G&P Mine was pegged on the site of ancient gold workings in 1894 by prospectors Edward Thornton Pearson and Joseph Schukala.
The two men were shown this ancient mining place by a Shona native whose confidence they bought with two blankets.
[3] The first European men to see the Globe and Phoenix Reefs were Edward Thornton Pearson and Joseph Schukala.
However the first Globe and Phoenix Gold Mine manager, Mr. H.A Piper's two roomed cabin built in 1894 using wood and reinforced cardboard survives and can be seen in the museum here.
[3] The house was built in England and shipped to Zimbabwe via Port Elizabeth in South Africa.
[4] It was a workers' compound township for Globe and Phoenix Mine established in 1894 with the forty stamp mill producing the first gold in August 1900.
Now the train took four hours as long as the engine driver was not tempted by a herd of antelope to stop and shoot an animal for food, or visit a friend residing somewhere reachable in minutes.
[2] Kwekwe, a small fort based on the river of the same name, established soon after the Pioneer Column entered Fort Salisbury to occupy Mashonaland, had been a British South African Police post consisting of one officer, one senior non-commissioned officer, six European troopers and 15 African policemen.
The relocation of Kwekwe (without the tag "Fort") to Sebakwe Village came by when the promise of the G&P Mine proved the greater attraction {convert|9|mi|km} away.
The holding company was bought from Delta Gold NL in 2002 by BioMetallurgical (GPGMCL) which is focused on the major new development of the Globe and Phoenix Mine.
Over the past 12 years, the company acquired the majority mineral rights on the geological strike North of the Globe and Phoenix Mine.
GPGMCL priority is to reopen Globe and Phoenix Mine and generate thousands of jobs for local people including those currently illegally gold panning on Globe and GPGMCL claims and old mines.
People in Kwekwe live in fear amid recent mishaps thought to have been caused by illegal gold panners' work.
There are several tunnels beneath the city of Kwekwe forming a network with those from Gaika Mine.
[7] The longest tunnel that passes beneath the CBD is 43 km long and 873 metres deep.