Did you know that Kenya has a rich gold history? even though nothing much has been documented. Early discoveries were made in 1880s near Lolgorian (Nyanza-Rift Valley border). The first major gold mining was done by Rosterman Gold Mine, which mined more about 7340 kgs of gold between 1935 and 1952, at it’s underground mines in Kakamega. Currently, Kenya has 2 post independence commercial gold mining companies in Narok and
Wondering where you’ve seen this rock???.. Check your bathroom… Pumice is a light-colored, extremely porous igneous rock that forms when highly pressurized, super-heated molten rock, with its incorporated water and gases, violently erupts to the surface during volcanic explosions. The rock undergoes rapid cooling and rapid depressurization and the vapour dissolved in it is suddenly released and the whole mass swells up into a froth that is immediately consolidated. Small
Open-pit mining is a mining method for near-surface deposits via a surface pit excavated using one or more horizontal benches. Overburden is first removed and benches of set heights excavated to reach the minable depth of the deposit, with the higher benches being larger than the lower ones. The benches are able to control the depth of blastholes, pitwall slope and avert danger posed by highwall slopes. They also provide
Did you know??? Aluminum has always been one of the most common elements in the Earth’s crust, but it has not always been so easily obtained. It was once used as a symbol of status, and was worth more than silver. However, once scientists figured out how to extract aluminum from bauxite ore, aluminum suddenly became much easier to produce, and its value plunged in turn. #Aluminium #mineafrica #miningkenya #mininghubafrica
Congo River also know as Zaire River is the deepest river in the world. At its deepest point, the river reaches a depth of approximately 720 feet. This depth makes the Congo River about 64 feet deeper than the second deepest river in the world, which is the Yangtze River in China. The Congo River is about 2,715 miles long making it the second longest in Africa after Nile River
