Birthday cache! - Birthday cache!
This cache is located in the Quite neighborhood of Strubensvally just off Witwatersrand ave.
How was gold discovered in Johannesburg?
The first to strike gold were the Struben brothers, Fred and Harry, who owned parts of the adjoining farms Sterkfontein and Wilgespruit in what is now Roodepoort. They found what looked at first to be the first "payable" seam in 1884, and called their mine Confidence Reef, a name that proclaimed that the long search was over. Alas, even Confidence Reef lasted no more than a year.
The Struben family had immigrated to South Africa from Germany around 1840. In 1856, Harry bought his first span of oxen and became a transport rider between Durban and Pretoria. In 1862 he bought a farm in Pretoria, where he settled, with his wife and seven children. Fred also moved to Pretoria, where he worked as an assistant to Harry.
Im placing this cache on behalve of my dad.
My mom and dad (AdieA) have been married for 36 years and he still finds ways to surprize her. As a romantic gesture my dad has decided to make a cache for my mom for her birthday. He loves her very much as hopes she has a wonderful day.