Then, in 1881, a small reef was discovered at Kromdraai in the Cradle and, within a few years, the Kromdraai Gold Mining Company was formed and part of the farm was declared a public digging.
Kwatsi, nga 1881, intsatjana lencane yatfolakala eKromdraai eKucaleni futsi, kwatsi eminyakeni lemmbalwa, Lenkampani Yekugubha Ligolide lese Kromdraai yasungulwa kwatsi incenye yalelipulazi yabeka kugubha lokungentiwa bantfu.