowered to the bottom the team pushes it toward a position where it will stand upright on the uneven rock. Men have been crushed under kibbles that tilted over. , 1968

Hailed by the team, the cactus grab dumps a load of rock into a kibble. The driver of the grab swings the machine around the confined space of the shaft in seemingly manic abandon as he seeks mouthfuls of rock. The men, lithe and nimble, dodge the grab while helping to feed its digestion in a coming and going of empty and full kibbles. , 1969

Shaftsinking: the cactus grab has dumped the last load of big rocks in the kibble, now the men clear the smaller rocks from the bottom, lashing the kibble with shovels. President Steyn No. 4 Shaft, Welkom, Orange Free State , June 1969

Sheltering behind his shovel from a stinging gale of grit as the shaft bottom is "blown over' by a man with a compressed air hose. Before drilling of holes for explosives can commence, the bottom must be cleared of grit and pebbles that might conceal sockets containing unexploded charges from the previous round of blasting. Copper is used for the nozzle of the hose so as to avoid sparks that might detonate the explosion of a "misfire". , 1970

From the shaft bottom, looking up at the stage and a kibble about to pass through it. , 1969

On the bank, President Steyn No.4 shaft, Welkom. June 1969 , 1969

Basuto shaftsinkers seeking work, President Steyn No. 4, Welkom. , 1969

Brothers: Sinker's Helper and Sinker, President Steyn No. 4, Welkom. , 1969

Masotho shaftsinking Machine Man, President Steyn No. 4, welkom. , 1969

Nurse, Consolidated Main Reef mine hospital, Roodepoort. , 1966

Mineworkers in their hostel, Western Deep Levels, Carletonville. , 1970

Concession Store Keepers, Rose Deep Gold Mine, Germiston , 1966

Greaser, No. 2 North Winder, Randfontein Estates. , 1965

Shiftboss and Lashing Men in a stope, Consolidated Main Reef, Roodepoort. , 1967

Mineworkers in their hostel, Western Deep Levels, Carletonville. , 1970

A miner waits on the bank to go underground, City Deep Gold Mine , 1966

"Boss Boy" detail, Battery Reef, Randfontein Estates Gold Mine, 1966 , 1966

Joe Maloney, boiler-house attendant, City Deep Gold Mine, 1966 , 1966

Old mill foundations, tailing wheel and sand dump, Witwatersrand Deep Gold Mine, Germiston, August 1966 , 1966

Miner's cottage and slimes dam, New Modder Gold Mine, Benoni, August 1965 , 1965

Notices in English, Afrikaans, Sotho, Xhosa and Tsonga, on the bank at New Modderfontein, Benoni, 1965

Banksman and shaftsinker, President Steyn, No. 4 shaft. Welkom , 1969/70

Sinker's helper. President Steyn, No.4 Welkom. , 1969

Water has been intersected at the shaft bottom: the team drills deep cover holes into which cement grout will be pumped to staunch the flow. President Steyn No.4 Shaft, Welkom, Orange Free State , 1969 / 1970