As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 2000

                              Registration No. 333-19335
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

             POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 ON FORM S-8 TO FORM S-4
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                           NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


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         Delaware                   1700 Lincoln Street          13-2526632
(State or other jurisdiction of   Denver, Colorado 80203      (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)        (303) 863-7414         Identification No.)
                                   (Address of principal
                                     executive offices)

 Newmont Mining Corporation for the Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corporation Long Term
           Incentive Stock Plan and Directors' Stock Compensation Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plan)


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                            Timothy J. Schmitt, Esq.
                           Newmont Mining Corporation
                               1700 Lincoln Street
                             Denver, Colorado 80203
                                 (303) 863-7414
                      (Name, address and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)


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                                   Copies to:
                             Maureen Brundage, Esq.
                                White & Case LLP
                           1155 Avenue of the Americas
                            New York, New York 10036
                                 (212) 819-8200


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                 This Post-Effective  Amendment No. 2 to Registration  Statement
No.  333-19335 is made pursuant to Rule 414(d) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.

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                 For  purposes  of this  Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 2 to the
Registration Statements listed below, the term "Pre-Merger Newmont Mining" shall
mean,  for all periods  prior to 5 p.m.  EDST on May 15,  2000,  Newmont  Mining
Corporation  ("Newmont  Mining").  On May 4, 2000, the  shareholders  of Newmont
Mining  approved the merger (the  "Merger") of Newmont  Mining with and into its
wholly-owned  subsidiary,  Newmont Gold  Company  ("Newmont  Gold").  The Merger
became effective at 5 p.m. EDST on May 15, 2000 (the "Effective  Time"). For all
periods subsequent to the Effective Time, the term "Corporation" or "Post-Merger
Newmont  Mining" shall mean the surviving  company,  Newmont Gold,  which in the
Merger changed its name to "Newmont Mining Corporation".

                 This  Post-Effective  Amendment  No.  2 on Form S-8 to Form S-4
relates to Registration Statement No. 333-19335.

                 Pursuant to Rule 414(d) under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as
amended (the  "Securities  Act"),  Post-Merger  Newmont Mining hereby  expressly
adopts as its own, for all  purposes of the  Securities  Act and the  Securities
Exchange  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  the  following  Registration  Statements
previously filed by Newmont Mining relating to the Plan indicated:

                 Newmont  Mining  Corporation  for the  Santa  Fe  Pacific  Gold
Corporation  Long Term Incentive  Stock Plan and Directors'  Stock  Compensation
Plan.

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                                   SIGNATURES

                 Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing this  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 2 on Form S-8
to Form S-4 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to be signed
on its behalf by the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly  authorized,  in the City of
Denver, State of Colorado, on the 31st day of May, 2000.

                                              NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION

                                              By   /s/ Timothy J. Schmitt
                                                   Timothy J. Schmitt
                                                   Vice President and Secretary



                 Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933,
this Post-Effective  Amendment No. 2 has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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<S>                                 <C>                                              <C>
Signature                               Title                                            Date
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  Vincent A. Calarco                    Director                                        May 31, 2000

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   Ronald C. Cambre                     Chairman and Chief Executive Officer            May 31, 2000
                                        and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
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  James T. Curry, Jr.                   Director                                        May 31, 2000

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  Joseph P. Flannery                    Director                                        May 31, 2000

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  Leo I. Higdon, Jr.                    Director                                        May 31, 2000

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   Robert J. Miller                     Director                                        May 31, 2000

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  Wayne W. Murdy                        President and Director                          May 31, 2000

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  Robin A. Plumbridge                   Director                                        May 31, 2000

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   Robert H. Quenon                     Director                                        May 31, 2000

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   Moeen A. Qureshi                     Director                                        May 31, 2000

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   Michael K. Reilly                    Director                                        May 31, 2000

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   James V. Taranik                     Director                                        May 31, 2000

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  William I.M. Turner, Jr.              Director                                        May 31, 2000

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  Bruce D. Hansen                       Senior Vice President and Chief                 May 31, 2000
                                        Financial Officer
                                        (Principal Financial Officer)


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  Linda K. Wheeler                      Vice President and Controller                   May 31, 2000
                                        (Principal Accounting Officer)

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     *By  /s/ Timothy J. Schmitt
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         Timothy J. Schmitt as
         Attorney-in-fact