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At assignment desk clerk's rubber stamp dictates mine where man will work.
At assignment desk clerk's rubber stamp dictates mine where man will work.
Barracks-like buildings are divided into starkly simple rooms with bunk space for twenty men. There are no closets or cupboards, so clothes and boots hang all over.
Miner sleeps on concrete slab, must supply own bedding.
They leave with more than they brought with them: bicycles, foot lockers filled with junk clothing, blankets, other things bought at concession stores.
Johannesburg, Golden city, built by African labor and wealth of gold extracted from the earth.
As old group leaves, new one arrives, driven to mines by failing crops. Man with cane is signing on again despite wooden leg, result of mine accident.
Africans throng Johannesburg station platform
Africans throng Johannesburg station platform during late afternoon rush hour.
With no room inside train, some ride between cars.
A woman carries a baby on her back.