East Rand mine - Wikipedia East Rand mine East Rand Proprietary Mine Location East Rand Gold Mine Location in South Africa Location Boksburg Province Gauteng Country South Africa Coordinates 26 ° 06 ′ S 28 ° 19 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 26.10 ° S 28.32 ° E ﻿ / - 26.10 ; 28.32 Coordinates : 26 ° 06 ′ S 28 ° 19 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 26.10 ° S 28.32 ° E ﻿ / - 26.10 ; 28.32 Production Production 79,479 Financial year 2007 - 08 History Opened 1893 Active 120 Closed 2008 Owner Company DRD Gold Limited Website DRD Gold website Year of acquisition 2002 East Rand Proprietary Mines ( ERPM ) is a 120 - year - old underground gold mining operation on the Witwatersrand Basin at Boksburg, to the east of Johannesburg. The mine employed 2,740 people. It was the deepest mine in the world until 2008 at 3,585 metres depth, slightly more than the TauTona mine, also in South Africa, which was 3,581 metres at the time ( in 2008 the TauTona mine completed a digging project that extended the depth of the mine by several hundred metres. ) The mine closed in 2008. Historical gold production between 1896 and 2008 was 43 Moz at recovered gold grade of 8.1 g / t ( 95 % plant recovery ). A world class high grade gold deposit remains with existing in situ resources ( SAMREC compliant ) of 51 Moz, including ; - Indicated resources of 4.33 Moz at 8.73 g / t Au - Inferred resources of 29.95 Moz at 8.55 g / t Au The Cason mine dump was the world highest man made mountain. This dump is currently recycled. It is a shadow of itself and will probably disappear in the near future. Production Recent production figures : Year Production Cost per ounce 2007 80,216 ounces US $ 641 2008 79,479 ounces US $ 748 References Jump up ^ `` TauTona, Anglo Gold - Mining Technology ''. SPG Media Group PLC. 2009 - 01 - 01. Retrieved 2009 - 11 - 20. Jump up ^ ERPM Archived 2009 - 10 - 11 at the Wayback Machine. DRD Gold website, accessed : 29 September 2009 External links Details from NGD Iran InfoMine listing This Gauteng location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East_Rand_Mine&oldid=800877447 '' Categories : Gold mines in South Africa Buildings and structures in Gauteng Underground mines in South Africa Economy of Gauteng Gauteng geography stubs Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Coordinates on Wikidata Pages using infobox mine with unknown parameters All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Français Edit links This page was last edited on 16 September 2017, at 06 : 49. About Wikipedia

Question: when did the expansion of the gold mines take place in the east rand
Answer: 2008