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In 1915, the Morro Velho mine reached a vertical depth of 5,824 feet, which made it the deepest mine in the world. The miners continued going deeper, and the mine kept the title of world's deepest until 1928, when the
Village Deep mine in South Africa reached a vertical depth of 8,000 feet, exceeding
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AshantiGold, became owners of the operations. These days Morro Velhos is the world's oldest continuously worked mine. Some of the mines' works are over 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) deep underground. Although Morro Velho's main production is
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in 1834. In this period the mine was amongst others instrumental in the establishment of a hydro-electrical power plant, a state of the art hospital, the
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the depth of the Morro Velho, which was 7,126 feet in 1929. The mine changed its ownership later on to the
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have been in operation since 1725 and came under the proprietorship of the
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