
The mine is currently being pumped to the 2400 foot level. Total depth in the mine is 3000 feet. Ray Wittcopp, geologist at the 16-to-1 Mine, discusses mine geology and operation in the mine lunch room underground on Sunday, June 30. The gold ore is located in An unusual swarm-like seismic sequence occurred in April 1993 at the Western Deep Levels gold mine, South Africa. Altogether 199 events with moment magnitude from 0.5 to 3.1 were recorded and located by the mine seismic network. The sequence lasted 12 days and was composed in fact of four main shock-aftershocks sequences, closely following ...