Premier Mine
The Premier Mine is an underground diamond mine owned by Petra Diamonds in the town of Cullinan, 40 kilometres east of Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Quarry
- Description: diamond mine in South Africa
- Also known as: “Cullinan Diamond Mine”, “Premier Diamond Mine”, and “Premier mine (diamond)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Zonderwater POW camp.
Zonderwater POW camp
Cemetery
The Zonderwater concentration camp was a prisoners of war camp that was established in 1941 during World War II in South Africa. Consisting initially of tents, in the Cullinan area, this internment camp became the biggest Allied concentration camp, with almost 100 000 POW. Zonderwater POW camp is situated 3½ km southeast of Premier Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cullinan and Refilwe.
Cullinan
Town
Photo: PretoriaTravel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cullinan is a small town in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is located 30 km east of the city of Pretoria along the diamond route and is heavily reliant on tourism and the mine that dominates the skyline.
Refilwe
Suburb
Refilwe is a township near the historical town of Cullinan, east of Pretoria in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Refilwe is situated 4½ km north of Premier Mine.
Rayton
Town
Rayton is a town in North-Eastern Gauteng which started out as a tin shack mining town on the farm Elandshoek. During its boom days the town served the needs of thousands of diggers and prospectors working for the Schiller, Montrose and Dunmore mining companies. Rayton is situated 7 km south of Premier Mine.
Premier Mine
- Categories: diamond mine, ore mine, and industry
- Location: City of Tshwane, Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-25.67535° or 25° 40′ 31″ southLongitude
28.51415° or 28° 30′ 51″ eastElevation
1,424 metres (4,672 feet)Open location code
5G6C8GF7+VMOpenStreetMap ID
way 62642222OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Premier Mine” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Cullinan-diamantmyn”
- Afrikaans: “Premiermyn”
- Bulgarian: “Премиермйн”
- Cebuano: “Premiermyn”
- Chinese: “第一钻石矿”
- Chinese: “第一鑽石礦”
- Dutch: “Premier Mine”
- French: “Mine du diamant Cullinan”
- French: “mine Premier”
- French: “Mine Premier”
- French: “Premier Mine”
- German: “Premier Mine”
- German: “Premier”
- Italian: “Premier Mine”
- Japanese: “カリナン鉱山”
- Japanese: “プレミア鉱山”
- Russian: “Куллинанский Алмазный рудник”
- Russian: “Премьер (рудник)”
- Russian: “Премьер”
- Slovenian: “rudnik Premier”
- Spanish: “mina de diamantes Cullinan”
- Spanish: “mina de diamantes Premier”
- Spanish: “mina Premier”
- Spanish: “Mina Premier”
- Swedish: “Premier Mine”
- Telugu: “ప్రీమియర్ గని”
- Ukrainian: “Premier Mine”
- Ukrainian: “Прем’єр”
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