South Africa is mining country (it's also 'farming' country, but that's a different project :-)=Mining Greats=* Barney Barnato * Cecil John Rhodes *George Harrison - prospector (dates unknown) who discovered the gold bearing Main Reef on the farm Langlaagte in 1886, which lead to the gold rush on the Witwatersrand and the creation of Johannesburg.* Harry Oppenheimer (1908-2000). Businessman - D...