Beatrice
Location:Beatrice is a farming community in the Mashonaland East Province of Zimbabwe. It is located about 54 km south-west of…
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Beatrice is a farming community in the Mashonaland East Province of Zimbabwe. It is located about 54 km south-west of Harare on the main Harare–Masvingo road where it crosses the Mupfure River.
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The village was named after the Beatrice gold mine, around which it grew. The mine was in operation from 1895 to 1945 and was named after Beatrice Borrow, the sister of Lieutenant Henry J. Borrow, a member of the Pioneer Column. The original Beatrice Mine was pegged by Frank Johnson & Company, Henry J. Borrow being a partner of the firm. It was extremely lucrative, with a gold vein over a metre wide that yielded over five ounces (150 g) of gold per tonne when operations began in 1895. The European settlers also established Beatrice Farm, a large ranch that may have been populated with cattle which they had looted from the Ndebele. Gold is still mined at the Joyce Mine nearby. Mixed farming and dairy farming take place in the surrounding area.
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2355
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