West Driefontein
Image:4shaftwestdrie.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Flooded level, West Driefontein mine, South Africa. The dolomite overlying the gold reefs hosts much groundwater, giving the mines flooding problems.
West Driefontein was a South African gold mining company belonging to the Goldfields Group.
It lies approximately outside Carletonville next to Blyvooruitsig and East Driefontein. It used to be the richest gold mine in the world before it was flooded by water.