Beds of auriferous conglomerate in the Witwatersrand gold-fields
This article is largely based on an article in the out-of-copyright
Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, which was produced in 1911. It should be brought up to date to reflect subsequent history or scholarship (including the references, if any). When you have completed the review, replace this notice with a simple note on this article's talk page.(October 2015)
Banket, a
South Africanmining term, applied to the beds of
auriferousconglomerate, chiefly occurring in the
Witwatersrand gold-fields. The name was given to these beds from their resemblance to a pastry, known in Dutch as banket, resembling
almond hard-bake. The word is the same as
banquet, and is derived ultimately from bank or bench, meaning table-feast, hence applied to any delicacy or to various kinds of
confectionery, a use now obsolete in English.[1]
Beds of auriferous conglomerate in the Witwatersrand gold-fields
This article is largely based on an article in the out-of-copyright
Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, which was produced in 1911. It should be brought up to date to reflect subsequent history or scholarship (including the references, if any). When you have completed the review, replace this notice with a simple note on this article's talk page.(October 2015)
Banket, a
South Africanmining term, applied to the beds of
auriferousconglomerate, chiefly occurring in the
Witwatersrand gold-fields. The name was given to these beds from their resemblance to a pastry, known in Dutch as banket, resembling
almond hard-bake. The word is the same as
banquet, and is derived ultimately from bank or bench, meaning table-feast, hence applied to any delicacy or to various kinds of
confectionery, a use now obsolete in English.[1]
