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The Yellow Aster, or Rand,
mine was discovered in April 1895 by Singleton, Burcham,
and Mooers. The town of Randsburg quickly developed, followed
by the supply town of Johannesburg in 1896. Both names
were adopted from the profusion of minerals resembling
those of the ranch mining district in South Africa. In
1907, Churchill discovered tungsten in Atolia, used in
steel alloy during World War I. In June 1919, Williams
and Nosser discovered the famous California Rand Silver
Mine at Red Mountain.
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